Mao, [Quotations of Chairman Mao], 1964

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[Quotations of Chairman Mao]. Beijing: Central Intelligence Bureau of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, 1964

16mo, FIRST PUBLISHED EDITION, text in Chinese, half-title in red, title-page in red and green, photographic portrait of Chairman Mao, facsimile of Lin Biao's calligraphic endorsement of Mao's writings in the uncorrected state with the superfluous mark, original wrappers without printed publisher's imprint at bottom, collector's morocco-backed folding box, minimal soiling to wrappers, particularly spine, small tear to upper wrapper, staples rusting

Sometimes referred to as the “Chinese Bible,” Quotations Of Chairman Mao (“Mao Zhu Xi Yu Lu”) was first published on a very restricted basis in May 1964 and probably still holds the world record for most copies printed of a single work in under four years (720 million books by the end of 1967). (Oliver Lei Han)

LITERATURE:

Schiller p. 27

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