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Bill For The Use Of A Body | Black August | The Black Baroness | Codeword – Golden Fleece | Come Into My Parlour | Contraband | Curtain Of Fear | Dangerous Inheritance | The Dark Secret Of Josephine | The Devil Rides Out | The Eunuch Of Stamboul | Evil In A Mask | The Fabulous Valley | Faked Passports | The Forbidden Territory | Gateway To Hell | The Golden Spaniard | Gunmen, Gallants And Ghosts | The Haunting Of Toby Jugg | The Island Where Time Stands Still | The Ka Of Gifford Hillary | The Launching Of Roger Brook | The Man Who Killed The King | The Man Who Missed The War | Mayhem In Greece | Mediterranean Nights | Old Rowley | The Prisoner In The Mask | The Quest Of Julian Day | The Rape Of Venice | The Ravishing Of Lady Mary Ware | Red Eagle | The Rising Storm | The Satanist | The Scarlet Impostor | The Second Seal | The Secret War | The Shadow Of Tyburn Tree | Sixty Days To Live | Star Of Ill-Omen | Strange Conflict | Such Power Is Dangerous | The Sultan’s Daughter | The Sword Of Fate | They Found Atlantis | They Used Dark Forces | Three Inquisitive People | To The Devil—A Daughter | Traitors’ Gate | Uncharted Seas | Unholy Crusade | V For Vengeance | Vendetta In Spain | The Wanton Princess | The White Witch Of The South Seas
BOXED SET (Volumes 1-6)
The Lymington edition issues, with their distinctive black cloth bindings and gilt lettering, were produced by Hutchinson from 1961 to 1975, with reprints appearing up to 1979. Excluding the crime dossiers, they covered all 53 of Wheatley's published fiction titles up to 1971, plus 'Red Eagle' and 'Old Rowley'. Wheatley's last three novels, 'The Strange Story of Linda Lee', 'The Irish Witch' and 'Desperate Measures', were never included.
The jackets of all the 1960s issues, with the possible exception of 'Red Eagle' (47 titles) appear to be illustrated by Robert Graham, although he was not credited on a number of titles. The distinctive spines of the jackets for the 1st editions are coloured according to the series: black for the occult titles, blue for other de Richleau titles, red for other Gregory Sallust titles, yellow for Roger Brook (with the exception of the Ravishing of Lady Mary Ware, which is in white), green for all the other fiction titles and orange for the non-fiction titles.
Judging from the second-hand market, the majority of the print run of both 1st editions and reprints was taken up by the public lending libraries across the United Kingdom, and ex-library copies with sealed jackets and missing front free end papers can be found in most second-hand shops.
The details and the artwork which follow are accurate for the edition dates but some of the reprint issues may have different artwork that I have not yet seen. I am still adding to the collection and will update the information as I get it.
For a printable copy of my wants list please click here: 
Please let me know if you can send a scan of a missing cover or add to the information
by e-mailing me at: 
| Bill For The Use Of A Body (No.44) | Black August (No.18) | The Black Baroness (No.26) | |
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| August 1966 | Oct 1973 reprint ISBN: 0090717910 |
August 1966 | November 1966 |
| reprint Sep 74 | reprint Apr 72 ISBN: 0090218014 |
reprint Mar 72 ISBN : 0090218116 |
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| Codeword – Golden Fleece (No.37) | Come Into My Parlour (No.34) | Contraband (No.12) | ||
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| [Nov] 1962 | Nov 1973 reprint | [May] 1967 | [May] 1964 | 1971 reprint |
| reprint Mar 66 | reprint 74 (new cover) | 1971 reprint ISBN : 0090240300 |
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| Curtain Of Fear (No.38) | Dangerous Inheritance (No.48) | The Dark Secret Of Josephine (No.30) | The Devil Rides Out (No.21) | |
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| January 1967 | [Aug] 1970 ISBN: 0091053404 |
[Nov] 1962 | [Apr] 1963 | 1972 reprint |
| reprint 69 | reprint 67, 70, 73 (new cover) | reprint 66 | reprint Apr 75, 79 (ISBN: 0090255429) | |
| The Eunuch Of Stamboul (No.6) | Evil In A Mask (No.54) | The Fabulous Valley (No.7) | Faked Passports (No.8) | |
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| [Aug] 1961 | 1976 reprint ISBN: 0090267923 |
September 1971 ISBN: 0091090903 |
[Apr] 1963 | [Mar] 1963 |
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| The Forbidden Territory (No.1) | Gateway To Hell (No.52) | The Golden Spaniard (No.25) | Gunmen, Gallants And Ghosts (No.42) | |
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| [Aug] 1961 | May 1971 ISBN: 0091083702 |
January 1967 | Sep 1974 reprint ISBN: 0090290704 |
