"QUOTATIONS OF CHAIRMAN MAO" - CHAIRMAN MAO''S "LITTLE RED BOOK", FIRST EDITION,

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"QUOTATIONS OF CHAIRMAN MAO" - CHAIRMAN MAO''S "LITTLE RED BOOK", FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING (Additional Version)
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Very rare book, "Mao Zhuxi Yulu"("Quotations of Chairman Mao"), by Mao Zedong (Beijing: Central Intelligence Bureau of the Chinese People''s Liberation Army), 1964, 252pp. a first edition, first printing copy of Mao''s "Little Red Book".
This is additional version
(this version only use for the Chinese People''s Liberation Army)
that exist which also is considered "First edition" in China at that time.
The book is smaller format with page height 125cm (4-7/8 inches) which afterwards became the standard size for all subsequent printings of the Central Intelligence Bureau of the Chinese People''s Liberation Army. This version only known in printed wrappers (following the same design as on the larger sized version), thus beginning directly with a Preface [1/2], Table of Contents listing thirty chapters [1/2], and then paginated 1-252pp. of Chairman Mao's text, here slightly expanded due to the reduced page size. It has been suggested that this version must also be considered a first printing.