Littrell said he doesn't recall meeting Jenkins, but wanted the 22-year-old to have the prayer book after having many conversations over the years with his father, Tom, a former co-worker.
Last year the auction house sold a collection of Gandhi material, including his glasses and prayer book, which Mr Westwood-Brookes called "highly important".
There is a lock of hair, the chemise Marie-Antoinette wore in the Temple prison, and the tiny prayer book in which she penned a final message to her children.