Comète

The Comet: Or Letters to Bon-Accordians. No. I - To Mr. Thomas Wyness. No. II - To the Rev. A.M. Bannatyne. No. III - "Creation v. Evolution" &c. to the Rev. James Stark. No. IV - Reformatories and Industrial Schools to Baillie James Paterson and his Co-Directors. No. V - On Freemasonry to Dr. Robert Beveridge. No. VI - Co-Operationists v. Traders to Alexander Walker. No. 7 to Mr. Thomas Wyness. No. VIII to Alex. Cook

1884 · 34974 — Aberdeen: George Middleton 1884-85. Eight issues in one volume 8vo 11 1 12 12 11 1 12 11 1 13 1 10 pp. Bookplate of Edinburgh Public Libraries to paste down marked "withdrawn" plus small ink stamps to the first and last pages. Contemporary half cloth marbled sides neatly rebacked. An extremely scarce run of these radical Aberdeen pamphlets published anonymously under a variety of pseudonyms - Bearing-Rein Chronos A Ratepayer Brother Jack Recluse and Notarius. A Jubilee issue also appeared in 1887. OCLC lists a handful of single issues plus a complete set at Aberdeen University. Aberdeen: George Middleton unknown