The Library
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Discover many of the beautiful editions of this classic novel that
have been published since 1936. |
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On-Line
Scams
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Don't get burned by the
on-line scams! Learn what to look for and what to avoid. |
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Home
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Return to the Gone With The Wind—Collecting the Book home
page. |
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Everything Scarlett
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A wonderful article about collecting GWTW by John Wiley
Jr. This is a must read for every collector! |
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Wind WrapperTM
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Replacement dust jackets. Available exclusively from GWTWbooks! |
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Chronology
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The first edition has been reprinted over 100 times. Follow the twisted and
confusing chronology to determine which copies you have. |
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Points of Issue
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Simple instructions for identifying First Editions and the coveted
First Printings. |
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Heritage Press, 1968
The bule and gray cloth binding is nice, but not spectacular
| Heritage Press, 1968. This two volume set
is bound in blue and grey cloth. The covers are plain with absolutely nothing printed on
either side. The spines have guilded titles. Like several other editions from 1968,
this one contains an introduction by Henry Steele Commager, and is exquisitly illustrated
b y John Groth, with twenty-one plates in color. |
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The slip cases are not particularly well made,
and are highly subject to fading from exposure to the sun. To exacerbate the problem,
the Heritage edition is a tall set, so typically it is only the top inch or two of the
slip cases that become faded. Unfortunately, that makes the fading even more noticeable
than if the fading were uniform. |
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