SIGNED TO CLOSE FRIENDS Wilbur Smith A TIME TO DIE 1st British edition VERY RARE

  

Here is an EXCEEDINGLY RARE and collectible SIGNED copy of Wilbur Smith's novel A TIME TO DIE. SIGNED & DATED PRESENTATION COPY.

Of the first printing of the William Heinemann first British edition. Wilbur presented this as a gift to very close friends of his, David & Nel Davies, in Cape Town, South Africa. The following is from their grandson.

David and Nel (Nellie) were my grandparents who were good friends with Wilbur and his wife [Danielle]. My grandfather was a plastic surgeon and my grandmother was a nurse. My grandmother looked after Danielle when she fell ill as a favor to her and Wilbur....

All the books were gifts to my grandparents over the years of friendship. ONE-OF-A-KIND - signed just "Wilbur". This book and dust jacket show signs of wear, use, toning, and having lived in humid Cape Town.

I have 6 other books also presented as gifts to David and Nel. A must for the serious collector. NO OTHER SIGNED, INSCRIBED and DATED COPY OF THIS FIRST EDITION FOR SALE ANYWHERE ELSE AT THE TIME OF LISTING. Kimberley, johannesburg, pretoria, south africa, xhosa, matabele, tribe, warfare, fantasy, stories, novels, gold mining, diamond mining, Afrikaans, Afkrikaner, Afrikander, Dutch. Elephant, antelope, buck, hunting, hunt, matabele, rhodesia, cecil rhodes, diamonds, gold, war, impi, shield, assegai, xhosa, lion, elephant, big game, buffalo, eland, koodoo. Kudu, leopard, biltong, mealies, kraal, sotho, sesotho, twsana, setswana, inkosi, nkose, rider haggard, bertram mitford, wilbur smith, antiquarian.