Gone With the Wind First Edition Sixth Printing July 1936

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Gone with the Wind First Edition Sixth Printing July 1936
First edition, sixth printing of Margaret Mitchell's great American novel … Read more Gone with the Wind First Edition Sixth Printing July 1936
First edition, sixth printing of Margaret Mitchell's great American novel "Gone with the Wind".
Former owner name inscribed inside front cover: Glenda W Ewing.
Background: Macmillan had initially planned for May, 1936 as the publication month for Gone With Wind. So the first batch of books that rolled off the press in preparation for publication had copyright pages that stated "Published May, 1936". 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 Macmillan pushed the publication date to June, and changed the publication date in all subsequent printings to June. But rather than scrap their May copyright books, they released them in June along with their June copyright books. Consequently, the May books are the earliest and true first printings, and the first June books are the second printing. There was a second printing in June which is actually the third printing. There were three printings in July which makes this the Sixth printing of the First Edition. Most historical accounts of this event estimate the amount of May books at about 10,000 copies.
Gone with the Wind won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. This book is also one of Time Magazine's 100 Best Novels. Other Time 100 Novels include The Bridge of San Luis Rey and The Grapes of Wrath.
Measurements are 6”W x 2”D x 8.6”H. See less