Mao Zedong Xuanji / Selected Works of Mao Tse-Tung, first edition, reissue, 1945

Complete sets of this early wartime reissue are exceptionally rare. Issued in March 1945 in response to the overwhelming demand for the initial May 1944 edition, which had sold out within two months, this expanded printing reflects both the popularity and the political significance of Mao’s writings in the Communist base areas during the final years of the Second Sino-Japanese War.

Compiled to promote systematic study of Mao Zedong Thought in the Communist base areas during the final phase of the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Selected Works represents the first authoritative attempt to codify Mao’s political and military writings, cementing his ideological leadership.