The Aztecs
Traces left behind to front and rear paste-downs and endpapers from tape
decorated and lettered in gilt to front cover and spine
using as models a series of watercolours thought to be by the artist
Beryl Cook was persuaded to illustrate this book because it gave her the opportunity to paint a variety of wigs
The Rambler Agatha Christie The AztecsThe 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