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SCOTTISH CONTEMPORARY AND POST-WAR ART. 2013. AUCTION CATALOGUE WITH WORKS BY FINLAY.

paul robertson — Tue, 20 Aug 2013 18:52:24 +0000

Edinburgh: Lyon & Turnbull, 2013
27 x 21cm, 88pp plus card covers. Auction catalogue which amongst a large number of other items offers 6 works by Finlay including a toy tank made by the poet in 1979. There are colour images and descriptions and the wooden tank is reproduced on the cover of the publication. VG+.

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LITTLE SPARTA. THE GARDEN OF IAN HAMILTON FINLAY. 2003.

paul robertson — Mon, 19 May 2003 15:05:14 +0000

London: Frances Lincoln, 2003

28 x 23cm, 224 pp plus boards and dust jacket. A major guide to Little Sparta with over 300 colour photographs many by Robin Gillanders, and a commentary by Jessie Sheeler. VG+.

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SOUVENIRS. 100 POSTCARDS BY IAN HAMILTON FINLAY. 2000.

paul robertson — Fri, 27 Oct 2000 11:29:31 +0000

Little Sparta: Wild Hawthorn Press, 2000

18.5 x 18.7cm, unpaginated (132pp) plus boards. A catalogue raisonne of Finlay's postcards which in part is one of the few sources to date cards after 1994. One hundred reproductions of such cards. Issued at the time of a travelling exhibition initially at the Haus Hartmann, Grevenbroich 2000. VgG.

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ET IN ARCADIA EGO. 1999.

paul robertson — Fri, 21 May 1999 21:45:09 +0000

Den Haag: Stroom, n.d. (1999)

27x 19cm, 62pp plus typographic wrappers. A book issued on the installation of Finlay's long planned public sculpture at the Hofvijver where an equally long neglected underground stream re-emerged after being polluted by passing through a municipal dump.
The campaign to improve the water and local environment was eventually successful and Finlay's plaque above the water "ET IN ARCADIA EGO" - usually translated into "I too was in Arcady: is a note that shamed the poverty of the water supply prior to its improvement. Tipped on colour photographs and b/w image throughout as well as texts in Dutch and English by Erik de Jong and Lily van Ginneken.
After some thought we have decided to place this book in the monograph section of this catalogue but it arguably could be an artist's book.

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HISTORY SCULPTURE. 1998.

paul robertson — Wed, 06 May 1998 21:03:13 +0000

Brough Park: Saint Paulinus, 1998

21 x 15cm, 28pp plus card covers and dust jacket. Short monograph on Finlay's La Revolution est un bloc sculpture - an axe is buried in a wooden (in actuality bronze) block with the title text. The axe has a blue, red and white ribbon on the handle. Essay by Harry Gilonis. Full colour image and another work - 4 Blades also reproduced. VG+.

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IAN HAMILTON FINLAY. 1994.

paul robertson — Thu, 17 Nov 1994 21:31:03 +0000

Richmond: Worthington Miro Archive, 1994

21 x 15cm, 54pp plus card wrappers,. A listing of the Ian Hamilton Finlay archive at the Worthington Miro Archive. Greville Worthington replaced Graeme Murray as Finlay's main dealer in 1994. This copy was Worthington's own "master packing List" with exactly that written in ink on the cover else VG+.

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THE IAN HAMILTON FINLAY PRINTED ARCHIVE. 1994.

paul robertson — Mon, 07 Nov 1994 10:06:40 +0000

Richmond: Saint Paulinius, 1994

21 x 15cm, 56pp. Original wrappers with printed semi-transparent dustjacket. A publisher's/dealer's catalogue listing a large number of works and books, etc by Finlay available with prices. Greville Worthington was Finlay's dealer after Graeme Murray eventually being replaced by the Ingleby Gallery of Edinburgh. A useful reference which uses the same numbering system as the Wild Hawthorn Press does on-line - which is an improvement from Murray. VG+.

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IAN HAMILTON FINLAY. 1994.

paul robertson — Tue, 01 Nov 1994 09:51:24 +0000

Edinburgh: Chapman Publishing, 1994

21.4 x 14.6cm, 208pp plus card covers. A single issue of the literary magazine entirely dedicated to Finlay with essays by Ivor Cutler (!), Ian Steven, Gael Turnbull (written in the 60s), Francis Edeline and others. VG+.

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BOOKS & EDITIONS. 1993.

paul robertson — Fri, 07 May 1993 09:19:56 +0000

Edinburgh: Graeme Murray, 1993

21 x 7.5cm, 8pp. Black on yellow folded single sheet, A publisher's/dealer's catalogue listing a number of works and books, etc by Finlay as well as Roger Ackling, Thomas Joshua Cooper, Andy Goldsworthy, Hamish Fulton, Alan Johnson, Pieter Laurens Mol, Linda Taylor, Edda Renouf and James Cramb available with prices. Graeme Murray was Finlay's dealer for many years. VG+.

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IAN HAMILTON FINLAY & THE WILD HAWTHORN PRESS 1991 – 1992 PUBLICATIONS SUPPLEMENT. 1992.

paul robertson — Mon, 17 Aug 1992 20:28:44 +0000

Edinburgh: Graeme Murray Gallery, 1992

21 x 15cm, 4pp single folded sheet. A second supplement to the first catalogue raisonne published by Finlay's then dealer covering the entire range of prints, artist books and cards covering the years 1991/1992. VG+.

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IAN HAMILTON FINLAY & THE WILD HAWTHORN PRESS 1990 – 1991 PUBLICATIONS SUPPLEMENT. 1991.

paul robertson — Sat, 17 Aug 1991 20:25:53 +0000

Edinburgh: Graeme Murray Gallery, 1991

24.5 x 18.6cm, 6pp single folded card sheet. A supplement to the first catalogue raisonne published by Finlay's then dealer covering the entire range of prints, artist books and cards covering the years 1990/1991. VG+.

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HAMILTON FINLAY & THE WILD HAWTHORN PRESS A CATALOGUE RAISONNE 1958 – 1990. 1990.

paul robertson — Fri, 17 Aug 1990 20:15:32 +0000

Edinburgh: Graeme Murray Gallery, 1990

24.5 x 19cm, 44pp plus card wrappers,. First edition of the first catalogue raisonne published by Finlay's then dealer covering the entire range of prints, artist books and cards published by the Press and also the Morning Star Press. Extensive but with many mistakes regarding dates and sizes - however in fairness for years this was the only documentation of the output of the press for collectors. VG+.

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