PAYMENT
We currently process orders online by PayPal. You do not need to have a PayPal account for your card to be processed securely.

If you would prefer to pay by Bank Transfer (for orders over £500 only), please place the order online and we will contact you to complete the transaction and issue an invoice if required.

SHIPPING
We aim to dispatch all orders within 24 to 48 hours.

We prefer to use Royal Mail “Signed and Tracked“ option where possible but for some larger or more valuable items we may insist on using direct priority couriers.

We charge flat rate shipping ( up to a certain weight or value) based on three zones:

£15
United Kingdom

£25
Europe and USA and Canada


£45
Rest of the World including Asia and South America


If your order contains only items listed under Cards & Ephemera the following discounted rates apply:

£7
United Kingdom

£18
Europe and USA and Canada


£20
Rest of the World including Asia and South America


PACKING
We try to keep costs down and we are also aware of the effects of packing on the environment.

Where possible we try to recycle packaging materials. If you require new pristine packing boxes/envelopes (say for a gift) then please let us know.

Large posters are usually rolled and sent in firm tubes - if you require flat packing for any large item then please let us know on ordering:in such cases, there may be a surcharge to cover the extra costs.

Other items are send in appropriate packaging.

INSURANCE
We will cover all shipments with full loss insurance up to £250. Thereafter a surcharge is needed.

We will consider sending items without full insurance but this is at the purchaser’s decision and risk. If you wish us to do this then please indicate in writing what you want us to do.





Unoriginal Sins is an established venture trading in the field of the contemporary and modern avant garde movements from 1900 to the present day. We have a vast inventory of books, documents, artworks, ephemera, object multiples, LPs and other digital media as well as representing major collections from significant artists.

We trade almost entirely online - we purchase new material all the time and offer regular clients email lists (which you can sign up to here) of new arrivals. Soon after the distribution of those lists, new items are placed online so it is worth returning regularly to this site to see what new things are for sale.

It may be possible to visit in person and see our inventory but that is by appointment only - please email us. We can supply references for new clients should that be required.

We are always looking for new material to add to our stocks - we have a desiderata here but we are interested in all material that is similar to our core interests. Do get in touch.
ANY QUESTIONS OR TO ARRANGE A VISIT:






UNORIGINAL SINS
Eals Farm
Eals
Brampton
CA8 7PG


mail@unoriginalsins.com

IAN HAMILTON FINLAY

Ian Hamilton Finlay (1925 – 2006) was one of Scotland’s greatest artists and poets.

 

Over more than 50 years Finlay not only created the Wild Hawthorn Press that helped disseminated the work of a network of international experimental poets but redefined the British poetry scene itself: in particular forming around his activities a major strand of the emerging visual and concrete poetry movement. Finlay published journals, artist’s books and poster prints which were priced cheaply and often made easily available at literary events, and by the mid 60s had taken his poetry into art galleries and began to create public works in the landscape.

 

Finlay published hundreds of his own books, cards, posters and prints as well as initially constructing wooden toys and then, later, collaborating on sculptures and large scale works with a range of artisans. His garden and temple buildings at Little Sparta is one of the greatest examples of land and environmental art of the 20th century.

 

On these pages we display Paul Robertson’s collection of Ian Hamilton Finlay – the result of over 20 years frenetic searching throughout the world. From the earliest publications to later books and editions, there are utter rarities here that are significant (and relatively unknown) works in the poet’s oeuvre as well as large scale unique works as well as fascinating letters and documents.

 

The intent is to keep it as a distinct and discrete collection. It may be for sale but only as a whole. It may under certain circumstances be available for exhibition.

 

There are approximately 1,000 items in the collection. Eventually all will be catalogued and photographed and placed online here. The commentaries on each work are from Robertson’s own notes on each item. This cataloguing will take some time but we hope this slowly emerging project will be worth multiple visits and a useful resource for Finlay aficionados.

 

You are welcome to contact us relating to this collection. We are happy for you to use images and texts but would ask for full acknowledgments in publications or online. We retain copyright on all original material herein.

IAN HAMILTON FINLAY COLLECTION
EARLY WILD HAWTHORN PRESS PUBLICATIONS
ARTIST’S BOOKS
ARTIST’S POSTCARDS
EXHIBITION & OTHER POSTERS
EXHIBITION CATALOGUES
INVITATION CARDS
LETTERS & DOCUMENTS
MISCELLANY
MONOGRAPHS & ESSAYS
OBJECT & PAPER MULTIPLES
PAGE WORKS & CONTRIBUTIONS
PHOTOGRAPHS
POEMS IN FOLDERS
POOR OLD TIRED HORSE & BROADSIDES
PRINTS & POSTERS
PROPOSALS
UNIQUE WORKS
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