ISBN: 9780910702010 - Freebooters Must Die!: The Life and Death of William Walker, the Most Notorious Filibuster of the Nineteenth Century (13 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st. 1st printing; dj w/unclipped price, in mylar; 226 clean, unmarked pages/index/bibliography. 136 b/w Illus (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good, clean, tight condition. First edition. Text free of marks. Professional book dealer since 1999. All orders are processed promptly and carefully packaged.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. In 1855 William Walker invaded Nicarauga with 58 mercenaries without the approval of the US government. He intended to create a vast Central American slave empire with himself as dictator. He was shot by firing squad in Honduras in 1860 after plunging five Central American republics into a bloodbath. Book covers clean and bright. No previous owner marks. Text, photographs, maps and illustrations clean and bright. Dust Jacket bright, but a bit worn. Dust Jacket price clipped. Head of DJ spine torn with small missing pieces. 1" tear to DJ back cover top edge taped from inside. DJ corners rubbed. Dust Jacket now protected in mylar. Ships same or next business day well protected in a box. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 226 pages.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. A near fine copy with a bit of wear. The dust jacket is very good with wear to the edges, an inch tear to the side of the bottom of the jacket. The end papers are maps of the Sea Route to Nicaragua and the interior of Nicaragua. 226 pages, index, bibliography, and many photos and illustrations. What a guy,Walker was as he sets out to capture This Central American country.…

Hardbound. Maroon cloth with gold lettering; red illustrated dj with yellow and white lettering; 226 with 136 illustrations. The story of Walker and his take-over of Nicaragua and of other soldiers of fortune in the 1850s. Signed by the author. VG/Good- with wear to dj but no major tears.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. No edition or printing statement; features 136 illustrations and map endpapers. Inscribed and signed by the author on the half-title page. Walker (1824-1860) was executed by the government of Honduras after a reprehensible life promoting slavery and imperialism. The book is unmarked; spine slant; top corners and spine ends bumped. The dust jacket is not price-clipped (original price $12.95); chipped and edgeworn; Brodart protected. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Unclipped DJ in archival cover, chips.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Includes dust jacket.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Presumed first edition/first printing. xi, 226 p. Endpaper maps. Illustrations. Bibliography. Index. Signed by author. Author's inscription. Signed gift card from author pasted to back of color frontis illustration. Bookplate. DJ has some wear, soiling, edge tears and chips. Price clipped. Some edge soiling. Frederic Rosengarten, Jr.; of Princeton, N.J., and Northeast Harbor, Maine, born in Philadelphia on October 4,1916 and died May 12, 1998. Received his A.B. degree from Princeton in 1938; wrote on a variety of subjects; The Book of Spices (1970); Freebooters Must Die! (1976); The Book of Edible Nuts was published in 1984; Wilson Popenoe (1991)). William Walker (May 8, 1824 - September 12, 1860) was an American physician, lawyer, journalist and mercenary who organized several private military expeditions into Latin America, with the intention of establishing English-speaking colonies under his personal control, an enterprise then known as "filibustering". Walker usurped the presidency of the Republic of Nicaragua in 1856 and ruled until 1857, when he was defeated by a coalition of Central American armies. He was executed by the government of Honduras in 1860.…

Rústica con solapas. Condition: Buena. Ilustrada. 317 pp. con 135 ilustraciones históricas/ Traducción de Luciano Cuadro/ Sello de anterior propietario/ R Size: 13.5x21. Libro.

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