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Carew, Bampfylde Moore, 1693-1770?11
Goadby, Robert (1721-1778)11
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Goadby, Mrs Robert9
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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 Life of Bamfylde [sic] Moore Carew, sometime King of the beggars, containing an accurate history of his travels, voyages, and adventures : To which is added, A dictionary of the Mendicants' Cant phrases

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

[ca. 1815]

An abridgement and adaptation of a work variously attributed to Thomas Price, Robert and Mrs. Goadby and Carew himself.

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The life, voyages and adventures of Bamfylde-Moore Carew, commonly called King of the beggars

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

[1785?]

Date from BLCat Vol. 53.

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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 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... with his travels twice through great part of America : giving a particular account of the origin, government, laws, and customs of the gipsies ... and a dictionary of the cant language used by the medicants

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

1793

There are numerous versions with varying titles, the authorship of which has been ascribed variously to Thomas Price, Robert Goadby, Mrs. Goadby and Carew himself.

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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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Das Rotwelsch des deutschen Gauners

Günther, Georg Ludolf Louise (1859-)

1905

Trübner label pasted over original imprint, Leipzig: Grunow, 1905. "Verzeichnis der benutzten Quellen und Literatur," [xii]-xix. Deals in part with the influence of Romany on German argot.

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The English gipsies and their language

Leland, Charles Godfrey (1824-1903)

1873

First edition.

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The secret languages of Ireland : with special reference to the origin and nature of the Shelta language, partly based upon collections and manuscripts of the late John Sampson

Macalister, Robert Alexander Stewart (1870-1950); Sampson, John (1862-1931)

1937

Introduction. - Ogham. - Cryptology. - Hisperic. - Bog-Latin. - The vagrants of Ireland. - Shelta. - Bēarlagair na Sāer. - Summary. - Appendix: An English jargon vocabulary.

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