"Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

by Loos, Anita

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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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

by Loos, Anita

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1925
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Avon, 1925. A very good + paperback - light cover coloring, near tight, clean. "The classic diary of a professional lady". Paperback. Very Good Plus.
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1925
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New York: Boni & Liveright, 1925. First edition. Very Good. Second state with "Devine" on contents page. Inscribed by the author: "To Mr. and Mrs. Pell | the best publicity agents an author ever had. Affectionately Anita Loos | Nov. 3, 1925." Book Very Good with spine a bit dulled and cocked, several newspaper clippings are tipped in… Read more about this item
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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes; But Gentlemen Marry Brunettes
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1925
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New York: Boni & Liveright, 1925. Second. hardcover. near fine. Barton, Ralph. Two volumes, each inscribed, each 8vo, full red crushed morocco with gilt detail & raised bands. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, 217 pages, New York; Boni & Liveright, 1925. Second printing. Inscribed on the flyleaf: "With thanks to darling Brown for proving my theory. Anita Loos." But Gentlemen… Read more about this item
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1925
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Boni & Liveright, 1925. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition first issue Boni & Liveright edition with "Divine" in Table of Contents. Grosset and Dunlap dust jacket supplied. Very good in a very good G & D dust jacket, 1925 on both copyright page and title page, with no mention of later printings. Comes in a… Read more about this item
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GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES; THE ILLUMINATING DIARY OF A PROFESSIONAL LADY
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by ANITA LOOS

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1926
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USA: GROSSET & DUNLAP; ARRANGEMENT WITH BONI & LIVERIGHT, 1926 NICE LOOKING GREEN TEXTURED COVER, RED SPINE AREA, BLACK PRINT FRONT AND SPINE.CLEAN AND TIGHT THROUGHOUT. ARTWORK IN COLOR BY RALPH BARTON. A quite famous book and movie. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: The Intimate Diary of a Professional Lady (1925) is a comic novel written by American author Anita Loos. The… Read more about this item
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1925
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New York: Boni & Liveright, 1925. First edition. Very good in very good jacket.. Inscribed first issue of the famous bestseller of the Jazz Age, chronicling the high life of a Hollywood flapper's trip to Europe. One of the great comic novels of the early 20th century, this work follows in the tradition of humorists like Mark Twain… Read more about this item
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GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES

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1926
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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… Read more about this item
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1926
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London: Brentano's Ltd,, 1926. First UK edition, signed limited issue, one of 1,000 unnumbered copies signed by the author. The author's classic satire of the Jazz Age was an instant best-seller, and has serious Modernist credentials. It was hailed by Edith Wharton as "the great American Novel", and was selected by James Joyce for his daily designated reading time… Read more about this item
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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

by Loos, Anita (illust Barton, Ralph):

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Brentanos Ltd London 1926 . First Edition Tenth Printing dated August 1926 from April of same year original. The illuminating diary of a professional lady and the source for the stage musical and ultimately the Jane Russell and Marilyn Munroe film. Good+ 8vo Dark Red Boards with Swirled Effect HB, titles in quotation marks, spine faded, pages foxed. 217pp… Read more about this item
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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes; The Illuminating Diary of a Professional Lady

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes; The Illuminating Diary of a Professional Lady

by Loos, Anita

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1926
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New York: Boni and Liveright, 1926. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Illustrated by Ralph Barton. Twelfth Printing. Inscribed by Loos to Alice Head on the front endpaper. Near Fine in a Good jacket, unclipped ($1.75), generally toned, chipped at the edges, a couple closed tears at the bottom edge and front flap fold. Quarter red buckram with patterned paper on… Read more about this item
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First Edition
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1926
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Grosset & Dunlap, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Good +. Ralph Barton. The International Magazine Co. (Harper's Bazar), 1925. FIRST EDITION, 17th printing. Hardcover. 217 p. Blue marbled, paper-covered boards. Red cloth binding. Black stamped cover design. Edges chipped and frayed in corners. Bumping on head/tail. Binding is very slightly loose. Inscribed by previous owner. Good+ condition. March Box… Read more about this item
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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

by Loos, Anita

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1926
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New York, N. Y., U. S. A.: Boni & Liveright, 1926. Hard Cover. Good. Ralph Barton. Good. No Jacket 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. The book that made the movie that made the star. Book is in good condition, edges of boards knicked. The cover has some chip places but its red and white binding is still very nice. Book… Read more about this item
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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

by LOOS, Anita

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Brentano's Ltd, London, 1926. 1st edition. Hardcover. Red silk effect boards with buff quarter-spine, lettered in black to front and spine, some light fading to front edges. Intimately illustrated by Ralph Barton. A little light flecking to some leaf margins and the front block, else clean, tight pages throughout. Overall, a very good, crisp copy of the author's… Read more about this item
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First edition
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1925
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New York: Boni & Liveright, 1925. First edition. Very Good +/Good. Scarce first state with "Divine" on contents page. Book Very Good+ on account of newspaper clippings tipped in (all relating to the book). In a well-worn, Good-only jacket which shows significant chipping along the top of the front panel and spine ends. Priced $1.75. A… Read more about this item
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GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES

GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES

by Anita Loos, illustrated by Ralph Barton

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thirteenth printing
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1926
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Hardcover
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New York: Boni and Liveright, 1926. thirteenth printing. Hardcover. Good +. 5 x 7 in. Cloth and paper boards. Condition is GOOD+ ; ex-library with paper label on spine, stamps on endpapers and title pg, no other markings. Corners worn and covers toned at edges. Binding tight and text unmarked. Fiction. Stax.
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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

by Anita Loos

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1967
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Macfadden Banner, 1967. Paperback. Good. 1967. No Edition Remarks. 96 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking… Read more about this item
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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

by Anita Loos

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First Edition, 26th Printing
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1926
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New York: Boni & Liveright, 1926. First Edition, 26th Printing. First edition, 26th printing. Measuring approximately 7.5" x 5.25" with 216 numbered pages. This book is in good minus condition. Moderate bumping and scuffing to entire spine. Moderate staining and scuffing to both boards. Moderate staining to all edges of textblock. Previous owner's personal stamp on bottom… Read more about this item
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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes - Popular Library, 221
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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes - Popular Library, 221

by Loos, Anita

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1925
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Canada: Better Publications of Canada Ltd , 1925. Soft cover. Very Good. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes - Popular Library, 221 Loos, Anita Better Publications of Canada Ltd., Popular Library 221. ,Vintage Paperback, (4 1/4" X 6 3/8"), 125pp., Cover art by Earle Bergey; Green Endpapers and Edges. In Very Good Plus Condition; No Markings or Tears.
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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

by Loos Anita

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First Thus
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1926
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Leipzig: Tauchnitz, 1926. in Collection of British and American Authors series, one volume, corners a little worn, text clean and fresh, catalogue at rear dated 1926. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First Thus. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.
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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes": The Illuminating Diary of a Professional Lady
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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes": The Illuminating Diary of a Professional Lady

by Loos, Anita

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First Edition Later Printing
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1925
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Hardcover
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New York, New York: Boni & Liveright, 1925. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Barton, Ralph. Best-selling jazz-age comedic fiction famously turned into a 1953 film starring Marilyn Monroe & Jane Russell. Originally published in 1925, this is the Seventh printing of this Boni & Liveright edition from Jan. 1926, in 217 pages, "intimately illustrated" by… Read more about this item
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