Author: Mao Tse-Tung
Title: Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung (“Little Red Book”)
Publisher: Not stated
Year: Unknown
Format: Softcover (red plastic cover)
Condition: Very Good
Weight: 226 g
Dimensions: 9.5 × 13.5 × 3 cm
Pages: 498
Language: English and Chinese (bilingual edition)
Includes 29 vintage colour photographs of Mao. This is the famous “Little Red Book.” This compact bilingual handbook was published with revolutionary zeal as an expression of Maoist Communist ideology. This authentic and complete edition contains 33 chapters of quotations drawn primarily from Mao’s speeches and writings of the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s.
One of the most widely distributed political books in history, it became a central ideological text during China’s Cultural Revolution and was carried, studied, and promoted by millions, including the Red Guards. Today it remains a fascinating and often unsettling historical document that offers direct insight into the ideas, rhetoric, and revolutionary aspirations that shaped twentieth-century China.
This copy, complete with its original red plastic cover and front section of colour photographs of Mao, reflects the propagandistic design that helped turn the book into a global symbol. As an artefact, it offers a striking window into revolutionary messaging, political mobilization, and mass persuasion in modern history.
