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4-volume Hebrew Edition
Palestine, 1947


Front of Dust Jacket

The 4-volume Hebrew first edition was printed in Tel Aviv, in 1947 - the year before the founding of the State of Israel. It is a very difficult set to find - especially with the delicate dust jackets. I would go so far as to say that it is among the rarest of all editions of Gone With The Wind. I have been told that only 500 copies of the 4-volume first edition were printed. The second and later editions were printed as 2-volume sets.

The beige cloth binding is decorated with the familiar scene that is found on the dust jacket of the U.S. First Edition. 

And the four volumes make a striking set. If you're curious about the Hebrew pronunciation of the title ("Hallaf im Haruach"), click here for a wave file, recorded by my good friend and co-worker, Avi Stein.

Pictured above is the copyright statement, and below is the text that appears on the title page.

I've magnified the Hebrew text from the title page in the two photos below.

Below is a photo of the first page of text, which reads from right to left.

And here's something fun to go along with the books - a movie ticket to a showing of Gone With the Wind that dates to the 1940s!

 

 

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