1680rif. PHO-1962Paris, Charles Angot, 1680, in-8° (20x13cm), veau brun, dos à nerfs orné avec pièce de titre grenat, coupes dorées (reliure de l’époque), quelques usures, manque à la pièce de titre, mouillures, rousseurs, dernier feuillet de garde changé.
1780rif. PHO-2387Paris, Hôtel de Thou, Laporte, Moutardier, 1780/1801, 32 volumes in-8, basane époque, guirlande sur les plats, dos ornés, pièces de titre rouge et pour les tomes 22 à 32 ; pièces de tomaison vertes, triples filets aux plats, tranches rouges, fleurons légèrement différents pour les tomes 22 et 23. Quelques accidents aux coiffes, quelques épidermures au supplément, légers manques de matières sur quelques tomes, mouillure très claire sur quelques feuillets (2 tomes), le tout sans gravité. Ex-libris du Comte de Farcy de la Villedubois au dos du premier plat. Belle édition de l’Abrégé de l’Histoire des Voyages, elle se compose des 21 premiers volumes de 1780 publiés par La Harpe à l’Hôtel de Thou, des 2 volumes publiés en 1786 consacrés au troisième voyage de Cook et formant les volumes 22 et 23, chez Laporte, et des 9 volumes de suppléments publiés entre 1798 et 1801 par Delpuech-Comeiras et imprimé chez Moutardier. L’illustration est formée de l'atlas complet des 74 (+1 en double) cartes dépliantes des diverses parties du monde, dont la Carte dépliante de l'hémisphère austral montrant les routes des navigateurs les plus célèbres par James Cook, une carte de Tahiti, d'autres du Kamtchatka, du Spitzberg, des îles Antilles, etc, et de 4 cartes pour les tomes 22 à32 ainsi que 101 planches dont certaines dépliantes, les cartes et gravures en très bel état.
rif. 8704Paris, Dépôt de la Marine, 1863. 1 volume in plano, reliure demi-toile, petites décirures sans gravité sur le dos, très bon état des planches. Atlas de 8 planches et cartes dont 1 en couleurs. Cet atlas se réfère à l'Expédition de Chine de 1860. Il a été dressé d'après les Documents Officiels sous la Direction du Lieutenant Pallu et publié par ordre de S.E. Monsieur le Comte P. de Chasseloup-Laubat, Sénateur, Ministre de la Marine et des Colonies. Atlas en très bon état.
1908rif. 217946London Durban Perth Colombo Singapore Hongkong Shanghai Bangkok Batavia and Cairo.: Lloyd's Greater Britain Publishing Company Ltd. 1908. Maps numerous black and white photographic illustrations 848pp; full pebble-grained morocco gilt decorated spine gilt-lettered and ruled between raised compartments edges fully gilt 31 x 24cm modern marbled endpapers and hinges neatly strengthened worming to the boards and mainly affecting the preliminary leaves and the final fifty leaves the boards with a little edgewear a few gatherings a little proud but otherwise a good sound clean and complete copy of a work uncommon on the market. A good copy of a now remarkably scarce work profusely illustrated with remarkable black and white photographic portraits and panoramas and detailed chapters on everything from history geography culture and specific industries like shipping manufacturing agriculture and trade. Whilst earlier works in the series focussed exclusively on British colonial interests Western Australia Natal Ceylon and British Malaya the editor notes that: "More than one half the imports and exports of China passes through the various Treaty Ports and it would have been a negation of one of the avowed objects of these publications if no attempt had been to show the present-day tendency of this trade and how the proportion borne by the British Empire compares with that of its competitors". The series served as a handsome soft power testament to British colonial might and aspiration. . Lloyd's Greater Britain Publishing Company, Ltd. hardcover
1913rif. 56870Munich: Verlag von F. Bruckmann A.G. 1913. Oblong Atlas folio. 20.75 x 19.5 in. 4 12 pp. w/ 51 tipped-in collotype plates 1 partially coloured all retaining their original tissue guards. Loose portfolio held in folding covers minor bumping to corners of textblock some very light toning 1st couple leaves w/ very slight closed tear at upper left corner w/ open-backed slipcase w/ printed labels on covers wear toning some scuffing minor dampstaining soiling still a VG/G- exemplar. First edition thus of this remarkable group of collotypes reproducing drawings made from the famed frescoes of the renowned Tang Dynasty artist Wu Tao-Tze -- Godoshi in Japanese 680-760. Believed to have painted hundreds of frescoes on Temples representing the Buddhist purgatory or inferno they were of such dramatic power many on viewing them repented of their sins and nearly all were destroyed through the Cultural Revolution and development. All his artworks have