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MAO ZEDONG (1893-1976). Mao Zhuxi Yulu. [Quotations from Chairman Mao Zedong.] Text in Chinese. [Perhaps Beijing:] Central Political Department of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, 1964.
The first edition of the iconic “Little Red Book,” with Lin Biao's endorsement. The contents were chosen from the sprawling four-volume Mao's Selected Works by Tian Xiao Guang, an editor at the People's Liberation Army newspaper. The tiny book provided a portable version of the work that had become the mostly widely-read within China. The first edition includes an endorsement from Lin Baio, head of national defense and Mao's intended successor. That endorsement was removed from all copies after "jealous factions" spread rumors of an assassination plot against Mao by Lin, forcing Lin and his family to flee. Although the claims were never substantiated, Lin's plane was shot down over Mongolia in September 1971. "When this news was finally released to the Chinese people after more than a year, it came with a proclamation that Mao's close comrade-in-arms for nearly half a century had disgraced himself and his name was to be eradicated from history. Consequently, his endorsement leaf in all copies of the Little Red Book and elsewhere were to be torn out or otherwise defaced as a sign of loyalty to Mao and the CCP. Indeed, not removing it could easily be a liability" (Schiller 36). First edition in variant red vinyl covers, with Lin Baio's uncorrected calligraphic endorsement in brown ink, the second version of the erratum slip at rear, and frontispiece variant a. See Schiller Mao pp.28-37, 44.
16mo (135 x 97mm). Half-title printed in red, title in red and green, half-tone portrait frontispiece of Mao with tissue guard (short closed tear to half-title). Original red vinyl covers over paper wrappers, front cover blocked in blind (small closed tear to front wrapper). Provenance: Library of the Advanced Party School of the CCP (stamp) – The Helmut N. Friedlaender Collection.
The first edition of the iconic “Little Red Book,” with Lin Biao's endorsement. The contents were chosen from the sprawling four-volume Mao's Selected Works by Tian Xiao Guang, an editor at the People's Liberation Army newspaper. The tiny book provided a portable version of the work that had become the mostly widely-read within China. The first edition includes an endorsement from Lin Baio, head of national defense and Mao's intended successor. That endorsement was removed from all copies after "jealous factions" spread rumors of an assassination plot against Mao by Lin, forcing Lin and his family to flee. Although the claims were never substantiated, Lin's plane was shot down over Mongolia in September 1971. "When this news was finally released to the Chinese people after more than a year, it came with a proclamation that Mao's close comrade-in-arms for nearly half a century had disgraced himself and his name was to be eradicated from history. Consequently, his endorsement leaf in all copies of the Little Red Book and elsewhere were to be torn out or otherwise defaced as a sign of loyalty to Mao and the CCP. Indeed, not removing it could easily be a liability" (Schiller 36). First edition in variant red vinyl covers, with Lin Baio's uncorrected calligraphic endorsement in brown ink, the second version of the erratum slip at rear, and frontispiece variant a. See Schiller Mao pp.28-37, 44.
16mo (135 x 97mm). Half-title printed in red, title in red and green, half-tone portrait frontispiece of Mao with tissue guard (short closed tear to half-title). Original red vinyl covers over paper wrappers, front cover blocked in blind (small closed tear to front wrapper). Provenance: Library of the Advanced Party School of the CCP (stamp) – The Helmut N. Friedlaender Collection.