An edition of Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind featuring a sleeve cover advertising the 1939 Technicolor film adaptation with iconic colour imagery of Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh as Rhett Butler and Scarlett O'Hara.
The reverse features a black and white image of Rhett and Scarlett with sub-headings declaring the book 'The most popular American novel ever written'.
This edition is from 1961, released 22 years after the film premiered in America. The continued use of the film images to market Margaret Mitchell's novel suggests the ongoing popularity of the movie.
The reverse features a black and white image of Rhett and Scarlett with sub-headings declaring the book 'The most popular American novel ever written'.
This edition is from 1961, released 22 years after the film premiered in America. The continued use of the film images to market Margaret Mitchell's novel suggests the ongoing popularity of the movie.
| Creator | Margaret Mitchell |
|---|---|
| Subject | Gone with the Wind |
| Source | Bill Douglas Cinema Museum |
| Publisher | Perma Books |
| Format | Book |
| Language | English |
| Type | Novel |
| Identifier | EXEBD 34211 |