The beautiful Lorelei Lee leaves her hometown of Little Rock and takes Europe by storm. Hiding behind a veil of naivete, Lorelei coos, coaxes, and rearranges the pawns of high society until everything works out for the best (read: she marries a millionaire of good moral standing). Along the way, Anita Loos ridicules flapper culture, censorship, the US government, the film industry, racism, chauvinism, consumerism, psychoanalysis and Hollywood. And the book is still laugh-out-loud funny. This edition includes the 1927 ...
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The beautiful Lorelei Lee leaves her hometown of Little Rock and takes Europe by storm. Hiding behind a veil of naivete, Lorelei coos, coaxes, and rearranges the pawns of high society until everything works out for the best (read: she marries a millionaire of good moral standing). Along the way, Anita Loos ridicules flapper culture, censorship, the US government, the film industry, racism, chauvinism, consumerism, psychoanalysis and Hollywood. And the book is still laugh-out-loud funny. This edition includes the 1927 sequel, But Gentlemen Marry Brunettes.
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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 most famous novel.
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Used-Good. Good hardback. 7th printing, May 1926 (1st was April 1926). Red silk effect cloth faded on spine and at board edges. Black lettering on front board and spine. Light foxing on page edges. Internally VG in tight binding.
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PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.