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First edition, first printing, in the first issue dust jacket. Mitchell's sole published novel saw immediate acclaim and record-breaking sales, winning her the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize, and transforming her life from one of obscurity to international stardom. The famous film adaptation followed in 1939. The first printing is dated May, rather than June, on the copyright page. Dust jackets in the first issue advertise this title on the rear panel in the second row of the second column. Octavo. Original grey cloth, spine and front cover lettered and stamped with wind devices in dark blue, top edge pale brown, fore edge untrimmed. With dust jacket. Housed in custom green cloth slipcase enclosed in larger pale blue quarter morocco slipcase with green cloth sides. Bookplate, with ownership inscription of one Nell D. Robedee, on front free endpaper. Rubbing to edges; jacket bright, splash mark on rear panel, a few chips and punctures, archival tape reinforcement on verso, unclipped: a very good copy in like jacket.

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.