Too few for drums

R. F. Delderfield

earliest edition we have, 1971 Ulverscroft Large Print, 1988 hardcover 368 pages

Military fiction classics

A classic tale of the Napoleonic wars from R.F. Delderfield. After the British victory at Busaco during the Peninsula campaigns of the Napoleonic Wars, Ensign Keith Graham finds himself cut off from the army, along with a sergeant and seven privates. This ill-assorted, tattered band is joined by a Welsh campfollower, Gwyneth, and she and Sergeant Fox help nineteen-year-old Graham achieve both manhood and leadership....

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Editions we hold

Too few for drums edition · 2001 · McBooks Press · 254 pages
Too few for drums edition · 1992 · Coronet · 222 pages
Too Few for Drums (Ulverscroft Large Print) hardcover · 1988 · Ulverscroft Large Print · 368 pages · 9780708917565
Too few for drums. edition · 1973 · Hodder & Stoughton
Too few for drums. edition · 1972 · Corgi · 206 pages
Too few for drums edition · 1971 · Simon and Schuster · 253 pages

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