Gone with the wind was controversial from the moment of its release. Jun 30, 2011 margaret mitchells gone with the wind turns 75 gone with the wind sold one million copies in its first six months, won the pulitzer prize in 1937, and brought an explosion of unexpected. Gone with the wind is one of those rare books that we never forget. Mitchell gone with the wind 19361936 first edition abebooks. A vintage first edition, 35th printing, published in february 1937 seven. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. More than 2 million copies of margaret mitchells novel, gone with the wind, were sold before the appearance of this edition. October 1938 gone with the wind hardback book mitchell macmillian co.
This vintage 1964 hardback edition of gone with the wind by margaret mitchell has a gray cloth cover and the original dust jacket. Mitchell macmillan gone with the wind 19401940 abebooks. Gone with the wind motion picture edition by mitchell, margaret and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. The cover has some damage to the top of the binding. She is the sister of ashley wilkes and the rival of scarlett ohara in the novel, india despises. As of 2014, a harris poll found it to be the second favorite book of american readers, just behind the bible. I love the film and having read the hardback version many years ago, have lost the book. Mitchell wrote only one novel, published during her lifetime, the american civil warera novel gone with the wind, for which she won the national book. A touch of stardust is a fun look back at hollywood during the days leading up to world war ii. The first edition of gone with the wind has been reprinted over 100 times since it was first published.
I read the book first when i was a teenager and really i liked it. Gone with the wind was popular with american readers from the outset and was the top american fiction bestseller in 1936 and 1937. The illustrated guide to the grandeur of a lost era. What is the value of an original copy of the book gone with the wind. Nineteen years old, six feet two inches tall, long of bone and hard of muscle, with sunburned faces and deep auburn hair, their eyes merry and. Gone with the wind and over 8 million other books are available for amazon kindle. Assorted vintage hardcover books featuring gone with the. Gone with the wind book by margaret mitchell 1936 hardcover good. Lot of 10 vintage old rare antique hardcover books mixed color random the books you will received will be from 1800s to late 1960s. The author of gone with the wind by farr, finis and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Ive always loved the movie and wanted to read the novel for myself. To find the market value for this book, click on the prefilled ebay, abebooks, or biblio links to the right and look for comparable listings that have all. Edition indiachinese edition old used ma ge li tai.
Editions of gone with the wind by margaret mitchell. Got this hardcover for 500, its a thick book, so bear with it, its worth it. A fictionalized account around the production of gone with the wind, one of my favorite. Buy gone with the wind book and get the best deals. Sep 25, 2015 gone with the wind espouses romantic notions of the old south that hide the brutal truth about slavery and those who wanted to maintain it. Gone with the wind, motion picture edition, complete and. Buy gone with the wind by margaret mitchell from waterstones today. Unfollow gone with the wind hardcover to stop getting updates on your.
Gone with the wind first edition collectible books for. May 12, 2015 why gone with the wind is a box office champ. Gone with the wind 1st2nd film pulitzer prize june 1936 by mitchell, margaret and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. It is a classic story of love and tragedy, full of irony. But gone with the wind is the myth, not the factand once we accept it as a highly romanticized vision of the south as it never really was, the film becomes incredibly entertaining and can still cast its spell upon the modern viewer.
Get cozy and expand your home library with a large online selection of books at. If it has the date in roman numerals it is a book club edition. Scarlett is a 1991 novel by alexandra ripley, written as a sequel to margaret mitchells 1936 novel, gone with the wind. The book debuted on the new york times bestsellers list. Who would have thought that a 1037page, 80yearold novel about a. Published for all the hoopla surrounding its 75th anniversaryagain featuring its original jacket art. Gone with the wind by margaret mitchell hardcover 1948.
Vintage 1954 reprint gone with the wind written by. Gone with the wind vintage novel book by margaret mitchell. Its a book that needs to be read and re read over and over again. Nominated as one of americas bestloved novels by pbss the great american read. May 02, 2018 the reason why its so popular is because it was one of the first technicolored films ever created by hollywood. We read it when were young and fall in love with the characters, then we watch the film and read the book again and watch the film again and never get tired of revisiting an era that is the most important in our history. Additionally, there are millions of book club editions in print. As i was leafing through the pages i noticed that the page 524 has part of the page literally cut short, and at the top of.
