The design resembles an Ex Libris; the illustration in the center is a tank and the surrounding text reads, "If you break faith with me, the strings of your lyre will sound completely out of tune." The lyre was used as a metaphor for a cannon in other Finlay picture poems - tuning of a lyre after Heroclitus or tuning of a cannon as an instrument of destruction. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The drawings of ships in this book were done by Margot Sandeman and the calligraphy by Gordon Huntly. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The theme of this card is an attack on the authors of the book, "Follies, A National Trust Guide," that discredited Finlay's Temple Garden. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Deals with cacellation of Finlay's Declaration of the Rights of Man by the French government. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

On this bluish-gray colored card, Finlay defines "ripple" as a small dark-blue fold or dent, resembling a wood-chip.Will float on fresh or salt water in all light airs. Ripple was printed at the Barbarian Press. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The image on the cover depicts a flotilla of sailing ships going out with the tide. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The introductory section of the book consists of three pages of aphorisms dealing with gardening by Ian Hamilton Finlay. This is followed by 29 black and white photographs of Little Sparta by Gillanders. Then Alec Finlay writes a brief essay on the garden and its visual challenge to photography. Gillanders who photographed the garden for this book conducts an interview about the project with Ian Hamilton Finlay. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This issue is an excellent source of writings and images of particularly British concrete poetry. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The poem on this card describes the passage of a butterfly in flight. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

A caption for a picture poem is printed at the bottom of each left hand page along with a printer's ornament of a hand pointing to each blank right hand page. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This print accompanied an important exhibition of Maritime Works at the Tate St. Ives from March to June in 2002. The print reads in part, Rose Valley, Carra Rose, White Rose, all signifying ship names. It is signed on the card by the curator of the exhibition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This print accompanied an important exhibition of Maritime Works at the Tate St. Ives from March to June in 2002. The print reads in part Rose Bloom, Lothian Rose,Tudor Rose, all signifying names of ships. It is signed on the card by the curator of the exhibition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This card depicts a photograph of a model of a German bomber plane from World War II in which the bomb bay is colored red. The title in German means "red throat." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This is a typed poem attributed to Ian Hamilton Finlay that depicts a carousel.The three poles read round and round and the horizontal words depict horses and zebras. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Depicts a photograph by Dave Paterson of a vegatable plant adjacent to a section of brick wall. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The poem is printed in a single or two letter vertical arrangement in two phrases on a green background, viz., "When down from heaven gladness pours," and "How neatly the little rowan distibutes itself." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The poem is printed in a single or two letter vertical arrangement in two phrases on a green background, viz., "When down from heaven gladness pours," and "How neatly the little rowan distibutes itself." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The image on each print depicts a different colored image of a boat rudder.The word rudder in various languages is printed at the bottom of the page i.e.remo, ror, ruder, timo, roder, styri. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.