Edited by Brian Webb (5 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Oscar Mellor (illustrator). 1st Edition. 28pp + Contents page. Eighth issue of a magazine of poetry and prose produced by John Cotton. Cover designed by Oscar Mellor and two other illustrations by him on inside pages. Three Science Fiction poems by Sharon E. Mayer. Other contributors listed on front cover. Twenty poems in total. Pink covers with black lettering and an illustration printed in red and black. Staple bound with a few marks to front and back cover spine area. Clean inside pages.

Eric Ravilious (illustrator). Hardcover. Near fine condition. First edition, sole UK printing, published by the Camberwell Press in 1996. Large-format volume, 37.5 cm square. This is number 165 of a very limited edition of 225 copies, signed and numbered by Brian Webb. Signed by the author. The book reproduces a series of coloured lithographs from the original edition of Submarine Dream, stochastically screened from the 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 World War II, Eric Ravilious became an official war artist alongside Edward Bawden and John Nash. In the summer of 1940, he documented submarine operations at HMS Dolphin, Hampshire. Over the following months, he produced a series of lithographs from these drawings, originally printed in a small edition at Cowells of Ipswich after his first choice, the Curwen Press, was bombed. Tragically, Ravilious went missing on a flight over Iceland in 1942 and was presumed dead at the age of 39. This edition marks the first time these lithographs have been stochastically reproduced from the original prints, capturing the unique atmosphere of submarine life. A high-quality, beautifully produced, and extremely scarce book. A couple of minor bumps to edges, otherwise fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Eric Ravilious (illustrator). 1st Edition. Large 37.5 cm square folio. Bound in pictorial paper covered boards, based on a design by Tirzah Ravilious, with leather spine. This is number 216 of a limited edition 225 copies. Signed and Numbered by Brian Webb. Printed and published by the Camberwell Press in 1996. Illustrated with 10 lithographic reproduction's after Eric Ravilious series on Submarines. The book is in very good condition with only light wear to bottom board edges and corners. 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. Signed by Author(s).

4to. 12 x 9.75 inches. 208 PP. Bound in black cloth, gilt over pictorial stiff boards. Fine copy, as new condition. Illustrated throughout by black and white and colour, including frontispiece, facsimiles. Pictorial endpapers. Five large scrapbooks of ephemera were assembled over fifty five years by the artist, illustrator and designer, Edward Bawden (1903-89). They 'are the closest thing we have to an autobiography of this most reclusive and English of artists.' The contents of this selection include stamps, photographs, cigarette cards, Christmas cards, letters, newspaper cuttings and drawings, as well as examples of Bawden's own art. At the end are a list of Personalities and a Chronology. The Scrapbooks, are are held at the Fry Art Gallery, Saffron Walden, Essex. Edited by Peyton Skipwith (b.1939), independent fine art consultant and Brian Webb (b.1945), visiting professor of the University of the Arts, London. Both have published other studies of Bawden and other members of his circle. ART / LITERATURE SCRAP BOOK ARTS- 20TH CENTURY ILLUSTRATED ART / LITERATURE.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Leather spine and paper covered boards ( after a design by Tirzah Garwood ), in clean, bright condition, number 142 from an edition of 225, signed by Brian Webb, contents unmarked with 12 full page illustrations by Ravilious reproduced on Canaletto paper. In addition the scarce portfolio with matching card covers, containing the 12 prints, each blind stamped Camberwell Press to the margin, number 26 from an edition of only 50, signed by Brian Webb, in similar, excellent condition Size: Square Folio. Signed.