Zedong Mao, Quotations from Chairman Mao Tsetung. Peking: Foreign Language Press, 1972.
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First published in May, 1964; first vinyl-covered English edition 1966.
After the Bible, the 'Little Red Book' is the most printed text in the world, and it became an instant icon of the Cultural Revolution. The work was first introduced as an inspirational pocketbook for soldiers, but it proved to be so popular that it was determined within the year that every Chinese citizen should have a copy. Within three years of its first issue, the work had been translated into more than thirty-six languages, and over a billion copies have been printed to date.
Gift: Francis and Robin Tenny.