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Final shooting script. Los Angeles, California. 11 1/8" x 8 3/4". Full gilt stamped maroon morocco. Original stiff yellow wrappers bound in with six original film stills. Presentation copy from David O. Selznick to actress Norma Shearer. Minor rubbing, else fine. "For Norma - the ever appreciative. With gratitude for her never-failing encouragement, and with affection. David. Xmas, 1939. Shearer was considered for the role of Scarlett early on (see Selznick Memo of Sept 20, 1938).

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.