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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...
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...