DENNIS WHEATLEY'S 1ST EDITIONS IN ORDER OF PUBLICATION | ||
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A Century Of Horror | Contraband | The Eunuch Of Stamboul | Murder Off Miami | Red Eagle | The Secret War | They Found Atlantis | The Thrilling Romances of Dennis Wheatley : 1st Gift Box / : 2nd Gift Box | Who Killed Robert Prentice?
The Eunuch Of Stamboul (click on cover picture for more details) |
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1939, 1943, 1945, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1954, 1956 | ||||
(12th Impression) circa 1937 (although this date is not shown is later printing histories) |
(22nd Impression) circa 1943-45 |
(41st Thousand) circa 1947 |
(111th Thousand) circa 1948-50 |
1950 (still marked 111th Thousand!); 1954; 1956 |
A Century Of Horror (click on cover picture for more details) |
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Publication date: [31 October 1935] Series: An collection of short stories edited by Dennis Wheatley |
Notes: Contains an introduction and a short story 'The Snake' by Dennis Wheatley |
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A Century of Horror (Gift Binding) |
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Publication date: (unknown) Series: An collection of short stories edited by Dennis Wheatley |
Notes: Similar to the Gift Binding of ‘A Century of Spy Stories’ (See ‘First Editions’ 1938-1939) |
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The Thrilling Romances of Dennis Wheatley : 1st Gift Box (click on pictures for more details) |
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Publication date: [December 1935] Series: A gift box set containing DW's first four novels |
Inside lid reads: The Thrilling Romances of
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They Found Atlantis (click on cover picture for more details) |
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1936 (?10th Thousand), 1938 (?15th Thousand), 1942, 1947 (?75th Thousand), 1953, 1954, 1957 | |||
(10th Thousand) circa Jan/July 1936 |
(75th Thousand) circa 1947; 1954; 1957 |
Murder Off Miami (click on cover picture for more details) |
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40th?, 50th?, 55th?, 60th?, 70th?, 75th?, 80th?, 85th?, 1979, 1986 | ||||
(40th Thousand) date unknown |
(50th Thousand) date unknown |
(75th Thousand) date unknown |
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(85th Thousand) Date unknown |
A curious copy seen by Kevin Pearce in 2016 | 1979 ISBN: 0091383404 |
1986 ISBN: 0863501184 |
Contraband (click on cover picture for more details) |
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Publication date: [9 October 1936] Series: A Gregory Sallust espionage novel
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the traditional first edition a variant first edition, possibly for the colonial market (click here to see the full jacket) (Picture courtesy Lin Campbell, New Zealand) |
Publisher's synopsis:
"MIDNIGHT at the Casino" is the first chapter heading in this strange story of international intrigue wherein 'planes flit by night to secret landing-grounds and lightless launches nose their way up narrow creeks in a low desolate coastline. From the moment we meet the beautiful Sabine, during La Grande Semaine at Deauville, until the last page which discloses the end of her romance, the reader is caught up and lives for breathless hours through scene after scene of swift action and stealthy secret work at night. We meet again that sinister figure of twisted body and twisted brain, Lord Gavin Fortescue, who escaped all penalty for the havoc and suffering he wrought in Such Power is Dangerous; and pitted against him we find that cynical but charming egoist Gregory Sallust, whose courage and imagination saved his friends in the dark hours of Black August. The story is told with all the skill and speed and plausibility which have delighted readers of Wheatley's tales of romance and adventure all over the world. |
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1938, 1941, 1942, 1945, 1952, 1954, 1958 | ||
1954; (8th Impression) 1958 |
The Secret War (click on cover picture for more details) |
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1938, 1939, 1944, 1945, 1948, 1953, 1954, 1958 | |||
(17th Thousand /10th Impression) circa Jan 1939 | 1954, 1958 |
Who Killed Robert Prentice? (click on 1st edition cover picture for more details) |
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50th? 65th? 1980, 1986 | ||||
(50th Thousand) (three colours) dates unknown 'green' cover picture generously supplied by Sverre Sørborg |
(65th Thousand) (two colours) dates unknown '65th' pictures generously supplied by Clive Williams |
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(65th Thousand )(green colour) date unknown Picture generously supplied by Kevin Pearce |
1980 ISBN: 0906671043 |
1986 ISBN: 0863501214 |
Red Eagle. The Story Of The Russian Revolution (click on cover picture for more details) |
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Publication date: [25 October] 1937 Series: One of two Historical Biographies, the other being "Old Rowley". A Private Life of Charles II. |
Publisher's synopsis:
The Revolution that changed the world... October 1917. A small band of communists seize control of Czarist Russia. Their aim: to transform a nation of two hundred million people into a 'Workers' State' – a cruel, highly-organised machine which would conquer the world for Communism. What forces drive such men? Through the life of Klementy Efremovitch Voroshilov, brilliant general and dedicated communist, world-famous novelist Dennis Wheatley reveals the face of the system which, even today, is a puzzle and a challenge to the West. |
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1938 (24th Thousand) |
1938 (24th Thousand) |
The Thrilling Romances of Dennis Wheatley : 2nd Gift Box (click on picture for more details) |
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Publication date: [December 1937] Series: A gift box set containing DW's second four novels |
Notes: Contains DW's second four novels: |
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A Century Of Horror | Contraband | The Eunuch Of Stamboul | Murder Off Miami | Red Eagle | The Secret War | They Found Atlantis | The Thrilling Romances of Dennis Wheatley : 1st Gift Box / : 2nd Gift Box | Who Killed Robert Prentice?
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