Moonraker Press, 1977. 1st Paperback Edition 4to 265 x 190mm. 128pp with 345 b/w illustrations. Softcover in near fine condition. 'Yorkshire by birth, resident for more than 30 years of St Ives, Cornwall, scholarship student at the Royal College of Art at the age of sixteen, mother of triplets, Honorary Doctor of Letters of five Universities, Cornish Bard, Dame Commander of the British Empire and world-famous sculptor: such was Barbara Hepworth, whose rich and varied life had always revolved round the urgent demand of her creative work. This book is the exciting pictorial document of that life which also provides an important record of her work over 40 years. Bookseller Inventory # 001907