How much is a 1936 copy of Gone With the Wind worth?

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.

What is gone with the wind book worth?

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.

How can I tell what edition my Gone With the Wind book is?

A true first edition must have a publish notice that states that the book was published in May, 1936. If the publish notice shows June, 1936 or any other date, it is a later printing. Watch out for the facsimile edition of Gone With the Wind, published in 1964.

What was the first edition of Gone With the Wind book?

1st Edition. Margaret Mitchell (1936) Gone with the Wind , US first edition, first printing, first state, published by MacMillan with May 1936 printed as called for.

How many copies of Gone With the Wind have been sold?

Gone with the Wind was popular with American readers from the outset and was the top American fiction bestseller in 1936 and 1937. As of 2014, a Harris poll found it to be the second favorite book of American readers, just behind the Bible. More than 30 million copies have been printed worldwide.

What is the plot of Gone with the Wind?

Presented as originally released in 1939. Includes themes and character depictions which may be offensive and problematic to contemporary audiences. Epic Civil War drama focuses on the life of petulant Southern belle Scarlett O’Hara. Starting with her idyllic life on a sprawling plantation, the film traces her survival through the tragic history of the South during the Civil War and Reconstruction, and her tangled love affairs with Ashley Wilkes and Rhett Butler.
Gone with the Wind/Film synopsis

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What inspired Margaret Mitchell to write Gone with the Wind?

Margaret Mitchell, pictured above in 1941, started writing while recovering from an ankle injury in 1926. She had read her way through most of Atlanta’s Carnegie Library, so her husband brought home a typewriter and said: “Write your own book to amuse yourself.” The result was Gone with the Wind.

What year was gone with the wind first-edition?

1936
Gone With the Wind 1st Edition December 1936 Printing VERY RARE!

When was the first Gone With the Wind book published?

June 30, 1936
Gone with the Wind/Originally published

Margaret Mitchell’s Gone With the Wind, one of the best-selling novels of all time and the basis for a blockbuster 1939 movie, is published on June 30, 1936.