A typical description of a good used book (this one priced at $22,000):
Book Description: NY Macmillan (1936). Printing plate for the front
panel and spine of the
dustjacket for the Pulitzer Prize winning book.
Copper on wood, approximately 8" square, wood inked from use else near
fine. The plate for the dark brown ink used in the lettering and
illustration. There were also plates for the green and orange inks used
in the design, as well different plates for the rear panel and jacket
flaps, which were changed frequently (and indeed those changes have
become an issue point for the jacket). However this plate for the
front
panel and spine, featuring the key text and illustrations of Tara and
the Confederate flag, is clearly the most desirable. For many years
this plate hung in the office of a top Macmillan executive (metal hanger
affixed to the back),until it surfaced recently at a small time auction
house. A splendid artifact from one of the most beloved books and films
of the 20th Century.