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[Letter to Martin Fidler], 1967

 Item — Box: Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: Finlay, Ian Hamilton
Identifier: CC-12291-12515

Scope and Contents

This is a request to Martin Fidler, the bookseller who sold the Sackners the Finlay Archive, for out-of-print books by Confucius and by the philosopher J-H. Newman. It gives an indication of the seriousness of Finlay's depth of intellectual reading. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 1967

Creator

Full Extent

0 See container summary (1 letter (ink, handwriting, both sides)) ; 21 x 18 cm

Language of Materials

English

Physical Location

Original Sackner location: shelf binder second bedroom alcove

Custodial History

The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, on loan from Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.

General

General: Title provided by Marvin or Ruth Sackner. Published: Stonypath, Dunsyre Lanark, Scotland : [Publisher not identified]. Signed by: Ian [Hamilton Finlay] (c.- verso). Nationality of creator: Scottish. General: About 1 total copies. General: Added by: CONV; updated by: MARVIN.

Repository Details

Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository

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