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First printing of first edition, with "Published May, 1936", and no other printings indicated on copyright page. Very Good. No dust jacket. A nice, solid copy with clean gray cloth boards. Bumped at bottom corners, and titling on spine a bit dulled (though still quite legible). No tears. Front endpaper is browned where a news article was likely stored, and the front endpage bears a brief (non-authorial) gift inscription. No other marks/writing. Binding is sound. 1037 pages.

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.