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Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1980. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Octavo (8 1/2 x 5 1/8 inches; 215 x 143 mm), xx, 530 pages, red quarter cloth over black boards, titles in gilt to spine, in an unclipped dust jacket (hard cover). A massive biography of Mao, written by Dick Wilson (1928-2011), a distinguished journalist who was editor of the Far Eastern Economic Review from 1958 to 1964 and who was editor of the China Quarterly from 1975 to 1980. This is the first American edition, which follows the U.K. edition published in 1979. CONDITION: Rubbing to boards, some fading to spine titles, previous owner's name and stamped insignia to front free end paper. The unclipped dust jacket has some chips, especially along the spine and front panel, toning to the verso, and some soiling to the panels. Near Fine in a Good only dust jacket.

Moscow: Novosti Press Agency Publishing House, 1981. First Edition. Octavo (8 3/8 x 6 1/2 inches; 215 x 165 mm), 54, [2] pages in stapled, illustrated wrappers (soft cover). A ferocious Soviet attack against Maoism, the Gang of Four, and Deng Xiaoping. "During his visit to the United States, Deng Xiaoping was particularly interested in the produce of American munitions monopolies. His meetings with these merchants of death were especially cordial." (page 42). This kind of language appears all throughout the booklet, issued by Novosti, an official Soviet publisher. Profusely illustrated with black-and-white photos. Scarce in commerce. CONDITION: Rubbing and creasing to wrappers but internally clean and unmarked. Very Good or better.

New York: New Century Publishers, 1945. 12mo (7 1/4 x 5 inches; 185 x 125 mm), 16 pages, in stapled pictorial wrappers (soft cover). Text of a talk given by Communist leader Earl Browder in March 1945. He calls the Kuomintang corrupt, saying it has paralyzed the Chinese economy. Not surprisingly, he's very much in favor of the Chinese Communists. Seidman B616 (Joel Seidman, Communism in the United States: A Bibliography, 1969). CONDITION: Light soiling and creasing. Very Good or better.