Mahatma Gandhi’s Autobiography, "The Story of My Experiments with Truth," First British Edition with Original Dust Jacket, 1949

Mohandas K. Gandhi

First Edition

GANDHI, Mohandas K. Gandhi: An Autobiography. The Story of My Experiments with Truth. London: Phoenix Press, 1949. First British edition, first impression. xiv, 420 pages. Translated from the Gujarati by Mahadev Desai. Published one year after Gandhi’s assassination and two years after Indian independence, this autobiography recounts the experiences that shaped his philosophy of nonviolent resistance and his leadership of India's independence movement. Originally serialized between 1925 and 1929, the work traces Gandhi’s moral and political development through his childhood, education in England, and experiences of racial discrimination in South Africa. Central to the narrative are his experiments with truth, religious conviction, personal discipline, and satyagraha, the principle of nonviolent resistance that would influence civil rights and anticolonial movements worldwide. Scarce in the original dust jacket.

Contents include discussions of Gandhi’s early marriage, religious beliefs, vegetarianism, and legal career, alongside his developing opposition to racial injustice and British colonial rule. Extensive handwritten pencil subject index on the rear endpapers references passages concerning friendship, religious practice, marriage, and personal morality. Octavo, original black cloth with gilt spine lettering, photographic frontispiece portrait of Gandhi, in the original blue dust jacket with cream lettering, further preserved beneath a translucent, waxy protective cover. Light scattered foxing to preliminary leaves and endpapers. The original dust jacket exhibits edgewear with chipping and several losses along edges and corners. Book otherwise near fine, in a good to very good original dust jacket.

Item #24035

Price: $485.00