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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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Best Secret Service Stories.
London: Faber and Faber, 1964. [anthology of spy stories] Large format paperback. First softcover edition. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.256. Publisher's card covers with typograpic design in yellow and black. Minor handling, reading crease; very good. Contains an excerpt from Ian Fleming's James Bond novel 'Live and Let Die'. Fleming..... More
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
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
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 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
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
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
Traitors' Gate.
London: Hutchinson, 1958. [War-Time Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.383 [1]. Maps and plans to endpapers. Publisher's illustrated purple cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the matching dust-jacket illustrated by Sax, priced at 16s. Very light spotting to top edge; the lightest of bruising to jacket edges..... More
Traitors' Gate.
London: Hutchinson, 1958. [War-Time Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.383 [1]. Maps and plans to endpapers. Publisher's illustrated purple cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the matching dust-jacket illustrated by Sax, priced at 16s. Some rubbing to joints and extremities, local spotting to rear panel. Very good..... 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
Vendetta in Spain.
London: Hutchinson, 1961. [Historical Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.383 [1]. Publisher's blue and yellow interweaved cloth with silver titles to spine; blue endpapers. With the dust-jacket designed by Sax, priced at 18s. Light rubbing and a couple of small closed tears to jacket edges. Near fine. A...... More
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