[Mao Zedong]. Quotations From Chairman Mao. Peking: Compiled by the Central Political Department, printed by 220...

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First Complete Edition of Mao's Little Red Book

[Mao Zedong]. Quotations From Chairman Mao. Peking: Compiled by the Central Political Department, printed by 2207 printing factory of the People's Liberation Army, August, 1965.

First complete edition (third edition). Sixteenmo. [iii], 270 pages. Frontispiece portrait of Mao. Lin endorsement (uncorrected state). The Lin endorsement sheet curiously repeats the text error found in the 1964 first edition, thus quite rare as most known copies of this edition have the endorsement leaf corrected (when still intact).

Original red vinyl with incised title and star on front cover. Sewn bands at spine ends. Cover slightly soiled, else a very good copy.

There were an estimated 6.5 billion copies of Mao's "Little Red Book" printed making this early, complete copy quite rare. This superb copy is complete with the original certificate for quality inspection by "Agent 12" in a pocket on the inside rear cover, asking owners if any missing or blank pages are found to return the copy to Beijing for a replacement.