Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
by Loos, Anita
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/Good
- Seller
-
Pasadena, California, United States
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About This Item
A comic novel about the roaring 20s and a runaway best seller. Inspired in part by H. L. Mencken and supported by him. Edith Wharton declared it was "The great American novel." There have been numerous adaptations for stage and screen, the most famous being the 1953 film starring Marilyn Monroe where she sang "Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend." Very Good + in Good dust jacket.
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
- Whitmore Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 908
- Title
- Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
- Author
- Loos, Anita
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Boni & Liveright
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1925
- Keywords
- ...but a diamond and sapphire bracelet lasts forever.
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