Making the Grade The Badge of Rank III

by Linda Wrigglesworth

$65 · Offered by Eric Chaim Kline Bookseller

First edition

London: Linda Wrigglesworth, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 65pp. Original yellow cloth with gilt stamped emblem and gilt-stamped lettering on cover and spine. Facsimiles of handwritten quotes on yellow endpapers. According to historical sources, China's mythical Sage-Emperors divided their officials into ranks, designating each rank with a bird symbol. This reference may have provided the 'locus classicus' for the

• Binding: Hardcover

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