Khadi Guide. [cover title]
by All-India Spinners' Association
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Hamden, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Ahmedabad: All India Spinners' Association, 1929. Hardcover. Good. errata slip (tipped to page 19), photos, 4 folding maps, 100p. Later Indian 1/4 cloth binding. Original wrapper bound in. 21cm. Binding rather crude with no titling on cover. One of the maps split at fold. No jacket. Quixotic movement started by Gandhi to promote the manufacture and purchase of Indian hand-spun and woven cloth as a way to alleviate the extreme poverty of most Indians and to encourage Indians to boycott manufactured European goods. There were also 1927 and 1931 (and perhaps other) editions or printings of this scarce book.
Details
- Bookseller
- McBlain Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 79125
- Title
- Khadi Guide. [cover title]
- Author
- All-India Spinners' Association
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- All India Spinners' Association
- Place of Publication
- Ahmedabad
- Date Published
- 1929
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About the Seller
McBlain Books
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Hamden, Connecticut
About McBlain Books
Our second floor shop contains about 15,000 volumes and is open by appointment. Established 1970. We have been a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America for over 45 years. While there is a heavy emphasis in our stock on African Americana, Africa, Asia and the Middle East we also buy and sell antiquarian books on other subjects.
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- Errata
- Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...
- Cloth
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- Jacket
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