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“In a gentle way, you can shake the world": First edition of Gandhi's Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments With Truth
GANDHI, MAHATMA [MOHANDAS K.].
Gandhi’s Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments With Truth.
Washington, D.C: Public Affairs Press 1948.
First edition of Gandhi’s revealing autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. Near fine in a good dust jacket. Translated from the original Gujarati by Mahadev Desai.
Price: $375.00 Item Number: 144680
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First Edition of Gandhi's Young India; In the Rare Original Dust Jacket
GANDHI, MOHANDAS K. [MAHATMA].
Young India Second Series 1924-1926.
New York: The Viking Press 1927.
First edition of the second series of the writings of Gandhi. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. Gandhi founded and published the weekly periodical in English, Young India, from 1919 to 1931 to spread the philosophy and principles of the Satyagraha Movement and urge readers to participate in it. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket with chips and wear, name to the front pastedown.
Price: $1,800.00 Item Number: 142054
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First Edition of Gandhi's Autobiography; In the Rare Original Dust Jacket
GANDHI, MAHATMA K.
Gandhi An Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments With Truth.
London: Phoenix Press 1949.
First edition of Gandhi’s autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, name to the front free endpaper. Translated by Mahadev Desai.
Price: $600.00 Item Number: 142027
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Rare large format gelatin silver print of Mahatma Gandhi
GANDHI, MOHANDAS K. [MAHATMA].
Mahatma Gandhi Photograph.
: 1942.
Large format gelatin silver print photograph of Mahatma Gandhi spinning at Birla House in 1942. In the early 1920s, Gandhi expanded his nonviolent non-co-operation platform to include the swadeshi policy – the boycott of foreign-made goods, especially British goods. Linked to this was his advocacy that khadi (homespun cloth) be worn by all Indians instead of British-made textiles. Gandhi exhorted Indian men and women, rich or poor, to spend time each day spinning khadi in support of the independence movement. In good condition. Matted. The photograph measures 15 inches by 18.5 inches. The entire piece measures 19.5 by 23 inches.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 139253
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First Edition of Gandhi's Autobiography; In the Rare Original Dust Jacket
GANDHI, MAHATMA K.
Gandhi An Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments With Truth.
London: Phoenix Press 1949.
First edition of Gandhi’s autobiography. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece. Fine in the rare original dust jacket, which is in very good condition. Translated by Mahadev Desai.
Price: $850.00 Item Number: 134231
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Rare first Edition of Gandhi's Delhi Diary
GANDHI, M.K. [MAHATMA OR MOHANDAS].
Delhi Diary (Prayer Speeches from 10-9-47 to 30-1-48).
Ahmedabad: Navajivan Publishing House 1948.
First edition of this collection of speeches by Gandhi. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece of Gandhi. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Foreword by Rajendra Prasad. Rare in the original dust jacket.
Price: $750.00 Item Number: 134602
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“In a gentle way, you can shake the world": First edition of Mahatma Gandhi: His Own Story; Finely Bound by the Harcourt Bindery
GANDHI, MAHATMA [MOHANDAS K.].
Mahatma Gandhi: His Own Story.
London: George Allen& Unwin 1930.
First edition of Gandhi’s revealing autobiography. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. Edited by Charles F. Andrews. An exceptional example.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 133894
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Autographed Signed Letters From Mohandas Gandhi
GANDHI, MOHANDAS K. [MAHATMA].
Mohandas K. Gandhi Autograph Note Collection.
: 1926.
Rare autograph note collection in the hand of the Father of the Nation of India, Mahatma Gandhi, written at the height of the struggle for Indian Independence. The collection includes two autograph notes, two autograph letters, and three autograph postcards with Gandhi’s “Blessings” inscribed at the conclusion of each. The postcards are postmarked May 27, June 26, and July 25 1926. Gandhi took leadership of the Indian National Congress in 1921 and led nationwide campaigns to ease poverty, expand women’s rights, and, above all, achieve Indian independence from British rule. In the wake of World War II, Gandhi opposed providing any help to the British war effort and campaigned against any Indian participation in the war. As the war progressed, Gandhi intensified his demand for independence, calling for the British to Quit India in a 1942 speech in Mumbai, hours after which he was arrested by the British government. Gandhi’s imprisonment lasted two years, although he was initially sentenced to six. He was released in May of 1944 due to failing health. Following the end of WWII, the new British government passed the Indian Independence Act of 1947, partitioning the British Indian Empire was into two dominions, a Hindu-majority India and Muslim-majority Pakistan. In very good condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell and chemise box.
Price: $40,000.00 Item Number: 114068
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"I have numerous readers among farmers and workers. They make India. Their poverty is India's curse and crime. Their prosperity alone can make India a country fit to live in:" Second Series of Mohandas K. Gandhi's Young India; signed and dated by him
GANDHI, MOHANDAS K. [MAHATMA].
Young India Second Series 1924-1926.
New York: The Viking Press 1927.
First edition of the second series of the writings of Gandhi. Octavo, original cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front panel. Signed and dated by Gandhi on the front free endpaper, “MK Gandhi 3:4:29.” Gandhi founded and published the weekly periodical in English, Young India, from 1919 to 1931 to spread the philosophy and principles of the Satyagraha Movement and urge readers to participate in it. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. Exceptionally rare and desirable signed and in this condition.
Price: $50,000.00 Item Number: 95311
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"God is Truth": Exceptionally rare Etching Signed by Gandhi and Illustrator Fritz Eichenberg
GANDHI, MOHANDAS K. [MAHATMA].
Mohandas K. Gandhi Signed Engraving Portrait.
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Wood engraving of a bust-length portrait of one of the most famous graphic images of Gandhi by illustrator Fritz Eichenberg; signed by Gandhi, “God is Truth MK Gandhi.” Below Gandhi’s inscription in a pencil inscription by Fritz Eichenberg, “To Eva Aug. 16th, 1948 with love from Fritz” and additionally signed “Fritz Eichenberg.” The engraving is a proof impression on Japanese paper.
The portrait by Eichenberg was originally created for The Catholic Worker, a newspaper in the cause of social justice, and was subsequently used in multiple other publications. “The word satya (Truth) is derived from Sat which means ‘being’. Nothing is or exists in reality except Truth. That is why Sat or Truth is perhaps the most important name of God […] In such selfless search for Truth nobody can lose his bearings for long. Directly he takes to the wrong path he stumbles, and is thus redirected to the right path. Therefore the pursuit of Truth is true bhakti (devotion). It is the path that leads to God” (Gandhi, January 1st, 1927). The engraving measures 12 inches by 9 inches. Double matted and framed. The entire piece measures 22 inches by 20 inches. Signed examples are exceptionally rare and desirable with the core tenet of Gandhi’s religious philosophy.
Price: $50,000.00 Item Number: 103540