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Mitchell, Margaret (1900-1949) Gone with the Wind.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1936.
First edition, first printing with "Set up and electrotyped. Published May 1936," on the copyright page, octavo; bound in a custom full red morocco binding by Asprey, front board gilt stamped with the vignette scene from the original dust jacket and floral decorations, spine gilt-ruled and lettered, with white moire silk endleaves, gilt-stamped turn-ins, and all edges gilt; contained in a custom red cloth slipcase; 8⅜ x 5½ in.
Mitchell's Pulitzer-prize-winning epic inspired one of the most ambitious Hollywood film projects of all time. Drawing from her grandparents' recollections of the South before and after the American Civil War, Mitchell paints a picture of a society lost. Scarlett O'Hara, the author's fiery and determined protagonist, clings to the bygone days of the Antebellum South while ruthlessly meeting contemporary challenges head-on. Portrayed in the 1939 film by Vivien Leigh, Scarlett remains one of the most well-known female figures of the modern page and screen.
