Language.- Life and Adventures (The) of Bampfylde-Moore Carew, Commonly called King of the Beggars...and a Dictionary of the Cant Language, Used by the Mendicants, engraved portrait frontispiece slightly offset, bookplate of Edward Jackson Barron and small bookseller's label to pastedown, ink-stamp of H. Carwardine to head of title, final f. very small ink marking to foot to verso, scattered spotting, lightly browned throughout, later half calf, small nick to head of upper joint, extremities rubbed, for John Taylor, 1789 § [Hotten (John Camden)] "A London Antiquary". A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant and Vulgar Words Used in the Present Day in the Streets of London..., first edition, frontispiece, 2pp. advertisements, half-title with pencil ownership inscription mostly erased, some spotting and light browning, original cloth, browning to spine, light soiling to upper cover, some very small scattered ink-spots, corners bumped, lightly rubbed, 1859; and a copy of The Surprising Adventures of Moore Carew with Dictionary of Cant Language (1812), 8vo & 12mo (3)
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