MAO ZEDONG. Quotations from Chairman Mao. Beijing, [General Policy Department of the People's Liberation Army], n.d. [1964]. In-16 paperback in white cover, title in black ink on red background on front cover. First edition of Mao's little red book, with all the features of Lei Han. The format is slightly larger (138 x 100 mm) than later reprints. The text is divided into thirty chapters spread over 250 pages, instead of 270, preceded by 6 leaves containing the false title in red, the title in red and green, a heliogravure portrait of Mao under a serpente, Lin Biao's foreword, the preface and the table. Copy complete with facsimile leaf of General Lin Piao, in first state with the superfluous line which was corrected from August 1965. This leaflet was never reprinted again, and the Party ordered its removal from all copies in 1971, following General Lin Piao's failed assassination attempt on Chairman Mao. The paperback copies of the original edition were intended for high-ranking officers. (cover soiled and corners corroded, slight loss of paper on spine). Bibliography: Oliver Lei Han, Sources and Early Printing History of Chairman Mao's 'Quotations'. Expert: Mr. Nicolas Asvisio