MURDER, MAYHEM, PILLAGE AND PLUNDER : THE HISTORY OF LEBANON IN THE 18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES by Mishāqah, Mikhāʾīl, 1799-1888 [Mishaqa, Mikhayil] [author]; Thackston, W.M., Jr. [translator] - 1988

State University of New York Press, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 23.5 x 15.5 cm. Octavo. 309pp. Bound in glossy boards. Light rubbing to the edges of the boards. "The author's analysis of the internecine strife and fierce clan rivalry rampant in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries puts into perspective the turmoil into which Lebanon has fallen today. This translation comprises the memoirs of several generations of the Mishaqa family. The author, Mikhayil Mishaqa (1800-1888), a many-faceted individual, was raised in Dayr al-Qamar, then the princely seat of Mount Lebanon, apprenticed as a merchant in Damietta, Egypt. He served as financial comptroller to the Shibhab emirs of Hasbayya and in his later years was a physician and consul to the United States in Damascus.

Albany, New York: State Univ of New York Pr, 1988. First Thus 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First State University Of New York Press Edition (Number Line With The One Present). (First Thus) Translated From The Arabic. Trace Of Edge Wear With A Two Inch Light Scratch On The Back. This Book Is From The Library Of The Preeminent Genealogist Sandra Bennett And Has Her Embossed Seal On The Title Page.