either been preserved by being incised on stone as woodcuts or as Chinese brush drawings. These drawings taken from Dr. Martin’s Collection were rendered originally by Li Lung Mien 1070-1106 a Sung master painter and superb draftsman who has been often considered the Leonardo da Vinci of China. He was renowned for his paintings of horses and also adept at painting landscapes as well as works with Buddhist and Taoist themes. Each collotype reproduction within this portfolio has been printed on a tinted background to simulate the originals and then mounted on thick laid paper along with a critique by Anders Zorn and notes were by Dr. Haenisch. See: Reviews & Notices The International Studio Vol. LII 1914 pp. 255-256; Recent Publications of Chinese Subjects Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Vol. LIV Issue 1 1922 p. 99. Verlag von F. Bruckmann A.G., unknown
1931rif. 23260Shanghai: Kelly and Walsh 1931. Hardcover. Very good condition. A presentation copy of a scarce volume celebrating the 25th anniversary of a Danish engineering company that brought western technology to the industrial development of 1900s China and secured the exclusive right to represent General Electric in China. Andersen Meyer first worked on a joint basis with an American import export firm based in Shanghai named Fearon Daniel & Company to set up an engineering firm in China. In 1907 it won the right to represent G. E. in China and in 1908 secured its first large contract with the Mukden Electric Light Works. The firm quickly diversified from the construction and engineering fields to partner with American makers of textile machinery and equipment selling the first cotton mill entirely equipped with American machinery. It also expanded into power plant machinery electrical machinery including Xray equipment plumbing and heating equipment agricultural machinery and drugs and chemicals. Offices were located in Tientsin Peiping Harbin Mukden Hankow Tsingtao Tsinan Hong Kong and Canton. Meyer Andersen represented the major American manufacturers of the day from G. E. American Radiator International Harvester Masonite Parke Davis once America's oldest and largest drug maker Sherwin Williams and more. This is a signed presentation copy to a long term business associate who was the principal of a company acquired by Pittsburgh Coal Co. from the founder Vilhelm Meyer and signed below Meyer's frontispiece portrait: "F. L. Robbins with thanks for your long and loyal cooperation. From your old friend Vilhelm Meyer. March 1931". The first section is written in English; the second section in Chinese translated and prepared by Kuang Chao Lee with a special title page and separate pagination with Chinese numerals. The volume is impressive for its wide array of b&w photographic illustrations in all the areas in which the company operated including staff portraits showrooms of the various departments interior views of factories including cotton & silk mills power plants lighting of Shanghai buildings railway and locomotive equipment and workshops and bridge construction. There is an unusual double spread photograph of the Bund in Shanghai with 29 numbered buildings and a chart below listing all the heating supplies provided by Andersen Meyer to the prominent landmark buildings all along the waterfront! pp92-93. The many images in a broad range of fields provide a vivid sense of the tremendous impact of western technology on China's industrial growth. In 1934 Vilhelm Meyer died and the ownership of the company passed to its main American partner General Electric. In 1949 following the founding of the People's Republic of China many international firms in Shanghai were nationalized including Andersen Meyer. By 1950 it was completely Chinese controlled. Large 4to 247pp; 134pp frontispiece b&w photographic illustrations including portraits of staff maps. With the book plate of F. L. Robbins at the front paste down. Dark blue stamped buckram covers title in English at front cover in Chinese at rear cover original titles in yellow somewhat dulled. We located four copies at the National Library of Singapore National Library of Australia the University of Hong Kong and Stanford. OCLC: 123199443. Libraries Australia ID 5041194. Kelly and Walsh hardcover
1930rif. 4389Circa 1930. 1930 2 vols Oblongs (275 x 370 mm) ( 280 x 360 mm) de : 86 photographies (180 x 13mm) réparties sur [24] ff., [1]f avec 11 petites photos.; 92 photographies (150 x 955mm), (130 x 170 mm), (255 x 195 mm) sur [24] ff. Dont [2]ff. (petites photographies), [3] ff. Blancs. Vol. 1: Chagrin bordeau, dos à nerfs orné. Vol 2: chagrin vert, dos lisse muet.
