Lot 319
India.- Nehru (Jawaharlal) The Discovery of India, second edition, Calcutta, The Signet Press, 1946.
Hammer Price: £850
Description
India.- Nehru (Jawaharlal) The Discovery of India, second edition, signed by the author on front free endpaper, half-title, some water-staining to lower corner, upper hinge weak, original cloth, covers slightly stained, 8vo, Calcutta, The Signet Press, 1946.
⁂ The work was reprinted in the same month (March) as the first edition appeared, and then this second edition was published in August 1946. This copy is signed by the author, India's first Prime Minister, and dated in his hand January 31st 1947.
Description
India.- Nehru (Jawaharlal) The Discovery of India, second edition, signed by the author on front free endpaper, half-title, some water-staining to lower corner, upper hinge weak, original cloth, covers slightly stained, 8vo, Calcutta, The Signet Press, 1946.
⁂ The work was reprinted in the same month (March) as the first edition appeared, and then this second edition was published in August 1946. This copy is signed by the author, India's first Prime Minister, and dated in his hand January 31st 1947.