Lot 192: GANDHI, Mohandas Karamchand (1869-1948) – JONES, E. Stanley (1884-1973). A

GANDHI, Mohandas Karamchand (1869-1948) – JONES, E. Stanley (1884-1973). A correspondence, including 13 letters from Gandhi, fve of which are autograph letters signed (“M.K.Gandhi”), to Earl Stanley Jones, Sabarmati and Sevagram, 1922-1940. – TAGORE, Rabindranath (1861-1941). Two typed letters signed and one autograph letter signed (“Rabindranath Tagore”) to Jones, Almora, 1923-37. – SINGH, Sundar (1889-1929). Three autograph letters signed (“Sundar Singh”) to Jones, Subathu, 1927. – NEHRU, Jawaharlal (1889-1964). Typed letter signed (“J.Nehru”) to Jones, Allahabad, 4 March 1939. In total approx. 28 pages, with Gandhi correspondence comprising 15 pp., 140 x 90mm to 200 x 165. “If the whole world accepted my message that would be no proof of its truth as it is intrinsically untrue. I early understood the truth that peace and light came from within and were independent of the world’s verdict,” Gandhi to Jones, 18 January 1928. A correspondence to missionary and evangelist E. Stanley Jones, documenting the interfaith dialogue in India during the frst decades of the 20th century. Jones lectured widely throughout India and counted Gandhi, Tagore, Jawaharlal Nehru, and others among his friends. Gandhi writes on civil disobedience and his eforts toward Indian independence: “I can only say that my heart is absolutely open. I have no axes to grind. I want to fnd truth – to see God face to face. It will be a mistake to suppose that my people – the mass – have missed my message but if they have I should be unconcerned. If the whole world accepted my message that would be no proof of its truth as it is intrinsically untrue. I early understood the truth that peace and light came from within and were independent of the world’s verdict. So please come whenever you the time.” Tagore writes in reference to available ashrams and Singh regarding upcoming trips to Tibet. E. Stanley Jones hailed from Baltimore and was the author of numerous books, including Christ of the Indian Road (1925), his frst, and Mahatma Gandhi: An Interpretation (1948). [With:] additional letters from Rufus Jones, Norman Vincent Peale, and Billy Graham (two telegrams), and Helen Keller (with secretarial signature) [AND:] Jones, Earl Stanley. Gandhi: Portrayal of a Friend, Abingdon Press, 1993.