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"MITCHELL, Margaret. Gone with the Wind. New York: Macmillan, 1936. Thick octavo, modern full grey morocco gilt, raised bands, marbled endpapers. $4500.First edition, first printing, of this American classic."This is beyond doubt one of the most remarkable first novels produced by an American writer. It is also one of the best� It has been a long while since the American public has been offered such a bounteous feast of excellent story-telling" (New York Times Book Review, 1936). Said to be the fastest selling novel in the history of American publishing (50,000 copies in a single day), Gone with the Wind won Mitchell the Pulitzer Prize. First printing, with "Published May, 1936" on the copyright page and no mention of other printings. Without scarce original dust jacket. Books of the Century, 111. Eicher 730. In Tall Cotton 125. Text fine, beautifully bound.".

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.