Black Robe
by Brian Moore
ISBN: 0525243119
ISBN-13: 9780525243113
Format: Hardcover
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Summary
Father Laforgue, a Canadian priest in the 1600s, must leave Quebec to go in search of two priests who are missing. In the process he encounters challenges to his cultural assumptions, his life and to his faith.
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"[This] is an extraordinary novel...It is a classic dark-journey story, a passage through great difficulties in which a man's weaknesses are laid bare, his strengths discovered." -- James Carroll
-- New York Times Book Review
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: E P Dutton
Published date: 1985
Publisher's Notes
The story of Father Laforgue, a Jesuit who comes to Canada to save the souls of its natives, mirrors the clash between two disparate cultures--that of the European Jesuits and that of the Indians.
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Black Robe
Brian Moore
Dutton Adult, 1985-03-27. 1st ed. Hardcover. Good. Audio Cassette ( more information)
Offered by BEST BARGAIN BOOKS WHOLESALER, INC. (United States)
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Black Robe
Brian Moore
Dutton Adult. