india independence (8 resultados)

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. 96 pages. Joel Carmichael ","Trotsky's Agony (II) / Massud Farzan "Jalali" (story) / Maurice Cranston "Ethics And Politics" / John Grigg "Britain & India since Independence".

Paperback. Condición: New.

Condición: Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original Purbeck grey cloth covers, silver title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains [xvi] 380 printed pages of text with 8 archive monochrome photographs. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 101845111664 BIO (Résumé, Memoir).

Frameless octagonal lenses with gold-plated arms, bakelite nose rests and black rubberised ear supports. Housed in original ribbed cloth velvet-lined case with original label which bears an ink inscription "To Mr Shankaran, From Mrs Gandhi". Rimless sunglasses featuring octagonal hand-cut lenses, specifically made for Gandhi around 1910. Consigned to a Bristol auction in 2022 by a vendor who testified: "My Grandfather was born in 1910. From his young age, he was a Freedom fighter and he participated in many protests in India during the Independence era. In 1939 he was associated in non-violent protest in Rajkot along with Kasturba Gandhi and was arrested and in 1942 he also participated in the Quit India Movement along with Mahatma Gandhi and was jailed again. He also had close association with Mr Gandhi's secretary Mahadey Desai. Kasturba Gandhi (Gandhi's wife) gifted these frameless sunglasses to Gandhi during his trip to South Africa 1893-1912 . Mr Gandhi and Mrs Kasturba Gandhi gifted these glasses to my grandfather as a gift in 1939-40 (not sure about the exact year) after his jail term for organizing a rally in Rajkot . they were then passed down to me when my Grandfather passed away and have been in my possession ever since". - In a letter dated Nandi Hills, 28 April 1927, Gandhi wrote to his "dear Shankaran, Your letter is a tonic for me. You are realizing all my expectations ." (Selected Works, vol. 4, Selected Letters, no. 56). - Two pairs of Gandhi's famous spectacles were sold at auction within the last few years, but these are the first sunglasses to be offered. - Gold-plating worn away in places, arm-ends worn.

Estado de la sobrecubierta: dj. First Thus. Octavo. 23.5cm. Publisher's orange cloth boards, titled in black to spine. Dustjacket. 187pp. Strong and tight, but visibly sunned to spine and edges of binding, and a little bumped to the head of the spine. The priceclipped dustjacket is similarly sunned to the spine, and has some light marginal wear, but shows very well. A very good, presentable copy. Internally clean, with some annotation and emphasis to the text from an informed reader, presumably Angus Thurmer. There is a 2 page letter from Major General Lunt, dated January 1971 on Ministry of Defense notepaper, to Angus Thurmer at the US Embassy in New Delhi, discussing the book and the editing work and apprising Mr. Thurmer of his current status. Major General Lunt CBE had a prominent and successful career in the British Military, spending a significant part of his career in India, including a stint as Military Adviser to the High Commission, there is a note on the title page to the effect that the book's attentive reader played Polo with Lunt whilst he was stationed in Delhi. The first edition of "From Sepoy to Subedar" was published in 1873, then languished forgotten for almost a century until Major General Lunt, in his role as accomplished "Old India Hand" decided a new edition was called for. Primary source material for the period from native Indians, is relatively thin on the ground, spanning as it does Subedar Ram's memories of the Afghan Wars (the first two), the retreat from Khabul, the subsequent trials and tribulations of a soldier's life, and the post-"mutiny" changes to the leadership and administration of India and how badly that went. A fascinating account, which should be ranked alongside "Confessions of a Thug", and Lady Florentia Sale's Journal as insights (with all faults) into the nature of life in and under the British Raj.

One page, 12mo, bifolium, docketed with names etc of the sender ("Gen. Sir A. Clarke") and recipient of letter on p.[4], a small part of which is stuck to p.[2], separated from the other docketing. Text clear and complete. A mysterious further note appears above the letter text "Entd. OB[?] 236". He says: The bearer George, one of my Servants, is so much grown that he cannot wear his Blue Livery Coat, and Red Waistcoat. You must therefore let them [former elided] sufficiently in the Body & Sleeves; and lengthen the latter at the Cuffs to make them long enough - Pray do this in the best manner you can, and as soon as possible.".

Small 8vo (120 x 82 mm). 1 p. In Gujarati to his friend Behramhi Khambhatta: "I hope you are now improving. You must give up your attachment to Bombay. Be content with what God has given you. Are you likely to find any difficulty in living in Poona? Do let me know" (transl.). - Brownstained, stamped "6607". - The collected works of Mahatma Gandhi. Vol. 50, June-August 1932 (Publications Division Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Government of India, 1972), no. 195.

Chiefly 12mo. Altogether 10 pages on 9 ff. Series of nine letters, notes and cards (all in Gujarati), eight to Jamnabehn and one to Yashwant Prasad, comprising two autograph letters signed, three autograph cards signed, and four cards signed in pencil, discussing Gandhi's diet and health, refusing the offer of a blanket ("one that I have is enough"), and expressing his concern about Yashwant Prasad's heart condition: "Don't worry about me. I take all the precautions necessary. God is there to take care of all of us. Before the Almighty we are helpless, worrying causes unnecessary problems [.]" (transl.). Jamnabehn, a member of the extended Gandhi clan, was an active weaver of khadi on the charkha and worked alongside Dadabhai Naroji's grandchildren Perin Ben Captain and Khrushed Behn. Most of these letters date from 1926, when Gandhi was living in self-imposed withdrawal from the public world at Sabarmati and experimenting with a diet of fruit. - Small burn holes to two letters, nicks and tears at edges; browned.