This curated collection of rare books for auction comprises renowned valuable first editions with diverse themes. The reserve ranges from the socio-political pre-independence Indian freedom movement to the post-independence era. The books capture the history and the changing tides of time while highlighting the defining figures and events of the reformation in the 20th century.
This auction features early edition literary classics such as Gitanjali and The Home and the World by littérateur and Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore, memoirs by Indian nationalist leaders such as The Story of My Experiments with Truth by M K Gandhi, and a biographical memoir by Maulana Abul Kalam Azad; Sarojini Naidu's The Sceptred Flute: Songs of India, and antiquarian books authored by Dadabhai Naoroji, Rajendra Prasad, and Subhash Chandra Bose.
The book auction sale exemplifies the prominent voices that unfurled the blowing winds of change in the history of modern India.
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