Lot of 5 Inscribed Copies of Wilbur Smith’s Novels

1. Elephant Song, 1991, with loosely inserted photo of author

2. Birds of Prey, 1997, with loosely inserted newpaper clipping of interview of author

3. River God, 1993, with loosely inserted photo of author

4. The Seventh Scroll, 1995, with loosely inserted photo of author

5. The Burning Shore, 1985

London: Macmillan & William Heinemann (1985-1997)

8vo, hardcovers with dust jackets.

Warmly inscribed by the author to Pamela Woods, former South African publicist.

Wilbur Addison Smith (1933 – 2021) was a Northern Rhodesian-born British-South African novelist specializing in historical fiction about international involvement in Southern Africa across four centuries.

An accountant by training, he gained a film contract with his first published novel, When the Lion Feeds, which encouraged him to become a full-time writer. After this he developed three long chronicles of the South African experience, which became best-sellers. He acknowledged his publisher Charles Pick's advice to "write about what you know best", and his work takes in much authentic detail of the local hunting and mining way of life, along with the romance and conflict that goes with it.

By the time of his death in 2021, he had published 49 books of which he sold over 140 million copies. (wikipedia.com)

Condition: Overall very good. Light rubbing and minor wear to the dust jackets. Light smudging to fore edge of textblock of ‘River Song’. Texts are clean. Copies are well bound.