Wilbur Smith First Edition WHEN THE LION FEEDS Africa Safari Adventure HCDJ 1964

by Wilbur Smith

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First edition

.no-subscribe { display: none} [contenteditable] { pointer-events: none; } When the Lion Feeds by Wilbur Smith The Viking Press, New York, 1964. First American edition. Hardcover in very good condition, in a good dust jacket in archival mylar wrapper. Tight binding, solid solid spine, clean unmarked text, a well preserved, bright and clean copy, original $5.95 price has been scratched off the dust jacket. Dyed topedge, deckled foreedge, dj cover art by Enrico Arno. 8vo, 403 pages. Wilbur Smith’s When the Lion Feeds roars to life as the debut novel that launched one of adventure fiction’s most legendary careers—a sweeping saga of greed, survival, and blood-soaked destiny set in the untamed wilderness of 19th-century South Africa. Published in 1964, this first American edition introduced readers to the Courtney family, a dynasty as ruthless and magnetic as the land they conquer. Smith, himself raised in the Rhodesian bush, channels his intimate knowledge of Africa into a narrative that pulses with authenticity, from the thunder of Zulu impis to the dust-choked diamond fields of Kimberley. The novel follows twin brothers Sean and Garrick Courtney, whose bond is tested by betrayal, war, and the intoxicating lure of fortune. Smith’s prose is unflinching—lions tear flesh, rifles crack across the veldt, and ambition burns as fiercely as the African sun. Yet beneath the action lies a deeper exploration of colonialism’s moral quagmire, rendered without romanticism. The book’s visceral

• Publisher: Viking Press
• Year: 1964
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

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