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, and entering into a Society of Gipsies; . The great Number of Characters and Shapes he has appeared in through Great Britain . with his Travels twice through great Part of America: Giving a Particular Account of the Origin, Government, Laws, and Customs of the Gipsies, with the Method of electing their King: and a Dictionary of the Cant Language used by the Mendicants.

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Verlag: London: Printed for W. Cavill., 1791

Beschreibung

Small 8vo, approx. 3" x 6". Hardcover, quarter leather w/ original papered boards. Prev. owners' inscription. Front board detached, exterior scuffed (mostly around edges) w/ board corners rounded, no visible spine lettering; 1/4-inch chip at upper spine leather (clumsily mended), 1/2-inch partial chip at lower spine leather, though spine otherwise intact. Moderate interior foxing, some marginal browning, pgs. occasionally age-faded (but legible) &/or corner-thumbed as expected; binding is tight. 222 pp. + glossary of Cant terms. Single sheet 1821 portrait engraving of Carew laid in. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 990301.12

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Life and Adventures of Bampfylde-Moore ...

Verlag: London: Printed for W. Cavill.

Erscheinungsdatum: 1791

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Good