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chapbooks, english2
indians of north america1
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Carew, Bampfylde Moore, 1693-1770?11
Goadby, Mrs Robert11
Goadby, Robert (1721-1778)11
Carew, Bampfylde Moore (1693-1770?)10
Price, Thomas of Poole9
Goadby, Robert6
Price, Thomas6
Carew, Bampfylde Moore5
Fielding, Henry, 1707-17541
Wilkinson, Cyril Hackett (1888-1960)1

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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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An apology for the life of Bampfylde-Moore Carew, son of the Rev. Mr. Carew of Bickley, commonly known throughout the west of England by the title of King of the Beggars and Dog Merchant-General : containing, an account of his leaving Tiverton School, at the age of fifteen, and entering into a society of Gypsies; his many comical adventures... The whole taken from his own mouth

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

[1749]

Variously ascribed to Robert Goadby and Mrs. Goadby. Cf. NUC pre-1956, Lowndes, Halkett & Laing. There are numerous versions, probably by various compilers, with varying titles, including: "An apolo...

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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 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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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 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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