McBlain Books

Khadi Guide. [cover title]

All-India Spinners' Association

Ahmedabad: All India Spinners' Association, 1929. Hardcover. 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. Good. Item #79125

Price: $275.00