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SHANGHAI - NEWSPAPER : NORTH CHINA HERALD AND SUPREME COURT AND CONSULAR GAZETTE

[SHANGHAI - NEWSPAPER]. THE NORTH-CHINA HERALD AND SUPREME COURT & CONSULAR GAZETTE. Shanghai: North-China Herald, 1876. Twelve issues of this influential English-language Shanghai weekly. Founded in 1850, The North-China Herald was the gazette (official record) of the British Supreme Court for China and Japan and the British Consulate. Contents are comprised of local articles, summaries of the news, editorials, dispatches from other Chinese cities, official papers, reports on public meetings, law reports, commercial intelligence, advertisements, shipping intelligence, etc. The outer advertising wrapper for each issue is split at the fold, though all are present, and most issues are partially unopened. One issue, no.487, lacks two text leaves. Overall condition varies (some dust-soiling and/or occasional foxing, closed tears, creasing, etc.) yet is very good overall. We offer the following: Volume XVI #452, January 6, 1876: Pp. [2], 1-20, [2]. #456, February 3, 1876: Pp. [2], 85-104, [2]. #458, February 17, 1876: Pp. [2], 129-156, [2]. #460, March 2, 1876: Pp.[2], 181-208, [2]. #472, May 27, 1876: Pp. [2], 501-528, [2]. #475, June 17, 1876: Pp. [2], 581-608, [2]. Volume XVII #484, August 19, 1876: Pp. [2], 165-188, [2]. #485, August 26, 1876: Pp. [2], 189-202, [2], 203-216, [2]. #486, September 2, 1876: Pp. [2], 217-228, [2], 229- 240, [2]. #487, September 9, 1876: Pp. [2], 241-268, [2], lacks pp. 253- 256 #488, September 16, 1876: Pp. [2], 269-280, [2], 281-292, [2]. #489, September 23, 1876: Pp. [2], 293-316, [2]. For the lot:, Very Good

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