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"The Devil Rides Out" by Dennis Wheatley. London: Hutchinson, 1935 first UK edition, early issue "10th thousand". Signed and inscribed the author to the title page, "For / J. D. Hughes / With every good wish / from / Dennis Wheatley." Octavo. 328, [2], [6, publisher's ads], 40 (publisher's catalog, dated Spring 1935) pages. Publisher's bright red-orange cloth, lettered in black; original illustrated dust jacket. Skewed, minor edgewear, foot of spine just pushed, minor scattered soiling; original illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated endpapers; some offsetting. Internally generally clean and tight, all edges trimmed; minor foxing chiefly contained to margins and edges, text block unevenly toned, minor text block edgewear, light pencil notation to the synopsis page. Dust jacket priced 7'6 net on spine; moderate edgewear, chipping to head and foot of spine and corners with some losses, spine sunned, toned, somewhat rubbed and soiled, minor foxing on verso. Very good book with good dust jacket. The Devil Rides Out comprises Wheatley's first horror novel and the basis for his influence on the genre as a whole. Barron notes that Wheatley was an "excellent storyteller" and "scrupulous researcher," particularly when it came to occult or arcane details and that "the form of most popular contemporary horror novels, the operatic wide screen novels with large casts and elaborate plots that mix the elements of several genres.was pioneered and perfected by Dennis Wheatley." A must for horror collectors.

One of Wheatley's best-known works, a thrilling tale of black magic and the occult.