Gone With the Wind
by Mitchell, Margaret
Margaret Mitchell only published one complete novel, but it was quite the book - Gone With the Wind earned her the Pulitzer Prize in 1937 and National Book Award for 1936. The epic romance tale set in and around Atlanta, Georgia during the American Civil War has remained a bestseller, even before the equally popular film starring Clark Gable and Vivian Leigh was made in 1939.
First edition identification
The first edition, first printing of GWTW numbered only 10,000 copies, and they bore an incorrect release date of May, 1936. These inaccurate first printings, and corrected second printing of 25,000 copies, were both actually released to the American public in June 1936. Signed first editions are valued from $10,000-$25,000, depending on the book's condition, of course. The true firsts with the May 1936 date also have the original publisher's price of $3.00 and a "Spring Novels" advert with Gone With the Wind as the second title down as indicators of edition.
Other Collectible or Notable Editions
A Book Club Edition was printed and released at the same time as the first and second printings, which causes confusion for new collectors, but they remain one of the few Book Club Editions that still have some value. One indicator of the BCE is roman numerals for 1936 (MCMXXXVI) on the copyright page.There are also many who collect the movie-related books, posters, and ephemera. The original, unsigned typescript for the film can be found for sale for around $15,000 (all prices as of November 2013). -
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Gone With the Wind
by Mitchell, Margaret
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- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1936
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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$1,600.00
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New York: The Macmillan Company, 1936. First Edition. Very Good. First edition, first printing, with "Published May, 1936" on the copyright page. Bound in publisher's grey cloth stamped in blue; lacking the dust jacket. Very Good. Spine ends lightly softened. Cloth toned at spine and lightly so to edges, lightly foxed. Clippings pasted to preliminary and terminal blank… Read more about this item Item Price
$1,600.00
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Gone With the Wind
by Margaret Mitchell
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Published
- 1936
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- Binding is intact - Near Fine Condition
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Phoenix, Arizona, USA
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$6,936.24
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Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. No edge wear with one very small tear at the top of dust jacket's right corner. (SEE PICTURES- I have uploaded 8 pictures fro you to view) ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
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Gone with the Wind
by Mitchell, Margaret
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- Used - Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1936
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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$1,600.00
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New York: The Macmillan Company, 1936. First Edition. Very Good. First edition, first printing, with "Published May, 1936" on the copyright page. Bound in publisher's grey cloth stamped in blue; lacking the dust jacket. Very Good. Rubbing and wear to cloth at extremities, scratches to rear cover, scuff to top textblock edge. Former owner gift inscription and evidence… Read more about this item Item Price
$1,600.00
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Gone With The Wind
by Margaret Mitchell
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- Used - Very Good++ Temple X– Lib, No DJ
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- 1st Ed,
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- 8th Prt’g. August, 1936
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- 1
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Mulvane, Kansas, USA
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$1,999.99
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Slight toning, else content appears as unread and unblemished with good++ grey decorated cloth covered boards displaying minor surface/edge wear, as shown. Some sunning and bumping at head & heel of spine.
Many of my books are from the 19th Century. Books were not written in at that time,… Read more about this item Item Price
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GONE WITH THE WIND
by Mitchell, Margaret
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- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing.
- Published
- 1936
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Stanley, New York, USA
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$6,000.00
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New York: Macmillan, 1936. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. First Edition, First printing ("Set up and electrotyped. Published May, 1936.") in clean unclipped original dust jacket. Clean gray cloth boards with blue lettering on cover and spine. Tiny, pinpoint spots of wear at spine corners. Slightest hint of darkening at lower front board edge. Binding is tight… Read more about this item Item Price
$6,000.00
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Gone with the Wind
by Mitchell, Margaret
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Published
- 1936
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Beverly Hills, California, USA
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$400.00
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The Macmillan Company, 1936. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. A very good copy. Second Edition. 1936 printed on the title page. Copyright page states: Published June, 1936. Gift inscription on the front free endpaper. Previous owner's personal stamp on the front paste down. Moderate rubbing along the board edges and at the head and tail of the… Read more about this item Item Price
$400.00
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Gone with the Wind [Signed First Printing, May 1936]
by Mitchell, Margaret
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1936
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Rapid River, Michigan, USA
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$12,950.00
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New Yok: The Macmillan Company, 1936. Beautifully signed by Margaret Mitchell at front endpaper: "Margaret Mitchell". Rarity now approaching ninety years in existence in the original first printing wrapper. This signed first edition, the May 1936 printing, is very rare as are any of her signed books or other items. In a letter dated February, 1937, Margaret… Read more about this item Item Price
$12,950.00
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Gone with the Wind (May 1936)
by Mitchell, Margaret
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- Used - Very good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1936
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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$1,800.00
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New York: The Macmillan Company, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. The first edition, first printing ("Set up and electrotyped. Published May, 1936." with no other printings noted on the copyright page) of the great Civil War novel, turned into one of the most popular American films of all time. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. First edition. A… Read more about this item Item Price
$1,800.00
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Gone With the Wind
by Margaret Mitchell
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- Used
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Second Printing of First Edition June 1936
- Published
- 1937
- Binding
- The binding pulls away from the book at the top of the volume and is worn at the bottom.
