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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…