No Orchids for Miss Blandish by Chase James Hadley, First Edition (12 results)

Paperback. first PB. 355, very good hardboiled mystery novel, paperback,

Paperback. first PB. 355, looks almost near fine, but no title page hardboiled mystery novel, paperback,

softcover. Condition: VG+. privious authos name neatly written in.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition, 205, (1) pp., stiff paper wrappers. Wear on wrappers, age toning, good copy. 18 x 11 cm.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Grey cloth. Prelims slightly spotted, vertical crease on rear panel. A very good copy. No dustwrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Fine. First Edition. Pale grey cloth covers are moderately soiled and worn; spine cocked; paper toned; a good copy in very fine FACSIMILE dustjacket (mylar protected). True first edition - the British. with 16 pp. catalogue at back. Note: Original dustjacket is lacking, has been replaced with a pristine facsimile version (which is marked as such). Photos available upon request. Author's first, scarcest and most desirable book - the English edition reportedly was almost competely destroyed when the publisher's warehouse was bombed during the Blitz. Basis of two films, 1948 and 1971.

8°. 254 pp. Original cloth with dust-jacket "First edition with thee nice jacket, which gives the following summary: "In his latest, fastest and most shocking crime novel, James Hadley Chase tells the story of a glamour girl whose beauty excites a gang of brutal mobsters to such an extent that they leave a trail of death and destruction in their efforts to kidnap and debauch her?". " - Inside clean, jacket a little rubbed, very small parts of the bottom and top of the spine rubbed off, but mostly nice.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. 1st Edition. No Orchids For Miss Blandish by James Hadley Chase First Edition Howell, Soskin, Publishers Inc 1942. New York. No previous owner's name inscriptions or markings. Contents and edges free of foxing. A VG+ copy in like original dust jacket that has no tears or loss. No fading to spine and not price clipped. "No Orchids for Miss Blandish" by James Hadley Chase is a gripping crime novel set in 1930s America. The story revolves around the beautiful and wealthy heiress, Miss Blandish, who is kidnapped by a gang of ruthless criminals. Led by Slim Grisson, the gang intends to hold her for a hefty ransom. However, as the days pass, Miss Blandish begins to develop a strange bond with her captors, blurring the lines between victim and captor. Chase's noir tale explores the dark underbelly of society, highlighting the complexities of human nature and the consequences of greed, desire, and violence.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First American edition. Bound in publisher's turquoise cloth, with titles in red on the spine. Approaching Fine, with light bumping to corners and spine ends. In a Near Fine dust jacket with light rubbing, wear at the extremities, light chipping at the crown, and vertical creases to the flaps.

First edition. First U. S. edition. Author's first book. Near fine, tight copy in dust jacket, professionally restored at spine ends and corners with two small closed tears at bottom edge of rear panel. Tough and important hardboiled mystery about the kidnapping of an heiress by a mob of ruthless gangsters. Dave Fenner, an ex-reporter turned private eye, is the hero of this tale. It was made into a film in 1948 with an all-British cast except for American actor Jack La Rue, who starred as Slim Grissom, the leader of the Grissom Gang. In 1971, Robert Aldrich filmed the story using the title THE GRISSOM GANG, that starred Kim Darby as Barbara Blandish, Robert Lansing as Dave Fenner, with Scott Wilson, Tony Musante, Connie Stevens, Ralph Waite, and others in supporting roles. The book provides a tough, hardboiled story and THE GRISSOM GANG is carefully constructed, exciting, full of suspense, with much attention to the story detail. An exceptional copy.

First US edition, first printing. First published in the UK in 1939, No Orchids for Miss Blandish provoked considerable controversy for its open displays of sexuality and violence. Nonetheless it proved highly popular, and a film adaptation was produced in 1948. The novel was included as number 89 in Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century in 1999. Octavo. Original blue cloth, spine lettered in red. With dust jacket. Housed in a custom red cloth chemise within red half morocco box, spine lettered in gilt, red cloth sides. A very good copy in the dust jacket, nicked and creased at extremities, faint rubbing and soiling.

First US edition, first printing. First published in the UK in 1939, No Orchids for Miss Blandish provoked considerable controversy for its open displays of sexuality and violence. Nonetheless it proved highly popular, and a film adaptation was produced in 1948. The novel was included as number 89 in Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century in 1999. This copy is from the library of the renowned bibliophile, Lawrence M. Solomon (1931-2014), with his bookplate to the front pastedown. It was first published in the UK in 1939. Octavo. Original blue cloth, titles to spine red. With dust jacket. Housed in a custom black cloth solander box with marbled sides. Top edge a little dusty, two closed tears to head of p. 9, repaired and not affecting text; else a fine, unmarked copy in the bright, attractive dust jacket, with extremities a little creased and rubbed, three short closed tears with tape repair to verso, unclipped.