Among the bestselling books of all time (okay, like that other big 'seller', the Bible, more copies were probably given away than actually sold) is Mao Tse-Tung's (as he was called/transliterated, back in the day) so-called 'Little Red Book' (actual title: Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung; get your copy from Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk).
At (New York's) Grolier Club they have a 50th anniversary exhibit -- see also the coverage in The New York Times. It sounds pretty neat, and I will certainly be going to have a look. (My own appreciated-for-its-pocket-size copy is a Foreign Language Press one from 1967.)
And I am also really curious about Mao's Little Red Book: A Global History, edited by Alexander C. Cook, and will try to get my hands on a copy; see the Cambridge University Press publicity page, or get your copy at Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk.
At (New York's) Grolier Club they have a 50th anniversary exhibit -- see also the coverage in The New York Times. It sounds pretty neat, and I will certainly be going to have a look. (My own appreciated-for-its-pocket-size copy is a Foreign Language Press one from 1967.)
And I am also really curious about Mao's Little Red Book: A Global History, edited by Alexander C. Cook, and will try to get my hands on a copy; see the Cambridge University Press publicity page, or get your copy at Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk.