Gone With the Wind — Margaret Mitchell

Author: Margaret MitchellPublisher: The Macmillan Company, New YorkPublication Date: 1936Edition: First American Edition, Early 1936 PrintingBinding: HardcoverCondition: Very Good MinusDust Jacket: NonePrice: $69.95

An early 1936 printing of Margaret Mitchell's Gone With the Wind, published by The Macmillan Company during the extraordinary first year of the novel's publication.

The copyright page records the original 1936 publication followed by the rapid sequence of reprintings through September 1936, identifying this as an early first-year printing rather than the May 1936 first printing.

Bound in the original gray-green cloth with dark blue lettering and the distinctive decorative design to the front board and spine. The novel is complete through page 1037.

This copy is in Very Good Minus condition. The original cloth remains attractive with clear cover and spine decoration. There is age-related rubbing and discoloration to the boards, a small horizontal scrape to the front cover, wear and fraying at the spine ends, and general edge and corner wear. The page edges show expected toning and age. Internally, the book remains generally clean and well preserved, and the binding is serviceable. No dust jacket is present.

While later than the highly sought-after first printing, this is an appealing opportunity to own an authentic Macmillan copy produced in 1936, the year Gone With the Wind was first published.

A handsome and affordable first-year copy of one of the defining American novels of the twentieth century.