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Lot 331
Sale 1097 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
Lots 1-410
Nov 8, 2022
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Nov 9, 2022
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Live / Chicago
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Lot Description
MITCHELL, Margaret (1900-1949). Gone with the Wind. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1936.
8vo. (Some creasing.) Original grey cloth (corners bumped, some wear and warping); in dust jacket (chipping to edges with losses, some soiling and staining, a few cellotape repairs verso).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with the May 1936 date. In a later issue dust jacket with 8 reviews of Gone with the Wind on rear panel rather than Macmillan's publications in two columns. Mitchell's epic Civil War novel was a huge success; it won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, has sold more than 8 million copies, and has been translated into at least 18 languages.
The Library of John Leonard Gillis Sold to Support the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, Toronto
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