Zedong (Mao)

Mao Zhu Xi Yu Lu, or Quotations of Chairman Mao (Mao's "Little Red Book").

A collection of 38 translations, the majority First Editions or first pocket-sized editions in their respective languages, including:

English, 1966; Portuguese, 1967; Indonesian, 1967; Czech, 1968; Vietnamese, 1972; Arabic, 1972; Polish, 1972; Bulgarian, 1972; Tamil, 1972; Lao, 1972; Turkish, 1972; Hungarian, 1972; Korean, 1972; Nepali, 1972; Chinese, third printing, April 1972; Norwegian, 1972; Burmese, 1972; Bosnian, 1972; Hindi, 1972; Urdu, 1972; Esperanto, 1972; Swahili, 1972; Albanian, 1972; Persian, 1972; Mongolian, 1972; Russian, 1972; Greek, 1972; Italian, 1972; French, 1972; German, 1972; Thai, 1972; Spanish, 1972; Hausa, 1972; Bengali, 1972; Romanian, 1972; Pashto, 1972; Filipino, 1972; English, second edition, second printing, 1974;

Portrait frontispieces, all but the Filipino with original red vinyl covers, titles variously to spine and/or front cover in gilt or blind, a few soiled or stained, duodecimo or smaller, the majority published by the Foreign languages Press, Beijing, some published in the relevant country;

[with]

Compilation of Documents of the Ninth National Congress of the Communist Party of China, First printing, paper wrappers, People’s Publishing House, May 1969;

New Year’s Day Message, People’s Daily, red Flag Magazine, ink annotations, bookplate pasted-in, 1974;

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***"The most visible and ubiquitous symbol of twentieth-century radicalism" (Cook, p. i).