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Macmillan, NY, 1936. 1st edition. Hardcover. Beautiful brown morocco binding with gilt spine lettering, raised bands and border rules to front and rear, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, pages in pristine condition, publication date of May 1936 denoting the true first printing. A sumptuous presentation of one of the most famous of all American novels, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and of eight Academy Awards for the 1939 film starring Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable. A copy to grace any shelf. Complementing the book is a card on which the original signatures of Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable have been mounted below a scene from the film. The card is 34cms x 36cms. Together, this first impression of the epic novel in its wonderful binding and the signatures of the movie's lead actors, make a unique and splendid pairing.

Gone with the Wind is a novel by American writer Margaret Mitchell, first published in 1936. The story is set in Clayton County and Atlanta, both in Georgia, during the American Civil War and Reconstruction Era. It depicts the struggles of young Scarlett O'Hara, the spoiled daughter of a well-to-do plantation owner, who must use every means at her disposal to come out of the poverty she finds herself in after Sherman's March to the Sea.