rif. 26671Burton MI: Subterranean Press. 2011. Limited edition. Limited edition. One of 26 lettered copies. Signed by the author. Publisher's original blue leather with titles in gilt to the upper board and spine in the original blue leather solander case. With a frontispiece and seven further full page colour illustrations by four full page colour plates by Edward Miller. A fine copy the binding square and tight the contents clean throughout. Housed in the structurally sound slightly rubbed and scuffed tray case. Issued in a limited edition of 26 lettered copies of which this example is lettered 'G' and signed by China Miéville on the limitation page. There was also an edition of 350 copies. First published in 2000 Perdido was Miéville's second novel after King Rat and the first to be set in the fictional universe of Bas-Lag. It won the Arthur C. Clarke Award and British Fantasy Society Award for best novel. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. Burton, MI: Subterranean Press. 2011 hardcover
2005rif. 16932Meaux, Editions de la Revue Conférence, 2005. Un volume grand in-4 (281 x 380) en feuilles de 44 pages non chiffrées. Couverture blanche rempliée, sous emboîtage pleine toile brune. Parfaite condition.
1999rif. 7262[Montreux], Bernard Blatter éditeur, 1999. In-4 de 27-[4] pages, en feuilles sous chemise imprimée à grands rabats, étui carton de protection.
1999rif. 21809[Montreux], Bernard Blatter éditeur, 1999. In-4 de 27-[4] pages, en feuilles sous chemise imprimée à grands rabats, étui carton de protection.
rif. 128792aafPeking, Wing Bao Jian 1955, in-4to, Mit 80 farb. Orig.-Holzschn. 42; 42 Doppelblätter, Obrosch. mit Fadenheftung in Blockbuchbindung, zus. in Orig.-Kassette mit Rohseidenbezug u. 2 Schließen, (berieben).
2014rif. 2081502111904566China/Salt Industry History Research and Editing Department 2014. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 10 joint editions China/Salt Industry History Research and Editing Department paperback
rif. 8676Peking, Imprimerie des Lazaristes au Pé-T'Ang, 1897 (Première Edition). Exemplaire de luxe avec gravures en couleurs. 1 volume in-4, 562 pp., enrichi de 660 gravures, anciennes et nouvelles, reproduites ou exécutées par des artistes chinois d'après les plus précieux documents (dont 10 en brillantes couleurs), reliure moderne plein cuir, couvertures conservées, très bon état. Exemplaire de luxe numéroté 110, sur un tirage d'environ 1000 volumes.
1986rif. 250012London, Philip Wilson, 1986. 3 vols. 1381 pp. with numerous illustrations, partly coloured. 2°, Folio, original cloth binding, top edges gilt, dust jackets, slipcases
1697rif. 0031141697 Paris, Jean Anisson, 1697. Deux volumes in-12 (101 X 171 mm) veau marbré, dos cinq nerfs ornés, caissons dorés, titre et tomaison dorés, tranches mouchetées en rouge (reliure moderne). Tome I : portrait-frontispice, (1) f. de titre, (15) ff., 410 pages, 18 planches et un tableau ; Tome II : (2) ff. de titre et de table, 435 pages, (9) pages de table et privilège, 2 planches. Six feuillets du premier tome comportent des taches claires sans gravité ne gênant pas la lisibilité du texte.
1900rif. 15638BB(Tokyo, Nachdruck auf Chinesisch, um 1900). Als Blockbücher gebunden, in Seidenmappe. 4 Bände.
