JAMES HADLEY CHASE. — No Orchids for Miss Blandish. A novel.

Jarrolds, London [1939]., 1st Edition, First Edition (first printing). 8vo. 255pp + [i], xiv publisher's advertisements. Light blue cloth lettered in black at the spine. A light but lengthy vertical crease to the rear panel, and with a little light toning to the backstrip cloth. Some gentle bruising to the backstrip ends, and the fore edge spotted. The free endpapers toned, and with some spotting to three or four preliminary and concluding leaves, and to occasional margins thereafter. A nice crisp copy. No dust wrapper. The author's first book, which he claimed to have written in his spare time over a period of six weekends. It was an instance commercial success selling over half a million copies within five years, and proved the launched-pad Chase's literary career resulting in a canon of ninety books under assorted pseudonyms. Most uncommon in this first edition state., Good, No Jacket