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DRUMBEATS

by David Severn

Illustrated by Richard Kennedy

Published by The Bodley Head. 1st. 1953

Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper. A desperate drama taking place in the steaming, tortuous jungle of Central Africa. Orange boards, blue title to spine and vignette to front cover. 155 pages. B/w illustrations.

Contains a SIGNED letter from the author (to the binder?). Spine bumped. Slight mark to top corner of front cover. Some light foxing and page browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with small tears at corners and slightly grubby to rear panel. "Collins Young Elizabethan Book of the Month" wrapround label to wrapper (loose).

Stock no. 1330334

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Contents

  • 1 I Can' Stop!
  • 2 Painting of a Vision
  • 3 Just Seeing Things
  • 4 That was Hubert for you!
  • 5 Meet the Founder
  • 6 What are you playing at?
  • 7 You're Yellow!
  • 8 Severe Attack of Cheating
  • 9 An Under-exposed Interior
  • 10 Esther! You're Looking Queer
  • 11 Not "it" after all
  • 12 Reckon this is my Narrow Escape
  • 13 "We've Been Gassed" I Cried
  • 14 Pitched into Pandemonium
  • 15 We're not Dead Yet
  • 16 No Time to Lose!
  • Epilogue

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