Dennis Wheatley — The Rape of Venice

London, Hutchinson and Co, 1959. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this historical novel about the supernatural by Dennis Wheatley. Dennis Yates Wheatley (8 January 1897 – 10 November 1977) was an English author. His prolific output of stylish thrillers and occult novels made him one of the world's best-selling writers from the 1930s through the 1960s. Wheatley mainly wrote adventure novels, with many books in a series of linked works. Background themes included the French Revolution (the Roger Brook series), Satanism (the Duke de Richleau series), World War II (the Gregory Sallust series) and espionage (the Julian Day novels). In a blue cloth binding with original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally smart. Light shelfwear to the boards. Dustwrapper is sound, though with some age-toning and a few closed tears, and chipping to the head of the spine panel. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good.