"The Deb's Dictionary" 1931 Herford, Oliver

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HERFORD, Oliver

w/ 87 illustrations

J.B. Lippincott Company

1931

First Edition

8" x 5 1/2"

The Deb’s Dictionary is a … Read more HERFORD, Oliver

w/ 87 illustrations

J.B. Lippincott Company

1931

First Edition

8" x 5 1/2"

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. See less