1659rif. 0032931659 Amsteldami [Amsterdam], Joannem Blaeu, 1659. In-12 (102 X 158 mm) veau brun, dos cinq nerfs ornés, caissons dorés, pièce de titre maroquin grenat, coupes ornées, tranches mouchetées rouge (Reliure de l'époque) ; 413 pages (dont titre), (1) page et (8) ff. d'index. Coiffe supérieure restaurée, fine déchirure sans manque habilement restaurée aux feuillets A4 et A5 (pp.7/8 et 9/10 de l'avis au lecteur), petite mouillure claire dans l'angle supérieur droit des pages 99 à 303.
1867rif. 1101867 Firmin Didot frères, fils et Cie, Paris, 1867. 2 tomes reliés en un volume. 18 x 24,5 cm (R), in-8°, XXXII pp. + 407 pp. & (4 pp.) + 472 pp. ; avec 4 planches hors texte : 1 planche lithographiée et coloriée (le Taj-Mahal à Agra du côté de la Jumna), 1 planche lithographiée en noir (Un éléphant porteur de reliques, et chefs kandiens à Ceylan), toutes deux placées en frontispice et deux photographies originales contrecollées (Tombe d'Akmud Oud Doula, Agra et Vue de l'intérieur de la Chaïtya, grottes de Karli), reliure demi basane fauve, dos à 5 nerfs orné de fers dorés avec pièces de titre olive et grenat, tranches mouchetées.
1905rif. 27988S.l. s.d. [vers 1905] in-12 oblong (13 x 19,5 cm) demi-maroquin noir à coins, dos lisse muet orné de filets, guirlandes et losanges dorés, guirlande à froid sur les plats, tête dorée [Rel. de l'époque]
1946rif. AG-10067CHINA - Defense Fighting Jin-Ji-Lu-Yu Military Region: Published by the Commander of Eighth Route Left-Behind Corps in December 1945 reprinted by Commander of Jin-Ji-Lu-Yu Military Region June 1946 volume 2 of 2 with red Chinese characters on front cover: General Staff. This book illustrated techniques of defense and fighting back one on one in many different combat situations and warfare chiefly directed for military use. 12mo ii 69 pp. started from 37 to 105 8 large folded picture maps many images on each folded sheet minor wear occasionally strengthened at folds cello-tape repair to spine and right top of front cover good. å•ä¸ªæˆ˜æ–—教练 晋冀é²è±«å†›åŒºï¼š1945年12月八路军留守军团å¸ä»¤éƒ¨å‡ºç‰ˆï¼Œ1946年晋冀é²è±«å†›åŒºå¸ä»¤éƒ¨ç¿»å°ã€‚下册，书å°çš®çº¢è‰²å—体为"å‚谋处"字样。书内部带有8处粘贴的注释折å 图。共68页（从37页到105页）， 书脊处和å°çš®å³ä¸Šè§’有胶带粘贴修补。其他å“相很好。 Commander of Eighth Route Left-Behind Corps paperback
1946rif. AG-10067CHINA - Defense Fighting Jin-Ji-Lu-Yu Military Region: Published by the Commander of Eighth Route Left-Behind Corps in December 1945 reprinted by Commander of Jin-Ji-Lu-Yu Military Region June 1946 volume 2 of 2 with red Chinese characters on front cover: General Staff. This book illustrated techniques of defense and fighting back one on one in many different combat situations and warfare chiefly directed for military use. 12mo ii 69 pp. started from 37 to 105 8 large folded picture maps many images on each folded sheet minor wear occasionally strengthened at folds cello-tape repair to spine and right top of front cover good. å•ä¸ªæˆ˜æ–—教练 晋冀é²è±«å†›åŒºï¼š1945年12月八路军留守军团å¸ä»¤éƒ¨å‡ºç‰ˆï¼Œ1946年晋冀é²è±«å†›åŒºå¸ä»¤éƒ¨ç¿»å°ã€‚下册，书å°çš®çº¢è‰²å—体为"å‚谋处"字样。书内部带有8处粘贴的注释折å 图。共68页（从37页到105页）， 书脊处和å°çš®å³ä¸Šè§’有胶带粘贴修补。其他å“相很好。 Commander of Eighth Route Left-Behind Corps paperback books
