"The Deb's Dictionary" 1931 HERFORD, Oliver
$300
HERFORD, Oliver
w/ 87 illustrations
J.B. Lippincott Company
1931
First Edition
8" x 5 1/2"
VG/ G
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The Deb’s Dictionary is a charming satire of flapper life by Oliver Herford, the author of Sea Legs, a similar book recently featured in this blog. “Deb” was a 1920s slang term for “debutante”, and Herford’s dictionary skewers the pretensions and behavior of young upper-class men and women and the popular culture of the Jazz Age. Herford illustrated The Deb’s Dictionary himself, and the book is now uncommon in the colourful dust jacket that he designed.