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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
The Black Baroness.
London: Hutchinson and Co., No date [circa 1942]. [Espionage thriller] FIRST CHEAP EDITION (17th thousand). Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.386; [xii], adverts; [2], blank. Publisher's green cloth with black titles to spine, cartographic endpapers, striking pictorial dust-wrapper priced at 4s.6d. A lightly handled copy, jacket with a few minor nicks..... More
Come Into My Parlour: A Novel.
London: Hutchinson and Co., no date [1946]. [War-Time Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.384. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the colour-illustrated dust-jacket, repriced to 6s with a sticker on the front flap. Some rubbing to cloth. Jacket sunned to spine with chips and closed..... More
Curtain of Fear.
London: Hutchinson, 1953. [Espionage Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.294 [2]. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the colour-illustrated dust-jacket priced at 12/6. Small blue ink ownership to flyleaf. Light spotting to edges and endpapers; cloth a bit rubbed. Jacket sunned to spine with some..... More
Dangerous Inheritance.
London: Hutchinson, 1965. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.349 [3]. Publisher's red and black interweaved cloth with gilt titles to spine. Maps to endpapers. With the dust-jacket designed by Edward Mortelmans, priced at 25s. Very light spotting to edges, plastic dust-jacket protector glued to the rear of the..... 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
The Haunting of Toby Jugg.
London: Hutchinson and Co., no date [1948]. [Occult Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.292. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the colour-illustrated dust-jacket, priced at 12/6. Light toning to edges; a small bookseller's label removed from front pastedown. Gilt heavily faded and a little rubbed..... More
The Irish Witch.
London: Hutchinson, 1973. [Strange tales] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.446 [2]. Publisher's red and black speckled cloth, gilt titles and black rules to spine, suitably atmospheric dust-jacket designed by Val Biro and priced at £2.50 net, map endpapers. Some bruising and a few closed tears to top edge..... More
The Island Where Time Stands Still.
London: Hutchinson and Co., 1954. [Strange tale] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.336. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the colour-illustrated dust-jacket, priced at 12/6. A very good copy in similar jacket, a little chipped and rubbed. A Gregory Sallust adventure, set in the South Seas..... More
The Man Who Missed The War.
London: Hutchinson and Co., no date [1945]. [Espionage thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.288. Publisher's black cloth with titles to spine, typographic dust-wrapper priced at 10s.6d. Printed on wartime standard economy paper. A very good copy in a slightly nicked jacket. An attractive example. 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 Quest of Julian Day.
London: Hutchinson and Co., 1952. [Espionage thriller] ATTRACTIVE REPRINT. Third printing. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.442; [2], blank. Publisher's red cloth with titles to spine, pictorial dust-wrapper priced at 7s.6d. Minor toning and handling; near fine. Fast-paced treasure-seeking adventure novel set among the ancient wonders of Egypt... 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 Rising Storm.
London: Hutchinson and Co., no date [1949]. [Historical Fiction] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.432. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to title page: 'For | J. Ray | with the best of good wishes | and kind remembrances | from | Dennis Wheatley.' Publisher's black cloth..... 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 Scarlet Imposter.
London: Hutchinson and Co., 1957. [Espionage thriller] EARLY REPRINT, seventh printing. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.441; [1], blank. Publisher's red cloth with titles to spine, pictorial dust-wrapper priced at 10s.6d. Trivial handling; a lovely fine copy. A Gregory Sallust deception, set in Nazi Germany, 1940. 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
The Secret War.
London: Hutchinson and Co., 1958. [Espionage thriller] ATTRACTIVE REPRINT. Ninth Printing. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.288. Publisher's pale cloth with black titles to spine, pictorial dust-wrapper priced at 8s.6d. Minor toning and handling; near fine. A wartime adventure novel from the hugely popular author labelled 'The Prince of Thriller Writers'..... More
Sixty Days to Live.
London: Hutchinson and Co., 1956. [Thriller] ATTRACTIVE REPRINT, fourth printing. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.391; [1], blank. Publisher's red cloth with titles to spine, pictorial dust-wrapper priced at 8s.6d. Some toning to paper stock else a fine copy in a near fine wrapper. A disaster novel concerning the impending horrors..... 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
The Sword of Fate.
London: Hutchinson and Co., 1952. [Thriller] ATTRACTIVE REPRINT, fourth printing. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.288. Publisher's red cloth with titles to spine, pictorial dust-wrapper designed by Abbey, clipped and repriced at 7s.6d. Some toning to paper stock else a fine copy in a near fine wrapper. An attractive example. A...... More