Lot 264
  • 264

Mitchell, Margaret

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description

  • Gone With the Wind. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1936
  • paper, ink
In 8s (8 1/2 x 5 5/8 in.; 216 x 142 mm). Tiny bit of foxing to fore-edges. Publisher's gray cloth, lettered in blue; lightest rubbing to head and foot of spine. Publisher's dust-jacket; price-clipped, lightly soiled, and worn at extremities. 

Condition

n 8s (8 1/2 x 5 5/8 in.; 216 x 142 mm). Tiny bit of foxing to fore-edges. Publisher's gray cloth, lettered in blue; lightest rubbing to head and foot of spine. Publisher's dust-jacket; price-clipped, lightly soiled, and worn at extremities.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.

Catalogue Note

First edition, first issue, with May 1936 on title-page verso. Presentation copy, inscribed and signed by Mitchell on the front free endpaper to a fellow Atlantan: "To S. M. Page Rees from Margaret Mitchell." A very good, entirely unrestored copy, accompanied by two pamphlets, "Margaret Mitchell and Her Novel" and "A Tribute to Margaret Mitchell."