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CHASE, JAMES HADLEY. No Orchids for Miss Blandish. 8vo, publisher's teal cloth, small dent to front cover; dust jacket, three small tape mends on verso, some rubbing along folds and spine panel tips, shallow abrasions on front panel, unclipped; pp. 8-9 with short closed tears repaired not affecting letters, LMS booklabel to front pastedown; custom cloth drop-back case. (New York): Howell, Soskin, (1942)
first american edition of Chase's first novel. "... one of the best-selling mysteries ever published. The shocking blend of violence, sex, and American gangsters sold more than a million copies within five years of publication" (Steinbrunner and Penzler, Encyclopedia of Mystery & Detection, p. 81). Scarce.
