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Brotherton Collection21
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections21

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romanies12
cant8
beggars2
chapbooks, english2
circus1
indians of north america1
musicians1
rogues and vagabonds1
whales1
zoology1

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United States6
Balkan Peninsula1
Great Britain1

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Carew, Bampfylde Moore, 1693-1770?15
Goadby, Robert (1721-1778)14
Carew, Bampfylde Moore (1693-1770?)12
Goadby, Mrs Robert11
Price, Thomas of Poole11
Goadby, Robert9
Price, Thomas8
Carew, Bampfylde Moore6
Fielding, Henry, 1707-17542
Blair, Robert (1699-1746)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

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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The deserted village

Goldsmith, Oliver (1730?-1774)

[ca. 1800?]

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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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