1955rif. AG-1012CHINA RECONSTRUCTS 62 issues. Beijing: China periodical 1955-1971 edited in Wai Wen Building distributed by GUOZI SHUDIAN printed in the People's Republic of China. Small folio 23×30 cm each issue approx. 52 pages; original pictorial colored wrappers. All issues are English language texts. China Reconstructs is a monthly magazine published in English French Spanish Arabic and Russian by the China Welfare Institute Soong Ching Ling Chairman to present a positive image of China to the outside world. These interesting magazines are filled with articles on a huge range of subjects: Eternal Glory to the Great Leader and Teacher Chairman Mao Tsetung; Four Young Woodcut Artists; Is Selling Vegetables Revolutionary Work; Socialist Drama; A Model for Revolutionary Peking Opera; The Red lantern; Workers Armed with Mao Tsetung's Thought Are Most Resourceful; During the Great Leap Forward period articles about great progress in Agriculture; Industrial Education was published in No. 4 1959. Some Chinese Folk Toys; Festival Lanterns; Color Pictorial: Chairman Mao's Hometown-Shaoshan; Painted Pottery of Neolithic China; a study in Chinese Literature-Lu Xun; Tsou Tao-fen Patriotic Intellectual; Selected Works of Mao Tsetung; On the Long March with Chairman Mao; Communist Heroine Liu Hu-lan; Health Work Develops in Tibet; Commemorating the Centenary of the Birth of the Great Lenin; a Soldier-Sculptor; People of the World Unite and Defeat the U.S. Aggressors and All Their Running Dogs; Heroic Images of Our Great Era; 1500 Red Hearts United in Battle; The Bright Sunshine of Mao Tse-tung's Thought Lights up the Land; Vice Chairman Lin Piao's Speech At the Rally Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the Founding of the PRC.; China's First Underground Nuclear Test; The Power of the Good Old Three; The revolution in Education in Progress; Art that Serves Proletarian Politics; When Chairman Mao Gives the Signal We Advance; Hundreds of Millions of Chairman Mao's Books Published in 1967; World's People Eagerly Seek Chairman Mao Badges; Chinese Scientists Survey World's Highest Peak; New Look in Traditional Arts and Crafts; Peoples of Europe and North America We Support You!; Painting Pictures of Chairman Mao is Our Greatest Happiness; Chairman Mao's Important Inscription for Japanese Worker Friends; All China is Red; Working and Living with Chinese Peasants; The Great January Revolution in Shanghai; In Memory of Norman Bethune; The First Hydrogen Bomb; One Million People in Peking at Solemn Mass Memorial Funeral for Chairman Mao Tsetung &c. 《ä¸å›½å»ºè®¾ã€‹æ‚志，外文大厦编辑，国å书店å‘行，本组有1955年—1976年的部分期刊，《ä¸å›½å»ºè®¾ã€‹æ˜¯ä¸€æœ¬æœˆåˆŠï¼Œæœ‰è‹±æ–‡ï¼Œæ³•è¯ï¼Œè¥¿ç牙è¯ï¼Œé˜¿æ‹‰ä¼¯è¯ã€ä¿„è¯ç‰è¯è¨€ï¼Œç”±å®‹åº†é¾„ç¦åˆ©åŸºé‡‘会出版，旨在å‘世界展示ä¸å›½å»ºè®¾çš„好的方é¢ï¼ŒåŒ…å«äº†å¤šä¸ªä¸å›½ç›¸å…³ä¸»é¢˜çš„æ–‡ç« ã€‚ Contents of collection: 1955 No. 12; 1956 No. 1 5; 1959 No. 4 11; 1960 No. 12; 1961 No. 3; 1962 No. 7; 1963 No. 7; 1964 No. 3; 1965 No. 347 89 11 12; 1966 No. 1-6 10; 1967 No. 1-7 9-12; 1968 No. 1-5 7-12; 1969 No. 1 2 3 4 12; 1970 No. 1 4extra 6 8; 1971 No. 3 4 8 10 12; 1972 No. 3; 1976 No. 11/12 edited in Wai Wen Building, distributed by GUOZI SHUDIAN, printed in the People’s Republic of China. paperback