Pat conroy marks 75 years of gone with the wind may 4, 2011 in the spring of 1936, margaret mitchells gone with the wind was an instant success. Vintage september 1936 gone with the wind hardcover book. No dj, foxing to binding, bottom of spine frayed, 18 loss to top of spine. A book club edition bce or book of the month club edition bomc refers to a book printed by a book club with cheaper materials than the original publishing house, and is generally not worth much to the serious collector.
Gone with the wind 10th printing fine copy uk edition published in 1937. Gone with the wind is one of the few cases where the movie might be as good as the book. Margaret munnerlyn mitchell november 8, 1900 august 16, 1949 was an american novelist and journalist. Gone with the wind margaret mitchell 1936 book club. First edition points to identify gone with the wind by.
Gone with the wind book won the pulitzer prize for fiction. Lucy writes her own novel, which she titles real gone with the wind. Taking stock of a controversial classic the orpheum theatre in memphis has decided to halt showings of gone with the wind. Differences between the book and the movie posted on 5 august 12 by gwenamon just in case you glossed over the title of this post, you should know that it gives away the story. My husband had recommended for a long time that i read gwtw, and it was on my toread list for some time. In this 2015 interview, film critics look back on the. Collecting gone with the wind by mitchell, margaret first. The most powerful thing about the film is that it moves. Gone with the wind vintage classics new paperback book. Collecting gone with the wind by mitchell, margaret first edition. Like millions of readers worldwide, i have already savoured every page of this bestselling listed book of all time in hardback, at least twice so far. Gone with the wind by margaret mitchell, paperback.
Alafair burke, new york times bestselling author of the ex. Gone with the wind by margaret mitchell, hardcover abebooks. A summary of chapters xxixxv in margaret mitchells gone with the wind. Vintage gone with the wind book 1936 hardcover 1954 book club. It does have a lot of racisim in the book, but you should probably talk about that with your kid before they read the book or while they are in the process of reading it. Gone with the wind by mitchell, macmillan abebooks. I have a rather old looking copy of gone with the wind 1936 october edition. Much like the united states itself, gone with the wind simultaneously offers things to detest and to love about it.
Gone with the wind by margaret mitchell 1936, hardcover. Gone with the wind by margaret mitchell, paperback barnes. Jul 30, 20 a classic that most have heard of but few have read, gone with the wind remains one of the most comprehensive views of american southern life before and after the civil war. Rick kohler i first read this book when i was 11 years old. Vintage september 1936 gone with the wind hardcover book by margaret mitchell sign in to check out check out as guest adding to your cart the item youve selected was not added to your cart. The characters, the war, the tragedies and the struggles of everyone make this a book you cant put down. Nominated as one of americas bestloved novels by pbss the great american. The assortment includes gone with the wind by margaret mitchell 1946, the macmillan company, our country. For those interested in film history, gone with the wind is such a juggernaut of american popular culture it is the highestgrossing movie of all time when adjusted for inflation that is goes beyond film history and becomes one for the history books period. First edition, first printing inscribed and signed by margaret mitchell on the front free endpaper. Gone with the wind by mitchell, margaret hardback book the cheap.
Picture of the back dust jacket flap for the first edition of gone with the wind. Gone with the wind belongs to that finite group of books one can confidently call seminal. Since its original publication in 1936, gone with the windwinner of the pulitzer prize and one of the bestselling novels of all timehas been heralded by readers everywhere as the great american novel. The year 2007 marks the 70th anniversary of the publication of the landmark novel, gone with the wind. Vintage 1936 gone with the wind by margaret mitchell. Book depository books with free delivery worldwide.
For sale is an old copy of gone with the wind by margaret mitchell. 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. Good condition, some wear to coverspine, name written in front, separation from binding see pics. Gone with the wind by margaret mitchell booksamillion. That means that there are literally millions of copies of the book that can technically be referred to as first editions.
