Beryl Cook was persuaded to illustrate this book because it gave her the opportunity to paint a variety of wigs
decorated and lettered in gilt to front cover and spine
In original dust wrapper showing price £20 to front flap
bumping and rubbing to corners and spine tips
using as models a series of watercolours thought to be by the artist
The Rambler Agatha Christie Beryl Cook was persuaded toThe Rambler, by Samuel Johnson. In four volumes. London : printed for W. Bowyer, W. Strahan, J. and F. Rivington, J. Hinton, Hawes, Clarke, and Collins, [and 16 others in London], 1771. The eight edition. 11 x 18 cm. Full brown calf, gilt titles and intricate tooling to spines, marbled endpapers. Externally very worn, in acceptable condition only, with edges and spines very rubbed, boards not fully attached and extremities rather frayed. Internally