Gone With the Wind
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1937. First Edition, February 1937 Printing. First edition, early printing - from February 1937, published nine months after the first printing. In its original dust jacket with thirty-three printings listed on the bottom of the front panel. Measuring approximately 8.5" x 5.75", with 1037 numbered pages.
This book is in very good minus condition. Minor surface wear and staining to the original gray cloth boards. Minor wear to the cloth at the board edges. Endsheets heavily darkened with age from the original binder's glue as photographed. Previous ownership name and date in pencil on the front endpaper. The original dust jacket is in fair condition. Heavy chipping and creasing at the extremities, most noticeable at the spine ends and flap folds. Staining visible on the rear panel. Several larger tears and creases visible on the panels. Original $3.00 price is present on the front flap.
Margaret Mitchell's "Gone with the Wind" is a romance novel set in Georgia during the American Civil War and the Reconstruction era that followed. The novel centers on its protagonist, Scarlett O'Hara, and her struggle to rebuild and sustain her wealth, which had been lost as a result of the fall of the Confederacy. Using any means necessary, Scarlett regains what she has lost, in large part due to Rhett Butler, a scoundrel and scallawag with a bad reputation. The trials and tribulations of Scarlett and her unwavering perseverance make this novel an American classic. Winning a Pulitzer Prize in 1937, "Gone with the Wind" went on to become an Academy Award-winning film in 1939.
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Inventory #(P5-42). Item #7254
Price: $325.00