Premade tests on gone with the wind midbook test hard, including multiple choice, short answer, short essay, and indepth essay questions. Its not because i havent read the book far from it. First edition points and criteria for gone with the wind. The making of gone with the wind tells these and other surprising stories with fascinating items from the selznick archive, including onset photographs, storyboards, correspondence and fan mail, production records, audition footage, gowns worn by vivien leigh as scarlett, and selznicks own notoriously detailed memos. We read it when were young and fall in love with the characters, then we watch the film and read the book. Went to atlanta in the summer and went to the authors old house so was inspired to read the book having seen the epic film. The sequel to margaret mitchells gone with the wind. Hintons runaway teenage characters, ponyboy and johnny, read while hiding from the law in the young adult novel the outsiders 1967. Dust cover has some damage and inside cover and 1st page. What is the value of an original copy of the book gone with the.
The old days had gone but these people would go their ways as if the old days still existed, charming, leisurely, determined not to rush and scramble for pennies as the yankees did, determined to part with none of their old ways. I recently downloaded the book, gone with the wind to my kindle. Publishers preface to the 1940 illustrated motion picture edition. Here and gone is a gutgrabbing, adrenalinepumping thriller, full of intrigue, action, and characters to cheer for. Mitchell macmillan gone with the wind 19371937 abebooks. Perfect for acing essays, tests, and quizzes, as well as for writing lesson plans. Chicago tribune gone with the wind is one of those rare books that we never forget. This novel traces, with heart wrenching passages and beautifully set scenes, the death of the old south. I have a gone with the wind hardcover that has a date of and has. Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of gone with the wind and what it means. I would never tell another parent how to raise their child and i expect the same courtesy but i will say that, when it comes to my children, gone with the wind wont be on the tbr list anytime. Picture of the first edition macmillan boards for gone with the wind. This purchase is for a vintage 1936 gone with the wind by margaret mitchell hardback book. India wilkes is a fictional character in the novel and film gone with the wind.
Gone with the wind vintage civil war book margaret mitchell cloth. This is a book club edition as shown from the date being in roman numerals. Vintage book gone with the wind 1964 hardcover margaret. We read it when were young and fall in love with the characters, then we watch the film and read the book again and. Gone with the wind first book club edition janet leigh, clark gable jacket hardcover. May 08, 20 prize for fiction for her epic gone with the wind. What is the value of an original copy of the book gone with. Gone with the wind by margaret mitchell waterstones. I guess i blocked out the slave stuff in my memories of the book, or i was a really racist child and registered the injustice but wasnt sufficiently nauseated. Gone with the wind, first edition, hardcover abebooks. First published in the spring of 1936, margaret mitchells gone with the wind was an instant success. Up for bid is a vintage 1954 reprint of gone with the wind written by margaret mitchell hardcover blue book. The first issue dust jacket lists gone with the wind in the second column of the publishers spring novels.
The first printing of gone with the wind is though to be limited to approximately 10,000 copies, so it is important to know how to identify them. Sep 14, 2015 here are my thoughts on this classic american novel. How much is a 1964 gone with the wind book worth answers. This first issue dustjacket with gone with the wind title printed on the second column of the back panel has minor wear the spine and edges. Vintage gone with the wind 1954 hardcover book margaret. Why gone with the wind is my favorite book the cheshire.
This section is intended to answer most of the questions that arise in this area. All listings current page auction buy it now classified ads. Oct 17, 20 as a kid, i was in gone with the wind to win gone with the wind. Some of the minor characters that appeared in the book do not appear in the movie, but i think this makes the movie more effective and dramatic by eliminating some extraneous details. This novel traces, with heart wrenching passages and beautifully set scenes, the death of the old. This copy would look good on a shelf or table as a display item. Is the book deserving of all of its accolades, or should it be treated as something more on par with a racist manifesto. Gone with the wind margaret mitchell book club edition of. The movie also depicted a lot of issues back in the civil war such as slavery, adultery, and theft. Aug 16, 2016 i cannot deny that the book is a monument of language. For sale is a gone with the wind by margaret mitchell 1936 book club edition hardcover book with dust jacket. Gone with the wind first edition points and identification.
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