No Orchids For Miss Blandish

London : Jarrolds (Publishers) London, [ca.1941]. First published in 1939 and here in a very early paperback edition advertising that the book had already reached its 164th thousand copies. George Orwell's famous "Raffles and Miss Blandish" essay appeared in "Horizon" in 1944 and propelled the book to an even greater level of notoriety, while the 1948 film, although only passed… Read more about this item

New York: Howell, Soskin, Publishers, 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 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… Read more about this item

[New York]:: Howell, Soskin, Publishers, [1942]., 1942. 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… Read more about this item

New York: Howell, Soskin Publishers,, 1942. An attractive example of the dust jacket 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… Read more about this item

USA: Howell, Soskin Publishers Inc, 1942. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. 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… Read more about this item

New York: Howell, Soskin, 1940. First American Edition. Very good in dust jacket.

London, UK: Panther, 1969. 156 pages. Mass market paperback. Tight binding with unmarked text. Minor creasing on sunned spine. Paper yellow and small name on flyleaf.. Reprint. Soft Cover. Good Plus.

New York: Howell, Soskin Publishers,, 1942. With the jacket 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… Read more about this item

London, UK: Panther, 1971. 155 pages. Mass market paperback. Filmed as The Grissom Gang. Square tight with uncreased spine, unmarked and clean. Minor creasing on cover and paper yellow.. Reprint. Soft Cover. Very Good.

London : Jarrolds (Publishers) London, [ca.1954]. A fresh edition of the notorious title first published by Jarrolds in 1939. Although both Chase and his publishers had been heavily fined at the Old Bailey for publishing obscene books in 1942, the stage-play of 'No Orchids' successfully opened in that same year. The present edition offers a revised text based on the… Read more about this item

Penguin Books. Used - Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

London: Jarrolds Publisher (London) Limited No date. Clean red cloth on boards with black titles. Light thin bumping to head & foot of spine. Edges: age browning and old foxing. Sprinkling of foxing to eps and just a few only to a few only pages margins. Binding is VG albeit ever so slightly askew. 192p Dj:… Read more about this item

Avon, 1951. General wear, so this rates only a fair rating. Price tag to the first page, and a fold to the cover, as shown as well as some spine wear. Avon 355. First Paperback Printing.

Penguin, 1980. Near Fine to Fine condition. Slight tanning internally.

Jarrolds, 1111. Hardcover. Good. No Edition Stated. 144 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Book is in better condition than most examples of this age. Neat, clean, well bound pages with very minimal foxing, tanning and thumbing. Small inscriptions and neat labels may be present. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light… Read more about this item

Jarrolds, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Stated. 192 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with black lettering. Mild brown staining to pages on occasion. Notable foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with scuffing, staining and marking to boards. Notable tanning to spine.

NY: Avon, 1951. [1st printing thus](1951) #355. Cover art is uncredited. Tie-in edition. Tanning; slight wear and spine bubbling.. Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine.

Photo front cover by Alexander Wilensky and Norman Mosalem.

Jarrolds, 1111. Hardcover. Good. No Edition Stated. 192 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with black lettering. Clean pages. Notable foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with scuffing and marking to boards. Notable sunning to spine.

London, Jarrolds, undated. 192 pp, 8vo, cloth with orig. d-j. In good condition.