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Carew, Bampfylde Moore, 1693-1770?5
Goadby, Robert (1721-1778)5
Price, Thomas of Poole5
Carew, Bampfylde Moore (1693-1770?)4
Goadby, Robert4
Price, Thomas4
Carew, Bampfylde Moore3
Goadby, Mrs Robert3
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Carleton, Patrick1

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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

Carew, Bampfylde Moore (1693-1770?); Goadby, Robert (1721-1778); Goadby, Mrs Robert; Price, Thomas of Poole

1845

Authorship variously attributed to Thomas Price, Robert Goadby and Mrs Goadby.

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A description of above three hundred animals : viz. beasts, birds, fishes, serpents, and insects. With a particular account of the manner of catching whales in Greenland

Boreman, Thomas

1803

Authorship attribution in Halkett & Laing (2nd ed.) II, p. 43. First published in 1730.

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Surprising adventures of Bampfylde-Moore Carew, king of the beggars : containing his life, a dictionary of the cant language, and other particulars of that extraordinary man

Carew, Bampfylde Moore (1693-1770?); Goadby, Robert (1721-1778); Price, Thomas of Poole

[ca. 1850?]

Variously ascribed to Carew himself, Robert Goadby or Thomas Price. Text and plates differ from those of earlier editions with this title published by Salter and Newman.

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The King of the beggars : Bampfylde-Moore Carew

Carew, Bampfylde Moore (1693-1770?); Price, Thomas of Poole; Goadby, Robert (1721-1778); Goadby, Mrs Robert; Wilkinson, Cyril Hackett (1888-1960)

1931

"Conclusive evidence of his popularity is furnished by the great number of editions [with varying titles] in which Carew's adventures are described at varying length. But his story as told in The life...

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One breath : a novel

Carleton, Patrick

1934

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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

Goadby, Robert (1721-1778); Price, Thomas of Poole

1812 [i.e. ca. 1813]

Title-page engraved. Title and plates dated 1812; preface dated 1813. Numerous versions of the "Life" exist with varying titles and by various authors, variously ascribed to Carew himself, Robert ...

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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

Carew, Bampfylde Moore (1693-1770?); Price, Thomas of Poole; Goadby, Robert (1721-1778); Goadby, Mrs Robert

[1813]

Engraved t.p., undated; plates undated. One of the numerous versions with varying titles, the authorship of which has been ascribed variously to Thomas Price, Robert Goadby, Mrs. Goadby and Carew hi...

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Princes amongst men : journeys with gypsy musicians

Cartwright, Garth

2005

Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-301). Discography: p. [302]-307.

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