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Title: The Life and Adventures of Bampfylde-Moore Carew, Commonly Called the King of the Beggars. With His Portrait from an Original Picture in the Possession of the Earl of Exeter, Being a True Account of His Life, from His Leaving Tiverton School at the Age of Fifteen, and Entering Into a Society of Gipsies; Wherein the Motives of His Conduct Are Related and Explained: Also, the Variety of Shapes and Characters He Assumed in Great-Britain, Ireland, and Several Other Places of Europe: With His Travels Twice Through Great Part of America: Giving a Particular Account of the Origins, Government, Law and Customs of the Gypsies, with the Method of Electing Their King. To Which Is Added a Dictionary of the Cant Language Used by the Mendicants
Description: Bath , Printed and Sold by J. Browne; Crosby and Letterman, 1802. Leather. An early edition of this entertaining biography of Bamfylde-Moore Carew. An early edition of this work, originally published in 1745. Tracing the life, travels, and adventures of Bampfylde-Moore Carew, an English rogue, vagabond, and impostor of the eighteenth century. He was the self-proclaimed King of Beggars. A great success, this work went through numerous editions as books and chapbooks of this exciting and entertaining historical account. It is difficult to ascertain the validity of the contents of this volume, as some of the stories are too fantastic or literary. The book states that the contents were penned by Carew himself, however it is suggested it being authored by Robert Goadby. Including a canting dictionary to the rear with the language used by mendicants  Illustrated with a frontispiece engraved portrait of Carew. In a full calf biding. Externally generally sound with shelf wear and considerable rubbing to the boards and spine. Front board is loose but present. With Major Will Ayling library bookplate to the front pastedown. Undated previous ownership inscription Charles E Brown, possibly a commercial aviation photographer for the United Kingdom bearing the same name living 1896-1892. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are generally very clean throughout. Illustrated with a frontispiece engraved portrait of Carew. Good Only . Ill.: Not Stated. Good Only .
Keywords: Bamfylde-Moore Carew history biography history Not Stated
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Title: The Life and Adventures of Bampfylde-Moore Carew, Commonly Called the King of the Beggars. With His Portrait from an Original Picture in the Possession of the Earl of Exeter, Being a True Account of His Life, from His Leaving Tiverton School at the Age of Fifteen, and Entering Into a Society of Gipsies; Wherein the Motives of His Conduct Are Related and Explained: Also, the Variety of Shapes and Characters He Assumed in Great-Britain, Ireland, and Several Other Places of Europe: With His Travels Twice Through Great Part of America: Giving a Particular Account of the Origins, Government, Law and Customs of the Gypsies, with the Method of Electing Their King. To Which Is Added a Dictionary of the Cant Language Used by the Mendicants
Description: Bath , Printed and Sold by J. Browne; Crosby and Letterman, 1802. Leather. An early edition of this entertaining biography of Bamfylde-Moore Carew. An early edition of this work, originally published in 1745. Tracing the life, travels, and adventures of Bampfylde-Moore Carew, an English rogue, vagabond, and impostor of the eighteenth century. He was the self-proclaimed King of Beggars. A great success, this work went through numerous editions as books and chapbooks of this exciting and entertaining historical account. It is difficult to ascertain the validity of the contents of this volume, as some of the stories are too fantastic or literary. The book states that the contents were penned by Carew himself, however it is suggested it being authored by Robert Goadby. Including a canting dictionary to the rear with the language used by mendicants  Illustrated with a frontispiece engraved portrait of Carew. In a full calf biding. Externally generally sound with shelf wear and considerable rubbing to the boards and spine. Front board is loose but present. With Major Will Ayling library bookplate to the front pastedown. Undated previous ownership inscription Charles E Brown, possibly a commercial aviation photographer for the United Kingdom bearing the same name living 1896-1892. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are generally very clean throughout. Illustrated with a frontispiece engraved portrait of Carew. Good Only . Ill.: Not Stated. Good Only .
Keywords: Bamfylde-Moore Carew history biography history Not Stated
Price: GBP 98.00 = appr. US$ 139.94 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 805A55
- Book number: 805A55
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