‘GONE WITH THE WIND’

MARGARET MITCHELL ACKNOWLEDGES A LETTER OF PRAISE SENT TO HER FROM HAWAII

MITCHELL, MARGARET.  (1900 –1949)   American novelist and journalist;  wrote only one novel that was published during her lifetime that being,  “Gone with the Wind”, the American Civil War-era novel , for which she won the National Book Award for Fiction for Most Distinguished Novel of 1936^, and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1937.  A simply choice Typed Letter Signed, “Margaret Mitchell”, on her name-imprinted stationery.  One page, oblong, octavo.  [Approximately 5 x 7 inches].  Atlanta, Georgia “Thanksgiving Day, 1936”.  To “My dear Mrs. Fennel”.  Just a short 5 months after the release of her book, Mitchell writes:

”I did not know that ‘Gone With the Wind’ had reached the Hawaiian Islands, so you can imagine how pleased I was to received your letter.  You were very kind to write me such nice things about the book and I appreciated them very much. 

I am enclosing on a separate sheet of paper  [not present] the autograph you requested.  Cordially,  Margaret Mitchell (Mrs. John H. Marsh)”.

 

This exceptionally fine letter is archivally matted and framed with a full color, full page advertisement from the Saturday Evening Post, December 5, 1936 edition, that touts that over 700,000 copies of Gone With the Wind have already been sold, making it the greatest issuance of any book in modern publishing.   Attractively matted in a dark green matt and gold gilt frame.  Matted under the letter is a fine black and white image of Mitchell seated at her typewriter.   Just a wonderful item for the GWTW enthusiast.  

 

$4300.00