Churchill, Winston — Mohandas K. Gandhi | Two signed letters by important 20th century figures

Churchill, Winston

Typed letter signed to newspaper magnate Lord Walter Layton, Chartwell, Kent, 22 December, 1948, regarding an interview with liberal journalist Mr. A. J. Cummings, "I should of course like to see Mr. Cummings, although he has written many hard and unfriendly things about me," and refusing the interview due to being busy with his "book affairs" before departing for Monte Carlo.

1-page typed on Chartwell stationery (235 x 182 mm, to sight); old mailing folds, a holepunch in the upper left corner, a small pale stain touching 4 letters. In a gilt, double-sided frame, with a matted photographic portrait of Churchill and a printed handbill, "We Shall Not Flag...," visible at front, and with a telegram from Winston Churchill to Layton thanking him for a birthday message at rear. Not examined out of frame.

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Gandhi, Mohandas K.

Autograph letter signed twice, as "M. K. Gandhi" and "MKG," to Mr. Brown, London, dated 31 October, [1914], regarding the early days of the Indian Volunteer Ambulance Corps, "In all there are now at Netley [Hospital] over 65 members of the corps serving," and with a postscript where he discusses sending copies of correspondence." 3 pages on gray paper (175 x 215 mm, to sight); old folds. In a gilt double-sided frame, with a photographic portrait of Gandhi, and the postscript on the verso of the letter visible through a window at the rear. Not examined out of frame.

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Purchased from Kenneth W. Rendell Gallery