Mao (Zedong)Quotations of Chairman Mao (Mao's "Little Red Book")compiled and edited by Tian Xiao Guang,first edition, first issue, Chinese text, half-title printed in red, title in red & green, portrait of Mao printed in brown, tissue-guard, 1p. facsimile of Lin Biao's calligraphic endorsement printed in brown, with scarce errata slip in rear pocket, small ink chop to half-title, blue ink stain to lower edge of front preliminary leaves, front joint starting to crack, some foxing as is usual, original red vinyl, 142 x 102mm., [Peking, General Political Department of the People's Liberation Army, n.d. [May 1964]; Another copy.- Quotations of Chairman Mao, first edition, first issue, 250pp., text in Chinese, half-title printed in red, title-page with text in red and green and framed in green, [small blue ink ‘block’ to lower r/h corner of half-title], plain lithographed frontispiece of a photographic portrait of Chairman Mao, Lin Biao's calligraphic endorsement of Mao's writings in the uncorrected state, frequent ink under-lining and occasional Chinese annotations, original white paper wrappers, signs of use, light damp stain to fore-edges of preliminary leaves, lower wrapper slightly damaged, printed in red and black, 142 x 102mm., (Beijing) (Printed and edited by the Central Intelligence Bureau of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army, 1964 *** This first edition in printed wrappers was intended for high-ranking officers only. It was followed a few days later by the more familiar edition in the red-vinyl textured plastic binding, Another issue.-Quotations From Chairman Mao, Large Paper edition, 186pp, title-page printed in red and green frontispiece of Mao in sepia, with Lin Biao's endorsement leaf corrected, original printed cream paper wrappers with lettering in black and red background as issued, head of spine rubbed with loss, creased and foxed, sm. 8vo., [184 x 130mm], Printed for the Hebei People’s Publishing House, August, 1966 *** A rare, possibly specific regional/military variant of the Little Red Book. The 186pp still contain the 33 chapters. This August 1966 printing probably marks the Chinese Communist Party hosting the Eleventh Plenum, and Mao launched "Red August. The larger-format paper editions were frequently used as master presentation copies, versions for external foreign distribution, or specific provincial press runs before the central government completely streamlined production into the uniform vinyl pocketbook;The May 7th Collection of Terms & Expressions (Chinese-English), Bilingual Cultural Revolution Dictionary, first and only printing, full-page colour portrait of Mao going to Anyuan after painting, photographic portrait of Chairman Mao and Lin Biao, textually complete, including the 30pp section of Quotations from Vice-Chairman Lin which is often censured, original red vinyl covers, silver-stamped title on spine and upper cover, also illustrating the newly opened Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge, ownership signature to front end-paper, annotation to verso of following page and title-page, Wuhan, Hubei Province: Revolu-tionary Committee of the Foreign Language Department for Central China Normal University, 8vo., 1968. § Quotations from President Liu Shao-Ci’I, first edition, original yellow vinyl binding lettered in black, red paper wrap-around, 8vo., Melbourne, 1968Together with a collection of over 300 volumes covering various editions of Mao Quotations from his writings and speeches to medical acupuncture, barefoot doctor manuals, etc., v.s. (c. 340. A large qty)