GONE WITH THE WIND by Mitchell, Margaret - 1936

New York: Macmillan, 1936. First edition. Fine/Fine. First printing, May 1936, in first issue jacket. A stunning, Fine copy, exceptionally rare in this condition. The book is pristine with a bright yellow topstain, square binding and a tight hinges, completely unread. Fine dust jacket is bright and unworn with only the lightest rubbing at the corner tips. Both book and jacket completely untouched by any repair or restoration. Housed in a custom clamshell case.The basis for the critically acclaimed, 1939 film starring Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh. Mitchell managed to create a book that is both an engaging romance (without being sentimental) as well as a sympathetic portrayal of the devastation to the Southern way of life in the wake of the Civil War. No other work of literature more fully captures the old Southern gentility than "Gone With the Wind." "This is beyond a doubt one of the most remarkable first novels produced by an American writer. It is also one of the best." (J. Donald Adams, New York Times Book Review July 5, 1936). Fine in Fine. dust jacket.