No Orchids for Miss Blandish.
by CHASE, James Hadley
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
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 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.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 130341
- Title
- No Orchids for Miss Blandish.
- Author
- CHASE, James Hadley
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- New York: Howell, Soskin Publishers,
- Date Published
- 1942
Terms of Sale
Peter Harrington
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About the Seller
Peter Harrington
Biblio member since 2006
London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.