Gentlemen Prefer Blondes:" The Illuminated Diary of A Professional Lady
by Loos, Anita [Illustrated by Ralph Barton]
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Light cover edge rubbing, letters in pen on rear free endpaper, else clean tight copy: VG/no dj
- Seller
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Brattleboro, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
NY: Boni & Liveright, 1925. Decorated boards and red cloth back, paper front label. Light cover edge rubbing, letters in pen on rear free endpaper, else clean tight copy: VG/no dj. Small 8vo. Illustrated in black and white by Ralph Barton. 13th Printing
Synopsis
Anita Loos was born in California in 1888. She began writing movie scripts and supplied film scenarios for D.W. Griffith and Douglas Fairbanks. First published in 1925, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes was a best-seller in thirteen languages and was followed by its sequel, But Gentlemen Marry Brunettes . Anita Loos was the author of the novels A Mouse is Born and No Mother to Guide Her and two volumes of autobiography, A Girl Like I and Kiss Hollywood Good-by . She died in 1981.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Bear Bookshop, John Greenberg (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 36011924
- Title
- Gentlemen Prefer Blondes:" The Illuminated Diary of A Professional Lady
- Author
- Loos, Anita [Illustrated by Ralph Barton]
- Illustrator
- Illustrated in black and white by Ralph Barton
- Format/Binding
- Decorated boards and red cloth back, paper front label
- Book Condition
- Used - Light cover edge rubbing, letters in pen on rear free endpaper, else clean tight copy: VG/no dj
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Boni & Liveright
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1925
- Pages
- 217pp.
- Size
- Small 8vo
- Keywords
- Humor, 20th Century Illustrations, Anita Loos, Ralph Barton
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The Bear Bookshop, John Greenberg
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Brattleboro, Vermont
About The Bear Bookshop, John Greenberg
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