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LIU SHAO-CH'I. Quotations from President Liu Shao-Ch'i. With an introduction by C P FitzGerald. Melbourne: Paul Flesch & Co., 1968. Photographic portrait frontispiece of Liu Shao-Ch'i, also a facsimile of President Liu's calligraphy. Small 16mo, 223pp + colophon; yellow vinyl lettered in black on front cover and spine, original stiff paper band wrapped around lower binding which has caused small offset of red coloring. Nevertheless, a fine copy. First edition thus, clearly an imitation of Chairman Mao's 1964/65 Mao Zhu XI Yu Lu (Quotations of Chairman Mao.) issued by the Central Intelligence Bureau of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. The color yellow is intended to represent the warmth and sunshine under the regime of President Liu. By 1968 it was estimated that over 700 million copies of Mao's "Little Red Book" had been printed/distributed. It is believed that the Cultural Revolution began in response to criticism Mao experienced from President Liu; subsequently Liu was condemned,… Read More

MAO ZedongQuotations of Chairman Mao ("Mao Zhu Xi Yu Lu"), in Chinese.[? Peking:] General Political Department of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, June 1964.Portrait of Chairman Mao as frontispiece, although it immediately follows the printed title-page. Small 8vo, [vii], 2, 2, 250 pp.; full red morocco elaborately detailed with both blind and gilt tooling, a celluloid medallion portrait of Mao inserted into the front cover; Fine designer binding, the interior with a few minor smudges from earlier usage.First edition, earliest printing of the official "Little Red Book" being selected quotations from various writings and speeches made by Chairman Mao through 1963. It was created as a book of inspirational reading for soldiers of the People's Liberation Army to help them become more familiar with Mao's teachings. This earliest version is identified by a printing error which transposes two Chinese characters at the bottom of page 82 and top of page 83, the text printed as "li men wo yong" instead… Read More