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First Printing. SIGNED by Mitchell in pencil in the center of the free front endpaper, with ownership signature of Georgia resident dated 1936. An elegantly rebound copy in deep burgundy leather stamped in gilt at spine, with Confederate crossing starred bars, marbled endpapers, in custom grey silk folding case. 1037pp. Ideal gift copy. Q14774.

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.