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The Dennis Wheatley 'Museum' - Researching the Occult
The book is published ...
A first edition, the dust jacket being the work
of DW's step daughter Diana Younger
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The illustrated endpapers, part drawn by DW's step-daughter Diana Younger
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The book was published on 12th December 1934, and it received enthusiastic reviews:
'The best thing of its kind since DRACULA'
James Hilton in The Daily Telegraph
"The word thriller has never been more aptly bestowed"
Lionel Hale in the News Chronicle
"He forcibly abducts the imagination"
Howard Spring in the Evening Standard
"There is a thrill for you in every chapter of this book"
Richard King in the Tatler
"This is one of the few remarkable stories on 1935 ... as a compelling piece of writing it has few - if any - equals"
J R Wilmot in the Liverpool Evening Express
and
"A weird, fast-moving, splendidly exciting story of devil-worship in contemporary society. Mr Wheatley is a master of excitements"
The Scotsman
.......
DW held the launch party in January 1935, and somewhat curiously, arranged for a pair of well known boxers to stage a three round boxing match in a corner of the hotel ballroom of the Prince of Wales Hotel as part of the entertainment.
References : 'Drink and Ink' Chapter 13.
Phil Baker Chapter 26.
| Provenance: | Private Collection |
