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Mao zhuxi yulu ("Quotations From Chairman Mao"). First edition, first printing, of Mao's "Little Red Book", in the corrected text state, with Lin Biao's endorsement leaf removed as part of the nationwide purge of his political influence. While precursor issues and first editions were issued in a variety of bindings, this variant represents the earliest known use of the red vinyl design that later became an internationally recognizable symbol of Maoist fervour.The first edition of Quotations From Chairman Mao, compiled for use within the People's Liberation Army two years before the work became synonymous with Mao's Cultural Revolution, was issued either in red vinyl plastic as with the present copy or in paper wrappers, with all first editions containing 250 numbered pages of text. According to the editor in charge of finalising the text, those in paper wrappers were issued first for the individual use of high-ranking officers, while those in vinyl, which took longer to produce, were intended for brigades of up to eight men. As Schiller notes, first editions in vinyl may or may not contain a typesetting error found on pp. 82-83; this copy is an example of the corrected text.The Quotations was originally printed at the behest of Lin Biao, Mao's second in command, to elevate Mao's profile within the army, with first editions containing an endorsement in Lin's calligraphy and a preface crediting Lin with promoting the study of Maoist ideas. Like many copies, the present example

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