apology for the life of Mr. Bampfylde-Moore Carew, commonly called the King of beggars
Subtitle: being an impartial account of his life, from his leaving Tiverton school, at the age of fifteen, and entering into a society of gypsies, to the present time : wherein the motives of his conduct will be explain'd, and the great number of characters and shapes he has appear'd in through Great Britain, Ireland, and several other places of Europe, be related : with his travels twice through great part of America : a particular account of the origin, government, language, laws and customs of the gypsies : their method of electing their king, &c. : and a parallel drawn after the manner of Plutarch, between Mr. Bampfylde-Moore Carew, and Mr. Thomas Jones.
Contributors: Goadby, Robert, 1721-1778, supposed author.; Goadby, Robert, 1721-1778, bookseller.; Owen, W. d. 1793, bookseller.; Higley, J., signer.
Edition: The eighth edition.
Publisher: Printed for R. Goadby; W. Owen, Bookseller, at Temple-Bar; and J. Lee, near Cripplegate
Published: 1768
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 347
Subjects: Carew, Bampfylde Moore, -- 1693-1770?; Fielding, Henry, -- 1707-1754.; Romanies.; Romanies -- Language.; United States -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Notes: Dedication "To the Worshipful Justice Fielding" signed: The historiographer to Mr. Bampfylde-Moore Carew.

Dedication "To the publick" signed: Bampfylde-Moore Carew.

"This was ... his own autobiography, dictated by him to some literary acquaintance."--Gould, Devonshire characters, London, 1908, p. 425 .

Authorship also ascribed to Robert Goadby and Mrs. Goadby.

There are numerous versions with varying titles, and probably by various compilers. The first edition with the present title was published London, 1749. An earlier version, ascribed to Thomas Price, has title: The life and adventures of Bampfylde Moore Carew, the noted Devonshire stroller ... Exon, Printed by the Farleys for J. Drew, 1745.

A dictionary of the cant language: p. 343-347.

Head- and tail-pieces; initials.

WSU MASC copy lacks folded portrait plate.

WSU MASC copy signed on back flyleaf: "J Higley his Book".

WSU MASC copy is: 002-103515995.