First Edition, Rare First May 1936 Printing.

"Gone with the Wind", by Margaret Mitchell, first edition, first printing, published by the Macmillan Company in May 1936. The May printing was recalled and the book was officially issued in June 1936. Only ten-thousand (10,000) May copies were printed. However, from that amount, several May copies, which were sold before recall, survived. The May-1936 copies are the rarest and most valued collectibles.

A CIVIL WAR SAGA:
"The stirring drama of the Civil War and Reconstruction is brought vividly to life in this really magnificent novel...

The story epitomizes the whole drama of the South under the impact of War and its aftermath. The ruggedness and strength of north Georgia's red hills are in the characters -- gruff and blustering, Gerald O'Hara; Ellen, his wife; Mammy, who both loved and chastened Ellen's daughters; the rollicking Tarleton twins; stately John Wilkes, and a host of others, white and black, forming a rich picture of Southern life."

US: Priority (c 2-6 days) ---- $28.00 registered
Canada: Express (c 5-7 days)-- $54.50
World: Express (c 5-10 days) - $99.50

The facsimile [copy] of the first state dust jacket is protected by the mylar cover. Original hard cover, Confederate-gray cloth (some wear, mostly spine: see scan); ca. 6" x 8.1/2", 1037 pages, the endpapers are slightly soiled, nice 1930s ex-libris [private book plate] inside cover, no inscription, very good binding, a few small stains and a few page corner folds, small dump stain at the upper corner of the last c.100 pages; good+/very good condition.