I came across Wilbur Smith on Facebook and was pleased to see a picture of him holding one of his Golden PAN Awards for selling a million copies of “When The Lion Feeds” and I’ve scanned in some of his other book covers as well (I’ll be adding the mid 70’s and late 80’s George Sharp covers ASAP)
I particularly like the 1970 ones reused in the late 70’s but then spoilt by having one as a film tie-in which has happened before with the 1973 James Bond series or the 80’s Nevil Shute’s. The covers from around 1980 acknowledge the artist as Kevin Tweddell who is a member of Artist Partners along with fellow PAN Book cover artists Brian Sanders, Roger Coleman, Gino d’Achille and George Sharp.