MAKES THE PERFECT GIFT FOR ANY FAN OF THE CLASSICS / VINTAGE BOOKS / AMERICANA / HISTORY OF THE THE CIVIL WAR / MARGARET MITCHELL
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DESCRIPTION: INTERNATIONAL COLLECTORS LIBRARY’s fine leatherette binding, long out of print edition of GONE WITH THE WIND edition by MARGARET MITCHELL. THIS IS A VINTAGE HEIRLOOM INTERNATIONAL COLLECTORS EDITION WITH LAVISH GILT IMPRESSIONS TO THE BOARDS AND SPINE DONE IN ACTUAL 24K GOLD. THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST HIGHLY-PRIZED & MOST BEAUTIFUL EDITIONS OF THIS CLASSIC. 🍍 NOT INCLUDED … 😃
The International Collectors Library was a book club series published by Doubleday Book & Music Clubs, Inc. from the late 1940’s through the late 1980’s.
Generally, the books followed the 8-1/2″ x 5-3/4″ book size format. The binding designs were adapted based on old “Golden Age of Bookmaking” bindings, and made to look like leather-bound copies (leatherette). The bindings were embossed with 24K gold embellishments, and some copies had gilt edges (thin layer of gold leaf) applied. A sewn in satin ribbon marker was also added in most books. There were over 400 editions published in a variety of bindings. Some editions came with loose-leaf inserts that described the book club, the bindings and design styles, and a story synopsis of the book-in-hand.
ABOUT THE BOOK: Margaret Mitchell's epic novel of love and war won the Pulitzer Prize and went on to give rise to two authorized sequels and one of the most popular and celebrated movies of all time.
Many novels have been written about the Civil War and its aftermath. None take us into the burning fields and cities of the American South as Gone With the Wind does, creating haunting scenes and thrilling portraits of characters so vivid that we remember their words and feel their fear and hunger for the rest of our lives.
In the two main characters, the white-shouldered, irresistible Scarlett and the flashy, contemptuous Rhett, Margaret Mitchell not only conveyed a timeless story of survival under the harshest of circumstances, she also created two of the most famous lovers in the English-speaking world since Romeo and Juliet.
CONDITION: Book is in AMAZING ALMOST LIKE-NEW condition for its age (1964 EDITION) with only a tiny bit of shelfwear to the boards and an blank attached bookplate, ready for your personalization (SEE PICS FOR BETTER DETAILS). NO WRITING FROM PREVIOUS OWNER, ETC. It is a BEAUTIFUL edition, and MAKES A GREAT VINTAGE READING COPY!
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