The History and Curious Adventures of Bampfylde-Moore Carew, King of the Mendicants

  • Hardcover
  • London: Robert Davies, 1880
London: Robert Davies, 1880. Hardcover. Good. States "Copyright edition" on title page under the publisher, but also states in the Preface "Popular Edition." Octavo. 160pp. Red cloth with gilt-stamped spine. Minor pencil notations on a few pages, dampstain on page edges, cloth dampstained with some chipping and loss of the spine, thus a good only copy. This popular edition contains "A Vocabulary of Words used by the Scottish Gypsies"; A Few Sentences in the Gypsy Language"; A Dictionary of the Cant Language generally used by Mendicants"; which will be found at the end of the volume.

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Title

The History and Curious Adventures of Bampfylde-Moore Carew, King of the Mendicants

Binding

Hardcover

Condition

Good

Publisher

Robert Davies: London

Date

1880


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