Creator
Mao Zedong
Title
Mao Zhuxi Yulu=Quotations of Chairman Mao.
Publisher
Beijing: Central Intelligence Bureau of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army
Date
May 1964
Description
The first published edition of Chairman Mao’s “Little Red Book” is shown here in two binding variants. Copies in the original printed wrappers were released first while the red vinyl bindings were still being manufactured. In his bibliographical study of the Quotations, Grolier Club member Justin Schiller noted that the printed wrappers were intended for individual high-ranking officers, while the sturdier red vinyl copies were made for brigade teams of up to eight men. Eventually, the latter became preferred as the symbol of Mao’s slogan “The East is Red.”
Source
Gift of Doug and Curt Dombek, 2011.