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Jawaharlal Nehru, Jawaharlal Nehru: An Autobiography. With Musings on Recent Events in India, London: John Lane / The Bodley Head, 1955

xiii, 623 pp. with a photographic frontispiece portrait captioned “The author—first Prime Minister of India”; original green cloth gilt-lettered on spine with dust jacket. Housed in a custom brown quarter-leather and marbled paper-covered slipcase, gilt-ruled with floral corner tools and a gilt-lettered spine.
8.5 x 5.75 in (22 x 14.5 cm)

Signed Association Copy: Boldly signed and dated “Jawaharlal Nehru/ 29.6.1957” on the title page. A rare presentation or modestly limited issue signed in the mid-1950s.

“‘JAWAHARLAL NEHRU / 24.6.1957’: A SIGNED LONDON EDITION OF THE PRIME MINISTER’S AUTOBIOGRAPHY”

This “new edition” includes the postscript chapter “Five Years Later”, reflecting on India’s early years of independence and Nehru’s evolving vision for the newly sovereign republic.

Originally written in 1934–35 while Nehru was in prison, An Autobiography offers not only a personal history but also a compelling insider’s account of India’s freedom movement, Gandhi’s influence, and Nehru’s ideological struggles. This signed copy, inscribed less than a decade after independence, is of significant historical value.

Signed copies of Nehru’s autobiography are increasingly rare, particularly in Western editions published in London during his tenure as prime minister.