Signed book: Gone With the Wind. First edition, first printing (with "Published May, 1936" on the copyright page, and "1936" on the title page). NY: The Macmillan Company, 1936. Hardcover with later-issue dust jacket, 6 x 8.75, 1037 pages. Boldly signed on the first free end page in fountain pen, "Margaret Mitchell." Autographic condition: very good to fine, with toning and evidence of old tape to the edges. Book condition: VG-/VG, with the spine slightly cocked with a gentle crease to the cloth, minor fraying at spine ends, wear to corners, and some staining to the bottom of the textblock (most prevalent to the opening pages); the later-issue dust jacket has a few small edge tears and some dampstaining at the bottom.
When Mitchell wrote Gone With the Wind, she had no idea of the sensation it would become. It was an instant bestseller, selling over 1,000,000 copies within the first six months of its publication, and she became so overwhelmed by the countless requests that she received to autograph copies of her novel that less than a year after its publication, she vowed not to sign any more—not even for close friends or relatives. A sought-after copy of this 20th century classic, particularly elusive in uninscribed examples.
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