Henry Moore/Sketchbook 1926/Ganymed Original Editions Ltd/Fischer Fine Art Ltd/London 1976

Published as a facsimile of Sketchbook 1926 [now Notebook 1926] (HMF 426-468) in three editions, each with a catalogue in English by Alan G. Wilkinson. Edition A has CGM 413 and 414 printed on Penshurst 368 x 295mm and inserted in a yellow-grey paper folder contained in a Solander box 415 x 327mm covered in yellow-grey paper with a vellum spine. The title is blocked in brown on the front and spine.

Edition B has CGM 413 or 414 printed on Cotman 368 x 295mm and inserted in a yellow-grey paper folder contained in a Solander box 415 x 327mm covered in beige Richard de Bas paper. The title is similarly blocked in brown on the front and spine.

Edition C without etchings is contained in a Solander box 250 x 187mm covered in yellow-grey paper similarly blocked.

facsimile

225 x 170mm: 92 pages in three signatures of 24 and one of 20, numbered 1 to 86 with one sheet torn out between pp.65 and 66, and 4 pages unnumbered of which 2 are stuck to the inside of the cover as endpapers. All right-hand pages blind-stamped lower right with the letter M. Bound in distressed dark red paper-covered boards with dark red linen spine.

catalogue

225 x 170mm: 34 pages in two signatures of 8 and one of 12, with five reproductions on 6 pages. Bound in thin card covered in yellow-grey paper with the title printed in brown on the front.

The edition of 325 copies, signed in pencil by the artist and numbered in pencil on a bookplate mounted on p.86 of the facsimile, comprises:

30 copies of Edition A numbered 1 to 25 and AP 1 to AP 5 with CGM 413 and 414 numbered 1/75 to 25/75 and AP 1 to AP 5

120 copies of Edition B numbered 26 to 125 and AP 6 to AP 25 with CGM 413 or 414 numbered 26/75 to 75/75 and AP 6 to AP 15, with all the even numbers of the facsimile sketchbook from 26 to 124 and AP 6 to AP 24 accompanied by CGM 413 and all the odd numbers from 27 to 125 and AP 7 to AP 25 accompanied by CGM 414

175 copies of Edition C numbered 126 to 300

All the etchings are signed in pencil by the artist.

Text set in Baskerville and printed by the John Roberts Press, London.

CGM 413 and 414 were printed by M. Basis, London.

The sketchbook was reproduced in facsimile by Daniel Jacomet & Cie, Paris.

The Solander boxes were made by Bernard Duval, Paris.