Lot No. 31: GANDHI, M. K.; TRANSLATED BY DESAI, MAHADEV

GANDHI, M. K.; TRANSLATED BY DESAI, MAHADEV

THE STORY OF MY EXPERIMENTS WITH TRUTH

First Edition
Two Volume

Year: 1927 & 1929

Size: 23.5 x 15.5 cm (9.2 x 6.1 Inches)

Printed by Navjivan Press, PP Vol. 1- 602, Vol. 2- 608
With tissue-guarded frontispiece portraits of Gandhi, Pages uncut, Original khadi cloth binding.

Extremely rare First Edition set of 2 vols in Original Khadi cloth binding.

Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi s concept of Satyagraha, active nonviolent resistance, led India to independence from Great Britain and inspired millions, including leaders such as Martin Luther King, Jr. and Desmond Tutu. Gandhi's nonviolent struggles in South Africa and India had already brought him to such a level of notoriety, adulation and controversy that when asked to write an autobiography midway through his career, he took it as an opportunity to explain himself. Although accepting his status as a great innovator in the struggle against racism, violence and, just then, colonialism, Gandhi feared that enthusiasm for his ideas tended to exceed a deeper understanding. He says that he was after truth in devotion to God and attempts to get closer to this divine power led him to seek purity through simple living, dietary practices, celibacy and ahimsa, a life without violence. It is in this sense that he calls his book The Story of My Experiments with Truth, offering it also as a reference for those who would follow in his footsteps (Brian Bruya). Gandhi offers an invaluable account of the shaping of a new path to collective resistance to injustice (Sissela Bok). Translated from Gujarati by Mahadev Desai. along with Pyarelal Nair. In the original khadi cloth, a homespun linen that Gandhi adopted as a symbol of Indian struggle against the British. Serialized in Gujarati in the weekly magazine Navjivan, 1925-28.

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Provenance : Collection of a Gentleman