Books

MacMillan. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1936. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 1037 pp; First Edition (first state) in first state dust jacket. Book has light corner wear, nice gray covers, pages unmarked, no names. Dust jacket with with rear panel with "Macmillan Spring Novels" at the top, price at bottom on front flap is $3.00, top of front flap clipped, sping lightly sunned, corner/spine end wear. A nice, clean, tight and very attractive classic. .

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.

Look for the May 1936 printing date on the copyright page for first editions.