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New York: Grosset and Dunlap; Samuel French; Ziegfield Theatre, 1925/1947/1951. Four items relating to Anita Loos's book Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and her play Happy Birthday: 1) A copy of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes with a playbill for the original production: Anita Loos. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1925. First Photoplay edition, seventeenth printing. Octavo, 217 pages. In Very Good condition with Good plus dust jacket. Dust jacket with several chips at both top and bottom edges, some impacting text of title; somewhat age-toned. With mylar protector. Rubbing to lower edges of boards; discoloration to tops of boards. Text block age-toned. 2) A playbill for the original production of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes at the Ziegfield Theatre, which ran from December 8, 1949 to September 15,1951. This playbill is for the week of January 15, 1951. The production starred Carol Channing as Lorelei Lee. In Very Good condition. Creased down the center of the…

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes is a comic novel written by Anita Loos that portrays the roaring adventures of Lorelei Lee, the quintessential 'dumb blonde' with a clever streak.