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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, 1960. [Anthology of spy stories] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.256. Publisher's deep red cloth with titles in yellow to the spine, typographic dust jacket priced at 15s. With presentation note to the flyleaf; Peter & Rosemary / from / John Welcome / [underline]..... 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 Man Who Killed the King.
London: Hutchinson and Co., 1951. [Historical Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.568. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. Green illustrated map endpapers. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Jax, priced at 15s. A little spotting to edges, otherwise a nice clean copy. Jacket heavily sunned to spine..... 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 a few marks to edges. Jacket a little toned to spine, with wear and chipping..... 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. [Fiction] 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. A crisp, clean fine copy..... 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 Rising Storm.
London: Hutchinson and Co., no date [1949]. [Historical Fiction] FIRST EDITION. 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 tail, and..... 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, 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 heavy rubbing..... More
Sixty Days to Live.
London: Hutchinson and Co., 1952. [Modern literature] THIRD IMPRESSION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.391; [1], blank. Publisher's red cloth lettered in black to spine, illustrative dust-jacket with printed price of 7/6 to front flap. Staining to preliminaries and endpapers, toning to edges of textblock, rolling to spine, spotting visible on..... More
Star of Ill-Omen.
London: Hutchinson and Co., 1952. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. 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 dust-jacket causing..... 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
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
The White Witch of the South Seas.
London: Hutchinson, 1968. [Satanic adventure Thriller] FIRST EDITION. 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
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