Bidspirit auction | 1936. Mitchell, Margaret. Gone with

1936. Mitchell, Margaret. Gone with the Wind. The Macmillan Company. First Edition, December Printing. - This is a hardcover copy of the novel Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell, published by The Macmillan Company in New York. The title page carries the date 1936. The copyright page identifies this volume as a later printing from the inaugural year of publication, specifically the December 1936 printing. It lists the original June 1936 publication date followed by twenty-four reprintings occurring between June and November 1936. The book is bound in the publisher's original grey cloth with blue-stamped lettering and decorative flourishes on the front board and spine. A handwritten gift inscription on the front flyleaf reads: A Merry Christmas to Ed and Helen from Alice and Harriet 1936. A small, faint red stamp bearing the number 25 is located near the inscription. The volume includes a publisher's page detailing global offices in London, Bombay, Calcutta, Melbourne, and Toronto. The book is in fair to good condition. The exterior cloth shows visible shelf wear, including fraying and small chips at the head and foot of the spine and at the corners. There is a vertical scratch on the front board and general darkening to the spine. Internally, there is significant browning and offsetting along the edges of the fixed and free endpapers, typical of the acidic adhesives used during this period. The text block is moderately toned but remains clean, legible, and securely attached to the binding. This copy lacks the original dust jacket.