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Meik (Vivian) Devils’ Drums
£1,000
London, Philip Allan, 1933.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original pale yellow cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 2/6.
A chilling anthology of ten short stories woven around central-African voodoo, witch-doctors, curses and dark rituals; often featuring recurring figures such as Neil Martyn, Padre Jan Vaneken and Doctor Strang. Issued within Philip Allan’s ‘Creeps’ series (edited by Charles Birkin), this represents Meik’s only fiction collection, a departure from his earlier travel-based works.
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An excellent copy in fine dust-jacket.
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