Description: Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung, Pocket Vest edition, 80 copies, in unopened packaging/parcel from the time of publication, shipped from Peking (Beijing) to 54 Mill Rd, Cambridge, UK, during the Cultural Revolution (文化大革命). I opened the parcel for the purposes of photographing the contents only: 80 unread and unpackaged, mint copies of the first vest-pocket English language edition (1968) of the ‘Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung’, (英文版毛主席語錄; 縮影本), shipped from Guozi Shudian (Guozi Bookstore) in Beijing to an address in Cambridge: Bai-Ley China Cultural Co. Ltd, 54 Mill Road, Cambridge, UK. A piece of history and a veritable time-capsule back to a tumultuous age, at the height of the Cultural Revolution. Note the photograph of the individual book is not from this set, it is an example only. The books in the set are within the packaging. With the Lin Biao quote on the opening page ‘读毛主席的书，听毛主席的话，照毛主席的指示办事': (‘Read Chairman Mao's books, listen to Chairman Mao's words, and follow Chairman Mao's instructions’). Red plastic covers as standard. One corner of the packaging has been torn open revealing the contents, but there is no damage to the books within. Note the full-form, traditional Chinese still on each package label, as the full transition to simplified Chinese had not yet taken place. A very rare and highly collectable set of this book. The entire package weighs in excess of 5kg, so international postage is priced accordingly. 29cm x 20cm x 12.5cm.
Price: 1495 GBP
Location: Epsom
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Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung, Pocket Vest edition: 1968
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition
Author: Mao Tse-Tung (Mao Zedong); 毛泽东
Region: Asia
Publisher: Foreign Languages Press, Peking
Unit Quantity: 80
Year Printed: 1968
