CHASE, James Hadley.

£1,750 · Offered by Peter Harrington · No longer available

No Orchids for Miss Blandish. 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.

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