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 facsimile jacket, 6 x 8.75, 1037 pages. Signed on the first free end page in fountain pen, "Margaret Mitchell." Autographic condition: fine, with mild soiling to signed page. Book condition: VG/None, with minor wear at spine ends and a cracked front hinge. Accompanied by a copy of a letter of provenance, in part: "My mother…purchased this copy of 'Gone With the Wind' in 1936 at Rich's Department store in Atlanta, Georgia where she was employed. The store was holding a book signing when the book first came out and my mother had her copy signed during her lunch break." Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from PSA/DNA.
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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