Author: CAREW, BAMPFYLDE MOORE / GOADBY, ROBERT
Title: The Surprising Adventures of Bampfylde Moore Carew, King of the Beggars : Containing His Life - a Dictionary of the Cant Language and Many Entertaining Particulars of That Extraordinary Man
Description: London, England: W. Walter Tiverton, 1812. Second Revised Edition: First Printing. Hard Cover. KB#010650: Boards now protected by a new Brodart Archival Mylar Cover. Contains a portrait frontispiece of Carew and marbled endpapers. Printed for W. Walter Tiverton, Sold By Crosby's & Co, London, This was first published in 1749 and this copy from "a new edition corrected & much improved" was printed in 1812. Boards (dark brown with gilt lettering on spine) and pages are clean (except for rubbing along board and spine edges), unmarked, bright (but pages do have some darkening spots), tightly bound and sharp cornered. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. "Bampfylde Moore Carew (1693–1759) was an English rogue, vagabond and impostor, who claimed to be King of the Beggars. He was the son of Reverend Theodore Carew, rector of Bickleigh. The Carews were a well-established Devonshire family. Although they had a reputation for adventurousness, Bampfylde Moore Carew took this to extremes, if his picaresque memoirs are to be believed.": 4.5 x 7.5 in.: 288 pages. Very Good with No Dust Jacket as issued .
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Title: The Surprising Adventures of Bampfylde Moore Carew, King of the Beggars : Containing His Life - a Dictionary of the Cant Language and Many Entertaining Particulars of That Extraordinary Man
Description: London, England: W. Walter Tiverton, 1812. Second Revised Edition: First Printing. Hard Cover. KB#010650: Boards now protected by a new Brodart Archival Mylar Cover. Contains a portrait frontispiece of Carew and marbled endpapers. Printed for W. Walter Tiverton, Sold By Crosby's & Co, London, This was first published in 1749 and this copy from "a new edition corrected & much improved" was printed in 1812. Boards (dark brown with gilt lettering on spine) and pages are clean (except for rubbing along board and spine edges), unmarked, bright (but pages do have some darkening spots), tightly bound and sharp cornered. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. "Bampfylde Moore Carew (1693–1759) was an English rogue, vagabond and impostor, who claimed to be King of the Beggars. He was the son of Reverend Theodore Carew, rector of Bickleigh. The Carews were a well-established Devonshire family. Although they had a reputation for adventurousness, Bampfylde Moore Carew took this to extremes, if his picaresque memoirs are to be believed.": 4.5 x 7.5 in.: 288 pages. Very Good with No Dust Jacket as issued .
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Price: US$ 95.00 Seller: Keener Books & Collectibles
- Book number: 010650
- Book number: 010650