Our sale is from one of the world’s largest and best private collections of artefacts from the Cultural Revolution. It includes a rare edition of Mao’s Little Red Book, produced in August 1963, some ten months before the official Beijing version was released in May 1964. Compiled and printed by the Political Department, Air Force Division of the Shenyang Military Region, it numbers 156pp and lacks the engraved portrait of the Chairman that became integral to the finished edition.
The collection was compiled over 25 years by the renowned New York antiquarian book dealer and children’s book specialist Justin Schiller. His ‘bursting at the seams’ home in upstate New York includes many thousands of objects related to the Cultural Revolution, much of them bought during regular visits to China.
This is part of the Justin Schiller collection, including books, posters, original art, tapestries, sculpture and memorabilia.
The lots will all remain in situ in upstate New York with the auction staged in London.
Lot 1 - Mao Tse-Tung: Quotations From Chairman Mao Tse-Tung [Little Red Book]
Estimated at £800 - £1,200
Lot 3 - Mao Tse-Tung: Quotations of Chairman Mao, [Little Red Book]
Sold for £7,500
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Lot 5 - [Mao Tse-Tung]: Comrade Mao's Works On Class Struggle, Dictatorship and Public Security
Sold for £250
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Lot 15 - Forge Ahead for the Development of Military Science and Technology
Sold for £12
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Lot 17 - Xu Xiaobing / Hou Bo - Mao Tsetoung Choix de Photographies 1978
Sold for £125
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Lot 23 - Mao Tse-Tung: Quotations of Chairman Mao, (“Mao Zhuxi Yulu”) [Abridged]
Sold for £1,000
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Lot 29 - History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Bolshevicks
Estimated at £1,000 - £1,500
Lot 40 - Poster: Enhance Vigilance, Intensify Preparations Against War
Sold for £125
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Lot 44 - Poster: Chinese Propaganda Poster Protesting Vietnam war, 1964
Sold for £500
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Lot 46 - Posters: Heighten Our Vigilance to Protect our National Airspace
Sold for £138
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Lot 57 - The Country is Marching ahead under Chairman Mao’s leadership and its leaders’
Estimated at £2,000 - £3,000
Lot 59 - Celebrate the Founding of the People’s Republic of China
Sold for £300
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Lot 60 - Yanko Dance, and Presenting Flowers to Chaiman Mao, Woodcut print
Sold for £125
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Lot 62 - An Image of the Young Mao at the Election of Damin Village
Sold for £350
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Lot 63 - Chinese Propaganda and Anti-Imperialist Cartoon Books
Sold for £625
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