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The black plaque guide to London
Barker, Felix (1917-); Silvester-Carr, Denise; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)
1987
Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-328), and index.
A gallery of rogues : outlaws of society in fact and fiction, highwaymen, murderers, pirates, plotters, robbers, smugglers, witches, etc
Gosse, Philip (1879-1959); Maggs Bros
1936
Foreword by Philip Gosse.
El delincuente español : Hampa (Antropología picaresca.)
Salillas, Rafael (1855-1923)
1898
Includes index of authors cited in footnotes.
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...
The Newgate garland; or, Flowers of hemp : being a choice noosegay gathered in the pleasant fields of such canting and flash literature as was written from approximately the hanging of those accomplished burkers, Messrs. Bishop and Williams, to the execution of... Thomas Neill ... including akk the verses known to be extant of ... Jack Fireblood ... To all of which is added an anonymous but authentic Autobiography of a thief, written during the 'seventies in thieves' and prison slang
Hanchant, Wilfred Lewis; Martin, Sir Theodore (1816-1909)
1932
Suggested apparently by Theodore Martin's article in Tait's Edinburgh magazine, April, 1841: "Illustrations of the thieves' literature. no. 1. Flowers of hemp: or, The Newgate garland, by Bon Gaultier...
The English rogue : described, in the life of Meriton Latroon, a witty extravagant. Being a compleat history of the most eminent cheats of both sexes (v.1)
Head, Richard (1637?-1686?); Kirkman, Francis (1632-1680)
[1874?]
Vol. 1 written by Richard Head; v.4. by Francis Kirkman; v.2-3 possibly by both, although Head disclaims authorship.
The English rogue : described, in the life of Meriton Latroon, a witty extravagant. Being a compleat history of the most eminent cheats of both sexes (v.2)
Head, Richard (1637?-1686?); Kirkman, Francis (1632-1680)
[1874?]
Vol. 1 written by Richard Head; v.4. by Francis Kirkman; v.2-3 possibly by both, although Head disclaims authorship.
The English rogue : described, in the life of Meriton Latroon, a witty extravagant. Being a compleat history of the most eminent cheats of both sexes (v.3)
Head, Richard (1637?-1686?); Kirkman, Francis (1632-1680)
[1874?]
Vol. 1 written by Richard Head; v.4. by Francis Kirkman; v.2-3 possibly by both, although Head disclaims authorship.
The English rogue : described, in the life of Meriton Latroon, a witty extravagant. Being a compleat history of the most eminent cheats of both sexes (v.4)
Head, Richard (1637?-1686?); Kirkman, Francis (1632-1680)
[1874?]
Vol. 1 written by Richard Head; v.4. by Francis Kirkman; v.2-3 possibly by both, although Head disclaims authorship.