LOOS, Anita [217] pp. Boni & Liveright 1925 7 1/2" x 5 1/4" The Illuminated Diary of a Professional Lady Intimately Illustrated by Ralph Barton *some pages w/ closed tears* Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: The Intimate Diary of a Professional Lady (1925) is a comic novel written by American author Anita Loos. The story follows the dalliances of a young blonde gold-digger and flapper named Lorelei Lee "in the bathtub-gin era of American history." Published the same year as F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby and Carl Van Vechten's Firecrackers, the lighthearted work is one of several famous 1925 American novels which focus upon the carefree hedonism of the Jazz Age.