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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

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

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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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Title
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Author
Loos, Anita (illust Barton, Ralph):
Book Condition
Used
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
Brentanos Ltd London 1926
Keywords
Loos, Musicals, Marilyn Munroe, Howard Hawks

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