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Lemoyne, Pennsylvania, USA
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$250.00
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This vintage volume of Gone With the Wind is from the second printing of the first edition. There is no dust jacket and it remains as a hardcover, original gray cloth. Mitchell's classic was first printed in May and the first two printings are both uncommon and collectible. There is also the inscription of a former… Read more about this item Item Price
$250.00
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Gone with the Wind
by Mitchell, Margaret
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition Later Printing
- Published
- 1936
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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La Mesa, California, USA
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$55.00
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Macmillan Company, 1936. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Very early printing from Aug.1936 f the First Edition, which was orig. published in May of that same year & immediately went into multiple reprints due to its popularity. NO DJ. Hardcover has gray cloth-covered boards lettered in blue to front &… Read more about this item Item Price
$55.00
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GONE WITH THE WIND
by Mitchell, Margaret
- Condition
- Used - Very Good in Poor dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; Thirty-Fifth Printing
- Published
- 1937
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Livonia, Michigan, USA
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$180.00
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MacMillan. Very Good in Poor dust jacket. 1937. First Edition; Thirty-Fifth Printing. Hardcover. ****Holiday Sale! The current price reflects a 20% discount off the regular price, while the item lasts. Sale ends December 11, 2023*****; Thirty-fifth printing published February 1937. Grey cloth cover has wear to spine caps and a 1/4" tear in headcap but clean and… Read more about this item Item Price
$180.00
Gone With the Wind
by Mitchell, Margaret
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dj cover
- Edition
- Fourth UK impression
- Published
- 1936
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Southampton, Hampshire, GBR
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$341.82
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Macmillan, 1936. Fourth UK impression. Hardcover. Good/No Dj cover. GC plus.Macmillan and co,1936.Fourth UK impression(November 1936).Large format green hardback(two marks on the front cover,black lettering to the spine,some nicks,scratches,dents,mark and small tear on the cover and spine) in GC plus, no Dj cover.Nice and clean pages but with foxing marks,ink marks and slightly tainted on the outer edges,some… Read more about this item Item Price
$341.82
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Gone With the Wind
by Margaret Mitchell
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- Used
- Edition
- First edition, first printing (May, 1936)
- Published
- 1936
- Quantity Available
- 1
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North Haven, Connecticut, USA
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$3,995.00
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Title: Gone With the Wind
Author: Margaret Mitchell
Publisher & Year: Macmillan (1936)
Edition: First edition, first printing book (per May, 1936 and no other dates on the copyright page). An original, first printing jacket with "Macmillan Spring Novels" on the back panel. Retains the original price of $3.00 on the front flap.
Condition and Description: See pictures. The book itself is in phenomenal… Read more about this item Item Price
$3,995.00
Gone With the Wind
by Mitchell, Margaret
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1936
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Woodstock, Illinois, USA
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$755.00
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New York: Macmillan, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. First Printing. Good, lacking the jacket. Grey buckram, rubbed and bumped at the edges and corners, some fraying to the head and foot of the spine, with blue ink lettering and designs on the spine and front board. Bound with some reading wear and a slight forward lean, toned at… Read more about this item Item Price
$755.00
Gone With the Wind.
by Mitchell, Margaret
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- Used
- Published
- 1936
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Palm Beach, Florida, USA
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$18,500.00
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New York: The Macmillan Company, 1936. Item Price
$18,500.00
GONE WITH THE WIND
by Mitchell, Margaret
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Published
- 1936
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Overland Park, Kansas, USA
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$89.05
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Macmillan: NY 1936. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1936. High quality, recent replica of the original first edition first published by MacMillan in 1936 with 1936 on title page and May 1936 on cp along with a 1964 renewal date on cp.. Very good+ book, free of former owner writing or bookplates in like jacket.… Read more about this item Item Price
$89.05
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Gone With The Wind: Motion Picture Edition
by Margaret Mitchell
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- None Issued
- Edition
- Motion Picture Edition
- Published
- 1939
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Salem, Oregon, USA
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$124.95
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MARGARET MITCHELL: Gone With The Wind, published December, 1939 by The Macmillan Company. MOTION PICTURE EDITION. First Printing Thus. Paperback. Used. Good Condition/ No DJ issued. Bound in yellow pictorial stiff card wraps. Clark Cable and Vivien Leigh front cover. 391 pages 7 X 9 1/2. Scarce. Includes 12 pages of color prints from the film. Plot summary: "Epic Civil… Read more about this item Item Price
$124.95
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Gone with the Wind
by Mitchell, Margaret
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1936
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Beverly Hills, California, USA
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$2,000.00
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MacMillan, 1936. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Poor. A very good first edition, first issue (May, 1936 on the copyright page) in a poor second state dj (GWTW listed first on back panel) with spine and front flap of jacket replaced. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase. Item Price
$2,000.00
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Gone With the Wind
by Mitchell, Margaret
- Condition
- Used - Gray cloth. Very Good copy
- Edition
- First Edition, Second Issue after the May issue
- Published
- 1936
- Binding
- 1037 pp. 1 vols. 8vo
- Quantity Available
- 1
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New York, New York, USA
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$500.00
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Macmillan and Co, 1936. First Edition, Second Issue after the May issue. 1037 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Gray cloth. Very Good copy. First Edition, Second Issue after the May issue. 1037 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Item Price
$500.00
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Gone with the Wind
by Mitchell, Margaret
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1936
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Beverly Hills, California, USA
- Item Price
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$7,000.00
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MacMillan, 1936. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. A fine first edition in a very good dust jacket. May, 1936 on copyright page. First issue dust jacket with book title in second column and original price of $3 on front flap. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase. Item Price
$7,000.00