"Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new after all."
— Abraham Lincoln
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
London: Faber and Faber, 1960. [Anthology of spy stories] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.256. Elegantly hand-bound in half black calf over matching cloth sides, spine gilt-lettered in six compartments with traditional raised bands. Contents clean, edges a little dusty/toned. Exterior as new. Near fine, in an attractive recent..... More
London: Hutchinson, 1937. [Military History] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.390 [26]. With a coloured halftone frontispiece, 16 plates (30 illustrations), and 8 maps. With author's gift note in blue ink to the title page: 'For / Percy Muir / With the best of / good..... More
London: Hutchinson, 1953. [Thriller] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.294 [2]. INSCRIBED in black ink by the author to the title-page, dated 1953. Publisher's black cloth, gilt titles to spine. With the pictorial dust-jacket priced at 12/6 to front flap. Internally clean but for some light..... More
London: Hutchinson, 1955. [Historical Fiction] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.447 [1]. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to the title page: 'For | Min Bowering | with kindest remembrances | from | Dennis Wheatley.' Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. Coloured sketch-maps..... More
London: Hutchinson, 1969. [Historical Thriller] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.511 [1]. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to the title page: 'For | Mr Jey | With best wishes | for Christmas and 1970 | from | Dennis Wheatley.' Publisher's variegated red and black..... More
London: Hutchinson, 1959. [Fiction] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 12cm), pp.446 [2]. Publisher's navy cloth with blocking to spine in gilt and lime green. Endpapers showing a view of Venice in the 18th century. With the dust-jacket designed by Sax priced at 15s. Gentle spotting to textblock..... More
London: Hutchinson and Co, 1967. [Historical fiction] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.345; [1]. Publisher's brown cloth lettered in gilt to spine, cartographic endpapers, illustrated dust-jacket designed by Val Biro. A crisp fine copy in like price clipped jacket. Novel of chivalry and suspense featuring the Napoleonic..... More
London: Hutchinson and Co., no date [1949]. [Historical Fiction] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION, first impression. 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..... More
London: Hutchinson and Co., no date [1949]. [Historical Fiction] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.432. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. Colour map endpapers. With the colour-illustrated dust-jacket, priced at 12/6. Spotting to edges. Jacket toned and sunned to spine, with a big chip to..... More
London: Hutchinson and Co., no date [1949]. [Historical Fiction] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.432. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to title page: 'For | Min Bowring | with kindest thoughts | from her old friend | Dennis Wheatley.' Publisher's black cloth with gilt..... More
London: Hutchinson, 1950. [Spy Thriller] FIRST EDITION, first impression, a later issue. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.483 [1]. Publisher's red cloth with black titles to spine, and coloured maps to endpapers. With the colour-illustrated dust-jacket, repriced with a sticker to 7/6. Light spotting to edges. Slight toning to spine, with..... More
London: Hutchinson and Co., no date [1937]. [Espionage thriller] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.288 [48]. Publisher's catalogue dated Spring 1937. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to the title page: 'For | M. W.P. Hawkin | with all good wishes | from | Dennis..... More
London: Hutchinson and Co., 1952. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.320. Publisher's black cloth lettered in gilt to spine, illustrative dust-jacket with printed price of 12/6 to front flap. Some toning to edges of textblock, rolling to spine, fading to gilt, wearing to edges of..... More
London: Hutchinson, 1963. [Historical fiction] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.511 [1]. 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...... More
London: Hutchinson, 1963. [Historical fiction] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.511 [1]. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to the title page: 'With best wishes | from | Dennis Wheatley.' Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine and maps to endpapers. With the dust-jacket..... More
London: Hutchinson, 1958. [War-Time Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.383 [1]. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to the title page: 'For | Eileen Cond | with very best wishes, | and all kind thoughts | from Dennis Wheatley.' Maps and plans to endpapers..... More
London: Hutchinson and Co, 1967. [Adventure Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[2]; 379; [3]. Publisher's red cloth lettered in gilt to spine, cartographic endpapers, illustrated dust-jacket designed by Edward Mortelmans. Spotting and toning to textblock top edge, slight rolling to spine, minor wear to dust-jacket. Near fine. 'Unholy..... More
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
London: Hutchinson, 1968. [Satanic adventure Thriller] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.383 [1]. Publisher's red cloth titled in gilt, in pictorial dust-jacket illustrated by Gino d'Achille, priced at 30s to front flap. Some acceptable edgewear, edges of text block a little dusty and spotted, jacket is fine..... More
London: Hutchinson, 1968. [Satanic adventure Thriller] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.383 [1]. Publisher's red cloth titled in gilt, in pictorial dust-jacket illustrated by Gino d'Achille, priced at 30s to front flap. Fondly inscribed "For Eileen Cond / With very best / wishes from / her..... More