Margaret Mitchell Autographs, Memorabilia & Collectibles
MARGARET MITCHELL
Born: November 08, 1900 in Atlanta, Georgia
Died: August 16, 1949 in Atlanta, Georgia
MARGARET MITCHELL (1900-1949) had won the Pulitzer Prize for her novel, Gone With the Wind, the day before she wrote this letter. Mitchell, who had begun writing her epic about the Civil War and Reconstruction South in 1926, finally submitted her manuscript to Macmillian Company in 1935. Uncertain of its literary merit, she was delighted when they accepted it and launched a major advertising campaign while Mitchell reworked the manuscript. Mitchell was stunned when the book, released in 1936, sold over 1.3 million copies in its first year. EDWIN GRANBERRY, a book reviewer and critic with the New York "Evening Sun", had written the first review that Mitchell had read upon the release of GWTW (June 1936). Granberry compared her epic to Tolstoy's War and Peace and predicted its literary recognition by the Pulitzer Foundation. Mitchell was so impressed by the review that she wrote to thank him, pouring out her personal feelings about her book, which would be her only published novel, and beginning a lifelong friendship with Granberry and his wife, MABEL. She had been introduced to HERSHEL BRICKELL by Granberry. Bricknell was another literary critic who had praised her book, at a literary retreat at Blowing Rock, North Carolina, to which she had been invited by Granberry, who felt she needed a refuge from her sudden fame. Mitchell faced another wave of public adulation in 1939, when the David O. Selznick film based on her novel was released.
1988-The-Making-of-a-Legend:-Gone-with-the-Wind (Other), 1956-Luan-shi-yao-ji (Writer), 2004-Unsere-Besten (Other), 1994-Scarlett (Other), 1939-Gone-with-the-Wind (Writer), 1939-Gone-with-the-Wind (Other), 1969-Hollywood:-The-Selznick-Years (Other)
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MARGARET MITCHELL - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 07/27/1936 - HFSID 55643Handwritten letter from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Margaret Mitchell, dated July 27, 1936, discussing her busy schedule and expressing gratitude to Edwin Granberry. Signed as "M. M. M", the letter acknowledges Granberry's positive review of Gone With the Wind.
Price: $3,450.00
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MARGARET MITCHELL - COLLECTION WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID 258723Typed letter signed by Margaret Mitchell in type as "M.M.", dated February 23, 1944, discusses her thoughts on Gone With the Wind being shown in Sweden during WWII. Accompanied by original envelope and two unsigned telegrams.
Price: $2,950.00
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MARGARET MITCHELL - COLLECTION WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID 350431Collection of letters by authors Margaret Mitchell and Bram Stoker includes a typed letter signed by Mitchell in 1941, discussing Dracula and its impact on her husband’s recovery. Stoker's 1903 handwritten letter is also included.
Price: $4,450.00
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MARGARET MITCHELL - TYPED LETTER FRAGMENT SIGNED CIRCA 1941 - HFSID 55670Typed letter fragment signed: "Margaret", consisting of two pages, discusses World War II's impact on daily life and her relief from diminished public interest. It is addressed to Edwin and Mabel Granberry, likely written in Atlanta, Georgia, circa 1942.
Price: $2,250.00
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MARGARET MITCHELL - TYPED LETTER SIGNED - HFSID 284119Typed letter signed by Margaret Mitchell, dated May 3, 1939, discusses a letter she received, expressing skepticism about its claims. Addressed to "Dear Franklin," it includes handwritten corrections. Framed with two portraits, this correspondence connects to her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Gone with the Wind.
Price: $3,950.00
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MARGARET MITCHELL - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 03/08/1937 - HFSID 55683Typed letter signed by Margaret Mitchell, dated March 8, 1937, thanking literary critic Edwin Granberry for a favorable review of Gone With the Wind and discussing her health. Signed in black ink on personal letterhead.
Price: $1,950.00
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MARGARET MITCHELL - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 03/24/1937 - HFSID 350546Typed letter signed by Margaret Mitchell, dated March 24, 1937, addressed to Edwin Granberry, discussing the casting of Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With the Wind. Includes one ink correction and mentions Mitchell's interactions with director George Cukor.
Price: $4,250.00
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MARGARET MITCHELL - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 05/04/1937 - HFSID 55692Typed letter signed by Margaret Mitchell, dated May 4, 1937, expresses gratitude for a telegram regarding Gone With the Wind's Pulitzer Prize win. Addressed to Mabel and Edwin Granberry, it references their previous prediction about the award.
Price: $4,250.00
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MARGARET MITCHELL - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 09/23/1940 - HFSID 55675Typed letter signed by Margaret, dated September 23, 1940, from Atlanta, Georgia, expressing relief over a friend's return to writing and discussing the impact of the war on public attention. Several literary figures are mentioned throughout the correspondence.
Price: $3,450.00