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Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell. Introduction by Henry Steele Commager. Illustrations by John Groth. Collector's edition bound in genuine leather, Easton Press, Norwalk, Connecticut, 1968. Measures 10.75 x 7.5". Continuous pagination: vol. 1 294 p.; vol. 2 594 p. In very good condition. Decorated boards remain attractive. Text-block edges gilt. Text-block and illustrations are bright and clean. Silk ribbons are clean. Bindings are tight and intact. Please see photos. Gone with the Wind is a novel by American writer Margaret Mitchell, first published in 1936. The story is set in Clayton County and Atlanta, both in Georgia, during the American Civil War and Reconstruction Era. It depicts the struggles of young Scarlett O'Hara, the spoiled oldest daughter of a well-to-do plantation owner, who must use every means at her disposal to claw her way out of poverty following Sherman's destructive "March to the Sea". RAREW1968ABEV MC47 26/01.