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New York: Macmillan, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First Printing. Very Good in a Good second-issue jacket, unclipped ($3.00), generally worn with multiple chips, creases, and closed tears. Grey buckram, bumped at the edges and corners, with blue ink lettering and designs on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound, gift inscription on the front endpaper, clean otherwise. The classic saga of Scarlett O'Hara famously adapted into the 1939 Victor Fleming film starring Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Leslie Howard, and Olivia de Havilland.

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.