[Jul] 1965 |
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| The Haunting Of Toby Jugg (No.4) | The Island Where Time Stands Still (No.13) | The Ka Of Gifford Hillary (No.10) | ||
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| [Aug] 1961 | 1976 reprint ISBN: 0091268907 |
[Jul] 1963 | April 1975 reprint ISBN: 0090313623 |
[Nov] 1962 |
| reprint 64, Aug 68, Apr 72 (ISBN: 0090301420) | reprint 65, 69, 71 ISBN : 0090313603 |
reprint Aug 66, Aug 69, Sep 72 (ISBN: 0090327322) | ||
| The Launching Of Roger Brook (No.3) |
The Man Who Killed The King (No.23) | The Man Who Missed The War (No.28) | Mayhem In Greece (No.43) | |
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| [Aug] 1961 | (date not known) reprint ISBN: 009033180X |
[Nov] 1962 | [May] 1964 | [Jun] 1966 |
| reprint Nov 65, Oct 69 (ISBN: 0090331826) and ? | reprint Oct 67, Apr 72 (ISBN: 0090347226) | reprint 70 (ISBN: 0090347323), 74 (new cover) | reprint Dec 69 (ISBN: 009065661X), Feb 72 Collectors' note: early copies of the '66 edition are incorrectly numbered 42 |
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| Mediterranean Nights (No.27) | "Old Rowley". A Private Life Of Charles II (No.51) | The Prisoner In The Mask (No.36) | The Quest Of Julian Day (No.20) |
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| [Jul] 1965 | September 1967 | [Jul] 1963 | January 1967 |
| reprint Jan 75 | reprint 71 (ISBN: 0090392027) Collectors' Note: a variant of the '63 edition contains the illustrated endpapers of the original 1st edition |
reprint 71 (ISBN: 009039481X) |
| The Rape Of Venice (No.35) | The Ravishing Of Lady Mary Ware (No.55) | Red Eagle (No.50) | |
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| [Sep] 1963 | Nov 1976 reprint ISBN: 0090524926 |
1975 ISBN: 0091237106 |
September 1967 |
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| The Rising Storm (No.16) | The Satanist (No.39) | ||
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| [May] 1964 | Nov 1976 reprint ISBN: 0090402324 |
[Nov] 1964 | Jun 1976 reprint ISBN: 0090582020 |
| reprint 66 | reprint 69, 72 | ||
| The Scarlet Impostor (No.2) | The Second Seal (No.17) | ||
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| [Aug] 1961 | 1976 reprint ISBN: 0090410521 |
[Nov] 1964 | 1976 reprint ISBN: 0090414322 |
| reprint 69, 71 (ISBN: 0090410508) | reprint 71 (ISBN: 0090414322) | ||
| The Secret War (No.14) | The Shadow Of Tyburn Tree (No.11) | The Shadow of Tyburn Tree | Sixty Days To Live (No.32) |
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| [Nov] 1963 | 1976 reprint ISBN: 0090415922 |
[Sep] 1963 | reprint Aug 76 ISBN : 0090418522 |
June 1966 |
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| Star Of Ill-Omen (No.22) | Strange Conflict (No.24) | Such Power Is Dangerous (No.15) | ||
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| [Nov] 1963 | August 1966 | May 1975 reprint ISBN: 0090435311 |
[Jul] 1965 | July 1977 reprint ISBN: 0090437918 |
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| The Sultan’s Daughter (No.45) | The Sword Of Fate (No.33) |
They Found Atlantis (No.5) | ||
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| [Jun] 1968 ISBN: 0090891406 |
1976 reprint ISBN: 0090891406 |
June 1966 | [Aug] 1961 | Oct 1973 reprint ISBN: 0090446127 |
| reprint 69 | reprint Aug 72 (ISBN: 0090441419) | reprint Sep 69 | ||
| They Used Dark Forces (No.46) | Three Inquisitive People (No.9) | To The Devil—A Daughter (No.29) | ||
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| May 1967 | 1974 reprint ISBN: 0090722612 |
[Mar] 1963 | November 1966 | Oct 1973 reprint ISBN: 0090454413 |
| reprint 72, 74 | reprint 70, Feb 71 | reprint 76 ISBN : 0090454405 |
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| Traitors’ Gate (No.41) | Uncharted Seas (No.19) | Unholy Crusade (No.49) | ||
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| [Jun] 1966 | 1978 reprint ISBN: 0090456319 |
[Nov] 1964 | Nov 1974 reprint ISBN: 0090462122 |
May 1971 ISBN: 0091082501 |
| reprint 72 | reprint 70 ISBN : 0090462122 |
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| V For Vengeance (No.31) | Vendetta In Spain (No.40) | The Wanton Princess (No.47) | The White Witch Of The South Seas (No.53) |
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| November 1966 | [Nov] 1964 | [Aug] 1970 ISBN: 0091053307 |
September 1971 ISBN: 0091090407 |
| reprint Nov 72 (ISBN: 0090422511) | reprint Apr 72 (ISBN: 0090614127) |
| Box set (limited edition of 1,000 with vol.1 signed by Dennis Wheatley) (contains first six volumes) (click on 2nd image to see a copy of the signed page in volume 1) |
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