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CHASE, James Hadley (Pseudonym of René Brabazon Raymond, 1906-85). No Orchids for Miss Blandish. [New York]: Howell, Soskin, [1942].
8o. Original cloth (leaned); pictorial dust jacket (some short tears to spine panel ends, light rubbing to folds and corners).
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION of Chase's first novel, one of the most popular hard-boiled thrillers ever written. Chase never lived in the United States, but set dozens of his gangster stories here. Illustrated on page 8.
[With]: The Flesh of the Orchid. London: Jarrolds, n.d. [1948]. 12o. Original cloth (slight lean); dust jacket (slight wear to head of spine panel). FIRST EDITION. The continuation of No Orchids for Miss Blandish. (2)
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FIRST AMERICAN EDITION of Chase's first novel, one of the most popular hard-boiled thrillers ever written. Chase never lived in the United States, but set dozens of his gangster stories here. Illustrated on page 8.
[With]: The Flesh of the Orchid. London: Jarrolds, n.d. [1948]. 12