{"product_id":"cafe-royal-books-val-wilmer-american-drummers-1959-1988","title":"CAFÉ ROYAL BOOKS — Val Wilmer — American Drummers 1959–1988","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eCafé Royal Books is the kind of gritty, underground gold that punches through the noise with raw, real stories—told frame by frame. They’re not a café, they’re not royal, and they’re definitely not books. What they \u003cem data-start=\"215\" data-end=\"220\"\u003eare\u003c\/em\u003e is a razor-sharp archive of DIY photo zines that scream with the unfiltered soul of street life, punk scenes, and counterculture past. No gloss, no polish— just truth, straight from the pavement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eVal Wilmer\u003c\/span\u003e — American Drummers 1959-1988\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVal Wilmer, with Maggie Murray, founded Format Photographers in 1983, the first all-women photographers' agency in Britain. Wilmer is known for her writing and photography around African-American music, for which she has received many awards. More recently, Wilmer has become a patron of the National Jazz Archive.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eBOOK SPECS:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1793988100860_174\"\u003e36 pages \u003cbr\u003eprinted in England\u003cbr\u003estaple bound\u003cbr\u003e14cm x 20cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eAlso by Val Wilmer — \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.caferoyalbooks.com\/shop\/p\/val-wilmer-deep-blues-19601988\"\u003eDeep Blues 1960–1988\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Café Royal Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49293063422070,"sku":"Book-003776","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1555\/4315\/files\/2026_CRDrummers-1.jpg?v=1794006256","url":"https:\/\/www.fret12.com\/products\/cafe-royal-books-val-wilmer-american-drummers-1959-1988","provider":"FRET12","version":"1.0","type":"link"}