In this book, Stephen Bann who wrote the text, provides a critical analysis of Finlay's Picture (Emblem) Poems, which are reproduced with commentary, one to a page. The poems include among others "Woodland is Pleasing to the Muses, Et in Arcadia Ego, Out of the Strong Came Forth Sweetness, Through a Dark Wood, Battle of Midway Fourth June 1942 (1) and Battle of Midway Fourth June 1942 (2). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

In this book, Stephen Bann who wrote the text, provides a critical analysis of Finlay's Picture (Emblem) Poems, which are reproduced with his commentary, one to a page. The poems include among others "Woodland is Pleasing to the Muses, Et in Arcadia Ego, Out of the Strong Came Forth Sweetness, Through a Dark Wood, Battle of Midway Fourth June 1942 (1) and Battle of Midway Fourth June 1942 (2). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The essay written by Stephen Bann on the back inside folder explains the metaphor of grouping designs of hulls of sailing ships like sea shells in a display case. Proctor is a ship designer and Costley the artist who made this print. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The catalogue was designed by Ron Costley. It includes a long critical introduction by Stephen Bann focusing on Finlay's contributions to concrete poetry and his swing toward neo- classicism in the picture poems carried out by inscriptions on stone plaques in the garden. The catalogue also has a reprinting of Finlay's "A Wartime Garden." The illustrations depict several unique stone, neon, and glass sculptures. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This publication which was edited by Zdenek Felix and Pia Simig was published on the occasion of Finlay's exhibition entitled Works - Pure and Political at Diechtorhallen, Hamburg Germany in 1995. Includes photographs b&w of Finlay's sculptural works, documentation on their significance, and a listing of his collaborators. Archival material forming the basis for several of these works is held by the Sackner Archive, e.g., Max Plank Institute, Stuttgart (1972). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.