Submarine Dream

RAVILIOUS, ERIC; Edited by BRIAN WEBB

Published by Camberwell Press, 1996

About this Item

Sole UK Printing published by the Camberwell Press in 1996. 37.5 cm square. The book is in very good condition.Light wear to bottom board edges.and corners. This is number 216 from a limitation of just 225 books. The book is Signed and Numbered by Brian Webb. The series of coloured lithographs from the original edition of Submarine Dream was stochastically screened from original prints and printed on Canaletto paper at the Camberwell Press. The cover design is based on a design by Tirzah Ravilious. At the outbreak of WWII,Eric Ravilious became an official war artist along with Edward Bawden and John Nash. During the summer of 1940 he painted submarine operations at HMS Dolphin in Hampshire. Over the following months he produced a series of lithographs based on his submarine drawings which were printed in a small edition at Cowells of Ipswich, his first choice, the Curwen Press, having been bombed. Ravilious went on to further assignments. On his last, a flight over Iceland in 1942, he was reported missing, presumed dead. He was 39 years of age. This is the first time that these lithographs have been stochastically reproduced from the original prints. They are a wonderful evocation of submarine life. A very high quality production and extremely scarce. Seller Inventory # 6000270

Bibliographic Details

Title: Submarine Dream

Publisher: Camberwell Press

Publication Date: 1996

Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: Eric Ravilious

Condition: Very Good

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition