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ALS Fred Shaw to H J Francis, with two of Shaw's photographs
c.1927
ALS of 23 January 1927 from Fred Shaw to H J Francis, with two of Shaw's photographs of Gypsy/Travellers. 2 pp. Photograph 1 - Stankovic famliy member [male] - Colney Heath.
Romany songs
Löhr, Hermann (1872-1943); Teschemacher, Edward (1876-1940); Cleveland, Arthur
c1909
For high voice and piano; words printed as text before each song.
The life and adventures of Bampfylde-Moore Carew : commonly called the 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 Gipsies... the great number of characters and shapes he has appeared in ... with his travels twice through great part of America: giving a particular account of the origin, government, laws, and customs of the Gipsies; with the method of electing their king: and a dictionary of the Cant language, used by the mendicants
Carew, Bampfylde Moore (1693-1770?); Price, Thomas of Poole; Goadby, Robert (1721-1778); Goadby, Mrs Robert
1789
The authorship has been ascribed variously to Thomas Price, Robert Goadby, Mrs. Goadby and Carew himself. There are numerous versions with varying titles. "A dictionary of the Cant language," p. [19...
The caravan pilgrim
Anson, Peter Frederick (1889-1975)
1938
Account of a journey through Great Britain in a "gipsy" caravan. Haggling with gipsies for a lighter caravan, pp. 70-9; selling off, p. 224.