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GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES

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GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES

by Anita Loos

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  • Hardcover
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VG++-Near FINE/No Jacket
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Mansonville, Quebec, Canada
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New York: Boni & Liveright, 1926. GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES- Anita Loos- Boni & Liveright-NY- 1926- 1st Edition-15th Printing- Hardcover:12mo- VG++/ no dj- original maroon cloth and baby blue and white marbled type boards- 217pp are clean, couple of light reading smudges, no tears or writing- "Gentlemen prefer blondes - fate keeps on happening - London is really nothing - Paris is devine - the central of Europe - brains are really everything. ), a satirical view of a "dumb blonde" showgirl from Arkansas out to get a rich husband. It was an overnight bestseller and was translated into fourteen languages, even serialized into Chinese."- Illustrations in B&W by Barton- Fiction-humour-movie-tie-in-illustrated (536). 1st Edition-15th Printing. Cloth Spine- Boards. VG++-Near FINE/No Jacket. Illus. by Ralph Barton. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

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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Bookseller
jakoll CA (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #
536
Title
GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES
Author
Anita Loos
Illustrator
Ralph Barton
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - VG++-Near FINE
Jacket Condition
No Jacket
Edition
1st Edition-15th Printing
Publisher
Boni & Liveright
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1926
Keywords
Fiction-humour-movie-tie-in-illustrated

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About the Seller

jakoll

Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 2 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Biblio member since 2007
Mansonville, Quebec

About jakoll

We specialize in Modern 1st Edition, Children's books, Vintage classics, vinyl records, original movie posters, sports cards, comics, postage stamps and coins.We only sell online at this time and have been doing so for over 30 years.

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