Gentlemen Prefer Blondes; The Illuminating Diary of a Professional Lady, Intimately Illustrated
by Anita Loos
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Collectible - Acceptable
- Seller
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Frederick, Maryland, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boni & Liveright/Grosset & Dunlap. Collectible - Acceptable. NY: Boni & Liveright 1925. 1st edition, 1st or 2nd state. 1925 on title pg and copyrt pg, 'Devine' on contents pg. Hardcover 12mo 217 pgs. B/w illustrations. Good with no dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt. Wear to corners and spine ends. Spine slant. Spine toned. Dog ear crease to 1 pg. Contents clean and binding sound. Old newspaper or magazine article by Loos 'History of the Preferred Blonde, Lorelei Lee in Grosse Point and still doing all right with the gentlemen, writes her secrets of success' glued in on last pg of text and the next 4 pgs. (american fiction, humor, 1920's) Inquire if you need further information.
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
- Wonder Book
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- B35494-F-LOO
- Title
- Gentlemen Prefer Blondes; The Illuminating Diary of a Professional Lady, Intimately Illustrated
- Author
- Anita Loos
- Book Condition
- Used - Collectible - Acceptable
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Boni & Liveright/Grosset & Dunlap
Terms of Sale
Wonder Book
RETURNS are cheerfully accepted up to 30 days. We ship out within 1-2 business days and U.S. Standard Shipments usually arrive within 6-9 business days, Priority 3-6.
About the Seller
Wonder Book
Biblio member since 2003
Frederick, Maryland
About Wonder Book
With 3 stores less than 1 hour outside the DC/Metropolitan area (1 in Gaithersburg, 1 in Frederick and 1 in Hagerstown, MD), we have the largest selection of books in the tri-state area. Wonder Book and Video has been in business since 1980 and online since 1997. We have over 1 Million books for sale on our website and another 1 Million books for sale in our 3 locations. We have a very active online inventory and as such, we can receive multiple orders for the same item. We fill those orders on a first come first serve basis, but will refund promptly any items that are out of stock. Since 1980 it has always been about the books. ALL kinds of books from 95 cent children\'s paperbacks to five figure rare and collectibles. A merging of the old and new is where we started, and it is where we are today. Our retail stores have always been places where a reader can rush in looking for a title needed for a term paper that is due the next day, or where bibliophiles can get lost \"in the stacks\" for as long as they wish. In 2002 USAToday recognized us as \"1 of 10 Great Old Bookstores\", and we have been featured in numerous other newspaper and TV stories including Washington Post and CSpan.
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- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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....
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