The first issue dust jacket lists Gone With the Wind in the second column of the publisher's Spring Novels. Picture of the back dust jacket flap for the first edition of Gone with the Wind. Picture of the first edition Macmillan boards for Gone with the Wind. After that the back contains reviews of the book. In the next printings 'GONE WITH THE WIND' was moved to the very top of the left column. On the back of the jacket 'GONE WITH THE WIND' is in the right column. Books that say 'Published June, 1936' are second printings.Ī price of $3.00 is on the front flap on the lower corner.įirst printing dust jackets are scarcer than the book itself. The copyright page must state 'Published May, 1936' with no other printing statements. Picture of the 1936 first edition dust jacket for Gone with the Wind.

Other Time 100 Novels include The Bridge of San Luis Rey and The Grapes of Wrath This book is also one of Time Magazine's 100 Best Novels. Gone with the Wind won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Most historical accounts of this event estimate the amount of May books at about 10,000 copies.Īfter the author's death, the estate of Margaret Mitchell sanctioned Alexandra Ripley to write the official sequel which was published as Scarlett in 1991. Consequently, the May books are the earliest and true first printings, and the June books are the second printing. But rather than scrap their May copyright books, they released them in June along with their June copyright books. So Macmillan pushed the publication date to June, and changed the publication date in all subsequent printings to June. But as the publication date approached, the novel attracted the attention of the Book-of-the-Month Club, which wanted to make the book available to its subscribers in June rather than May.

So the first batch of books that rolled off the press in preparation for publication had copyright pages that stated 'Published May, 1936'. After that, the dust jacket back contains critical reviews of the book.īackground: Macmillan had initially planned for May, 1936 as the publication month for Gone With Wind. In the next issue 'GONE WITH THE WIND' was moved to the very top of the left column. Back of dust jacket lists books offered by the publisher and on the first issue dust jacket, 'GONE WITH THE WIND' is in the right column. Dust jacket lacks critical reviews makes no mention of printings. Boards are gray cloth with blue lettering on front and spine. Books that say 'Published June, 1936' and have no other printing statements are second printings. Pages: 1037 The copyright page states 'Published May, 1936' with no other printing statements and no other copyright years stated. First Edition Points and Criteria for Gone with the Wind

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