2 Dennis Wheatley first editions are documented on this shelf, from The Devil Rides Out (1934) to To the Devil—a Daughter (1953) across 2 different publishers. Each linked guide gives the points of issue that separate a true first printing of that Dennis Wheatley title from later printings and book-club copies — the publisher and year to expect, the number-line or edition-statement conventions, and the tells that show up in online listings.

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The Devil Rides Out — 1934 · Hutchinson & Co., LondonHutchinson published the first edition in London in December 1934 (the text had been serialised in abridged form in the Daily Mail from 31 October to 22 December that year). The title page is undated, so genuine firsts are catalogued "[1934]" — and the decisive point is that the first printing carries no "Thousand" statement. Hutchinson added a Thousand designation to every reprint (10th Thousand and 15th…. The Hutchinson London edition of December 1934 is the true first everywhere and the only collected first state. No contemporary American edition was published — the novel did not reach the United States until paperback issues decades later — so there is no UK-versus-US precedence question for this title, unlike most of Wheatley's contemporaries. No book-club issue is documented in the sources consulted. The working reprint tell is the Hutchinson "Thousand" statement; note that reprint dust wrappers closely resemble the first-edition wrapper (one dealer cataloguing a 10th Thousand explicitly notes its wrapper "is similar to the printed pricet edition"), so the wrapper alone proves nothing — confirm the absence of a Thousand designation. Later cheap….
To the Devil—a Daughter — 1953 · Hutchinson & Co.The copyright page must read 'First Published 1953' with no further impression line beneath it — this is the point dealers call for as indicating a true first printing. Octavo (about 19 cm); pp. [8], 9-383, [1]. Bound in original black cloth/boards with the titles stamped in gilt to the spine. Illustrated map endpapers, present at both the paste-downs and the free endpapers. The dust jacket was designed by Frank…. Census claim CONFIRMED. Hutchinson & Co. (London, 1953) is the true first. No contemporaneous American hardcover of this title is recorded in the dealer and bibliographic listings consulted; American appearances are later paperback reprints, so no UK/US precedence contest exists and only the Hutchinson issue is collected as the first edition. English is the original language. The reliable reprint tell is the copyright page: later Hutchinson impressions add an impression statement beneath 'First Published 1953', and a copy carrying any additional impression line is not the first. A 1954 Hutchinson reprint and a 1971 Hutchinson second impression are both recorded. No specific contemporary book-club issue is documented in the sources consulted; book-club copies in the trade are….

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