1955rif. AG-1012CHINA RECONSTRUCTS 62 issues. Beijing: China periodical 1955-1971 edited in Wai Wen Building distributed by GUOZI SHUDIAN printed in the People's Republic of China. Small folio 23×30 cm each issue approx. 52 pages; original pictorial colored wrappers. All issues are English language texts. China Reconstructs is a monthly magazine published in English French Spanish Arabic and Russian by the China Welfare Institute Soong Ching Ling Chairman to present a positive image of China to the outside world. These interesting magazines are filled with articles on a huge range of subjects: Eternal Glory to the Great Leader and Teacher Chairman Mao Tsetung; Four Young Woodcut Artists; Is Selling Vegetables Revolutionary Work; Socialist Drama; A Model for Revolutionary Peking Opera; The Red lantern; Workers Armed with Mao Tsetung's Thought Are Most Resourceful; During the Great Leap Forward period articles about great progress in Agriculture; Industrial Education was published in No. 4 1959. Some Chinese Folk Toys; Festival Lanterns; Color Pictorial: Chairman Mao's Hometown-Shaoshan; Painted Pottery of Neolithic China; a study in Chinese Literature-Lu Xun; Tsou Tao-fen Patriotic Intellectual; Selected Works of Mao Tsetung; On the Long March with Chairman Mao; Communist Heroine Liu Hu-lan; Health Work Develops in Tibet; Commemorating the Centenary of the Birth of the Great Lenin; a Soldier-Sculptor; People of the World Unite and Defeat the U.S. Aggressors and All Their Running Dogs; Heroic Images of Our Great Era; 1500 Red Hearts United in Battle; The Bright Sunshine of Mao Tse-tung's Thought Lights up the Land; Vice Chairman Lin Piao's Speech At the Rally Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the Founding of the PRC.; China's First Underground Nuclear Test; The Power of the Good Old Three; The revolution in Education in Progress; Art that Serves Proletarian Politics; When Chairman Mao Gives the Signal We Advance; Hundreds of Millions of Chairman Mao's Books Published in 1967; World's People Eagerly Seek Chairman Mao Badges; Chinese Scientists Survey World's Highest Peak; New Look in Traditional Arts and Crafts; Peoples of Europe and North America We Support You!; Painting Pictures of Chairman Mao is Our Greatest Happiness; Chairman Mao's Important Inscription for Japanese Worker Friends; All China is Red; Working and Living with Chinese Peasants; The Great January Revolution in Shanghai; In Memory of Norman Bethune; The First Hydrogen Bomb; One Million People in Peking at Solemn Mass Memorial Funeral for Chairman Mao Tsetung &c. 《ä¸å›½å»ºè®¾ã€‹æ‚志，外文大厦编辑，国å书店å‘行，本组有1955年—1976年的部分期刊，《ä¸å›½å»ºè®¾ã€‹æ˜¯ä¸€æœ¬æœˆåˆŠï¼Œæœ‰è‹±æ–‡ï¼Œæ³•è¯ï¼Œè¥¿ç牙è¯ï¼Œé˜¿æ‹‰ä¼¯è¯ã€ä¿„è¯ç‰è¯è¨€ï¼Œç”±å®‹åº†é¾„ç¦åˆ©åŸºé‡‘会出版，旨在å‘世界展示ä¸å›½å»ºè®¾çš„好的方é¢ï¼ŒåŒ…å«äº†å¤šä¸ªä¸å›½ç›¸å…³ä¸»é¢˜çš„æ–‡ç« ã€‚ Contents of collection: 1955 No. 12; 1956 No. 1 5; 1959 No. 4 11; 1960 No. 12; 1961 No. 3; 1962 No. 7; 1963 No. 7; 1964 No. 3; 1965 No. 347 89 11 12; 1966 No. 1-6 10; 1967 No. 1-7 9-12; 1968 No. 1-5 7-12; 1969 No. 1 2 3 4 12; 1970 No. 1 4extra 6 8; 1971 No. 3 4 8 10 12; 1972 No. 3; 1976 No. 11/12 edited in Wai Wen Building, distributed by GUOZI SHUDIAN, printed in the People’s Republic of China. paperback books
1967rif. 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
