The Story of My Experiments with Truth, by Mahatma Gandhi. Ahmedabad, India: Navajivan Karyalaya / Navajivan Press. Two volumes. Vol. I: 1933 (reprinting of the first edition from 1927). Vol. II: 1929 (first edition). English.
Autobiography by Mohandas Karamchand (Mahatma) Gandhi, a political leader and the 'spiritual father' of India. Gandhi was born to a Hindu family of a high caste in coastal Gujarat, western India, during the British rule. He studied law in England and worked in South-Africa, where he encountered severe manifestations of racism, and started developing his anti-colonial views. At the end of World War I, he returned to India, became a member of parliament and dedicated himself to India's struggle for independence from British rule by non-violent civil resistance (Satyagraha) – protests, hunger strikes and other actions, some of which landed him several times in prison. In 1947, India gained its independence, to a considerable extent thanks to Gandhi's continuous struggle. Several months later, Gandhi was assassinated by a Hindu nationalist.
Vol. I (1933): [2] ff., III pp. [1] f., 602 pp. + [1] plate (photograph of Gandhi). Vol. II (1929): VIII, 608 pp. + [1] plate (photograph of Gandhi), 23 cm. Good condition. Stains. Small tears to edges of some leaves (not affecting text). Many unopened leaves in second volume. First two leaves of first volume (title page and a plate) partly detached. Matching, fabric-covered bindings. Non-original spines. Stains and minor blemishes to bindings.