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Battle Hymn of China w/ ALS

1943ref. 63876New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1943. First Edition. First printing. Laid-in is a 2-pp ALS dated Dec. 26 1944 on Agnes Smedley's letterhead to Lt. Eugene S. Brewer Jr. see note below. Octavo 21cm. Original red cloth boards titles in gilt on spine; dustjacket; maroon top-stain; viii528xvi pp; illus. Folding map inserted before half-title. A Very Good copy with expected evidence of reading and use; there is a small closed tear in the margin of the folding map which is otherwise clean and complete. In the original dustwrapper unclipped priced $3.50 generally rubbed and soiled with old clear tape reinforcements at flap-folds; just VG. Ownership and bookplate of Eugene S. Brewer Jr.; a 4¢ "Sun Yat Sen" U.S. postage stamp affixed to front free endpaper. Additionally laid-in is a folded circular printing the "Statement of Policy" of the Committee for a Democratic Policy Toward China later the Committe for a Democratic Far East Policy. Jacket design by Jean Carlu. The revolutionary journalist's major work a memoir of her twelve years as a correspondent on the front lines of both the Chinese revolution and the Second Sino-Japanese War from 1929 to 1942. Smedley 1892-1950 was a prolific left journalist and probable spy known for her active support of Chinese and Indian revolutionary causes and for her many writings on Maoist China. The laid-in letter of about 250 words is dated Dec. 26 and addressed to a young Army lieutenant from Michigan Eugene S. Brewer. Smedley discusses the recent U.S. Presidential elections stating that she voted for Roosevelt despite disagreeing with "many things Roosevelt has done and still does.but I was afraid of Dewey and his rotten reactionaries. Now I grow more and more afraid of Churchill and it would be a godsend if he'd fall dead or if someone would kindly bump him off." She comments on British policy in India: "As long as Nehru remains in prison I have no hearing for any agent of the British" - and concludes with a description of her work for China relief "raffling off things for 2 weeks to aid cultural workers in Chung King.I'm tired tramping the streets selling chances for 10¢! So much work for so little." Eugene S. Brewer 1914-2001 was a 1935 graduate of the University of Michigan. He won a 1938 Avery Hopwood Prize for a proletarian novel apparently never published "Some Brass and No Groceries." After a brief and apparently unremarkable scriptwriting career in Hollywood Brewer returned to his home town of Owosso Michigan where he was for many years a county planner and surveyor. Brewer's connection to Smedley is uncertain but likely dated from his student days at Michigan. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books

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[CHINA - CULTURAL REVOLUTION - TEXTILES] Artist(s) unknownABAA

Two Monumental Hook-Work Parade Banners: Chairman Mao Reviewing The Great Army of the Cultural Revolution

1967ref. 16838Urumqi XinJiang Uyghur Autonomous Region: Cultural Revolution Committee of Urumqi / Xinjiang Army Divisioni 1967/8. Two extraordinary hand-crafted parade banners ca. 110" x 84" 9 feet x 7 feet one slightly smaller. Each entirely composed of hook-work with colored yarns on white muslin backing. Slight age-toning and soil; a few threads loose but no significant losses; Near Fine condition overall. Folded and stored in original velvet draw-string carrying bags as found. Both banners bear the inscription "Chairman Mao Reviewing the Great Army of the Cultural Revolution" and depict the August 1966 mass rally at Tiananmen Gate where more than 10 million Red Guards from all over China converged to express their solidarity with Mao and his second-in-command Lin Biao. Additional text on the lower banner reads "Long Live Chairman Mao for ten thousand years" and "Sailing in the ocean requires a helmsman" -- both quotes from Lin Biao. The agencies responsible for the banners are identified in lower right of each: "Cultural Revolution Committee of Xinjiang Army Division 1968" upper banner and "Cultural Revolution Committee of Urumqi 1967" lower. The presence of Biao the figure to the right of Mao holding the Little Red Book in the top banner is of particular interest. Biao compiler of The Quotations of Chairman Mao popularly known as the "Little Red Book" and coiner of the phrase "Maoism" was probably more responsible than any other figure for creating the cult of personality around Mao particularly at the time of the Cultural Revolution. He quickly ascended Party ranks and was widely seen as Mao's obvious successor. But in 1971 Biao was exposed in the process of an apparent coup attempt the details of the event have never been made public. He died in an airplane crash attempting to leave China and from this point forward was officially condemned as a traitor by the Communist Party; any record of his achievements on behalf of the Revolution was expunged from the official record and any positive image of Biao would have been confiscated and destroyed as a matter of course - suggesting either that these banners left China prior to 1971 or that they remained out of sight until some later date. The second possibility is plausible given whence the banners issued - both were created by Red Guard branches in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region an extremely remote province in China's northwest corner and for many years the center of a militant independence movement for Uyghur and other Turkic minorities. Cultural Revolution Committee of Urumqi / Xinjiang Army Divisioni unknown books

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[Committee for the Publication of the Selected Works of Mae Tse-Tung, Central Committee of the Communist Party of China]ABAA

Selected Works of Mao Tse-Tung Works of Mae Zedong

1977ref. CNJL2629Peking: Foreign Languages Press 1977. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Five volumes complete small quarto size approx. 2000 total pages in cardboard slipcases. The founder of the People's Republic of China Mao Zedong 1893-1976 while transforming China into a world power was the leader of a totalitarian regime which through its policies and actions "resulted in tens of millions of deaths mainly through famine as well as political persecution prison labor and executions" n.b. quote from Wiki. This set presents his writings ordered by historical periods and in its comprehensiveness will provide interesting insights into the thoughts of this man who had such an impact not only on his country but on the entire world. As of this writing this the only set online to offer all five volumes. ___DESCRIPTION: Bound in full faux maroon leather over boards with gilt lettering on the front and spine frontis of Zedong in Volumes I and V olive green ribbon markers; binding small quarto size 9" by 6 3/8"; Volume I the 3rd printing published in 1975 with 347 pp. Volume II also the 3rd printing 1975 with 468 pp. Volume III the 2nd printing published in 1967 with 290 pp. Volume IV the 4th printing published in 1975 with 459 pp. and Volume V the first printing published in 1977 with 518 pp. Note that all text is in English except the last page of each volume printer's statement and at the tail of the spine of the slipcases. Each volume in the original dust jacket the first four volumes uniformly designed the front panel with a reproduction of a bas-relief of Zedong in profile and with brown and red lettering the spine with brown lettering and the volume number in red the back panel and both flaps plain the jacket for the fifth volume with the same front panel but the spine with a different layout. All five volumes in their original heavy cardboard slipcases which have been assembled with heavy staples the spines stamped with the same information as the spines of the jackets. ___CONDITION: Volumes fine overall the boards clean straight corners without rubbing strong square text blocks with solid hinges the interiors clean and bright and the set entirely free of prior owner markings; Volume IV with an old bookseller ticket pasted onto the verso of the rear free endpaper. The jackets all near fine clean with truly minor wear including a few very short closed tears and light sunning to the spines. The slipcases better than very good remarkably free of wear but all with some degree of light soil the slipcase for Volume I with old pricing information in both heavy marker and pencil. ___POSTAGE: Please note that this set is unusuallly large and heavy and therefore additional postage may apply; please inquire for details. International customers please also note that any taxes duty or tariffs charged by your country will of necessity be your responsibility. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. Foreign Languages Press hardcover books

Swan's Fine Books · Estados UnidosUS$ 220,00≈ € 196,55

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