The copyright page states "Published May, 1936" with no other printing statements. Books that say "Published June, 1936" are second printings. Back of dust jacket lists books offered by the publisher. On the first printing dust jacket, "GONE WITH THE WIND" is in the right column. In the next printing "GONE WITH THE WIND" was moved to the very top of the left column. After that the back contains reviews of the book.
Gone with the Wind book won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
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 | Picture of the 1936 first edition dust jacket for Gone with the Wind. |
 | The copyright page must state "Published May, 1936" with no other printing statements. Books that say "Published June, 1936" are second printings. |
 | A price of $3.00 is on the front flap on the lower corner.
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 | First printing dust jackets are scarcer than the book itself. On the back of the jacket "GONE WITH THE WIND" is in the right column. In the next printings "GONE WITH THE WIND" was moved to the very top of the left column. After that the back contains reviews of the book. |
 | Picture of the first edition Macmillan boards for Gone with the Wind. |
 | Later dust jacket printings like this one have printing references on the bottom, and they also have reviews on the back. |
