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Dennis Wheatley | First Editions
1897 - 1977
Dennis Wheatley was a prolific and best selling English writer of thrillers and occult novels from the 1930s through to the 1960s. After service on the Western Front in WWI he served in the London Controlling Section in WWII working on military deception.
See below our stock of Dennis Wheatley First Editions.
Dennis Wheatley online bibliography
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Bill for the Use of a body.
London: Hutchinson, 1964. [Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.221; [3]. Publisher's red and black speckled cloth, gilt titles to spine, cartographic endpapers, striking pictorial dust-jacket designed by Fratini with printed price of 16s net. Some spotting to edges. Wrapper shows very well, some creasing to edges with a...... More
The Dark Secret of Josephine.
London: Hutchinson, 1955. [Historical Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.447; [1]. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. Coloured map to endpapers. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Sax, priced at 15s. Spotting to edges. Jacket spine sunned with some rubbing and small closed tears to edges. Very..... More
Desperate Measures. A Roger Brook Story.
London: Hutchinson, 1974. [Historical fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.415; [1] list of titles. Publisher's red and black speckled cloth, gilt titles to spine, map endpapers, dust-jacket with striking wrap around artwork by Barbosa with printed price of £2.75. Light spotting to top edge. Wrapper bright and unfaded..... More
Gateway To Hell.
London: Hutchinson, 1970. [Occult fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.319; [1] list of titles. Publisher's red and black speckled cloth, gilt titles to spine, map endpapers, dust-jacket designed by Edward Mortelmans with printed price of £1.75 or 35s. Ownership to verso of flyleaf, light spotting/toning to top edge..... More
Mayhem in Greece.
London: Hutchinson, 1962. [Spy Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.510; [2]. Publisher's dark green cloth with silver titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Robert Graham, priced at 21s. Some toning and marking to edges. Jacket with some chips and closed tears to edges; some loss to..... More
Mediterranean Nights.
London: Hutchinson and Co. (Publishers) LTD., no date [1943]. [Short stories] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.208. Publisher's black cloth, gilt titles to spine and gilt publisher's monogram to upper, pictorial dust-jacket with printed price of 9'- net (including extra war costs). Neat gift inscription dated December 1942 to..... More
The Rape of Venice.
London: Hutchinson, 1959. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.446; [1], list of countries; [1], blank. Publisher's black cloth with blocking to spine in gilt and lime green, in pictorial dust-jacket designed by Sax, cartographic endpapers. A lightly used copy with a few minor nicks and marks. Very good indeed. An occult mystery..... More
The Rape of Venice.
London: Hutchinson, 1959. [Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 12cm), pp.446; [1], list of countries; [1], blank. Publisher's black cloth with blocking to spine in gilt and lime green, in pictorial dust-jacket designed by Sax with printed price of 15s net, endpapers showing a view of Venice in the 18th..... More
The Satanist.
London: Hutchinson, 1960. [Strange tales] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.448. Publisher's black cloth, screen-printed with full moon design, lettered in red and gilt to spine, suitably atmospheric dust-jacket designed by Sax and priced at 18s net. A very good copy, jacket mildly chipped and rubbed. A novel of..... More
Saturdays with Bricks. (and other days under shell-fire).
London: Hutchinson, 1961. [Literary Autobiography]. INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Large Octavo (25 x 19cm), pp.126; [2]. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to title page: "For | K. T. Williams | with best wishes | from | Dennis Wheatley". With five double-sided photographic plates of walls build by the author..... More
The Second Seal.
London: Hutchinson, 1950. [Spy Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.483; [1], advertisement. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine, pictorial dust-jacket priced at 12/6. A little rubbed to spine ends else a clean, fine copy. A Duke de Richleau adventure set in 1914. The inside story of..... More
Star of ill-omen.
London: Hutchinson, 1952. [Science fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.320. Publisher's black cloth, gilt titles to spine, in splendid Sax designed pictorial dust-jacket with printed price of 12/6 net. A little dustiness to top edge, faint erasure mark to flyleaf, offsetting to first and last page. Wrapper shows..... More
The Sultan's Daughter.
London: Hutchinson, 1963. [Historical fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.511; [1], advertisement. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles, dust-jacket designed by Robert Graham and priced at 21s net. Book is near fine; jacket with some chipping to spine ends and some closed tears. Shows very well. A Roger..... More
The Sultan's Daughter.
London: Hutchinson, 1963. [Historical fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.511; [1], advertisement. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles, dust-jacket designed by Robert Graham and priced at 21s net. Some trivial dustiness; a lovely fine copy. More
V For Vengeance.
London: Hutchinson, no date [1942]. [Wartime spy thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.248. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles, endpaper maps of Paris illustrated dust-jacket priced at 10/6 'Including extra War costs'. Edges spotted, boards a little marked, discreet ink name and date, jacket slightly chipped with a...... More
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