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Title The life, voyages and adventures of Bampfylde-Moore Carew : commonly called, king of the beggars : being an impartial account of his life, from his leaving Tiverton School, at the age of fifteen, and entering into a society of gypsies, to his death ... with a history of his travels twice through great part of America / collected and amended from his own writings, by Thomas Price ... to which is added, a dictionary of the cant language, used by the mendicants.
Publication Info. London : Printed for J. Barker; Mr. Brown, Bristol; and Mr. Fish, Exeter, [1785?]
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 Rare Books Small  Z-S L72235    IN LIBRARY
Description 212 p. : port. ; 17.5 cm. (12mo.)
Note The authorship has been ascribed variously to Thomas Price, Robert Goadby, Mrs. Goadby and Carew himself. There are numerous versions with varying titles.
"Books ... published by J. Barker": prelim. l. 2.
Subject Carew, Bampfylde Moore, 1693-1770?.
Romanies.
Cant -- Dictionaries.
United States -- Description and travel -- To 1783.
Added Author Price, Thomas.
Goadby, Robert, 1721-1778.
Goadby, Robert, Mrs.


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