This volume which covers work from Moore's earlier career, was originally published in 1944. Both text and illustrations were heavily revised at the time of the 4th ed., (1957, repr. 1969) with a concordance to earlier editions' illustrations numbers. This, the 5th ed., omits only the drawings previously included. For these, see "Henry Moore Complete Drawings", v.1-v.7, cited in this database. The introduction by Sir Herbert Read (1944, 1948) remains unchanged (publisher's catalogue).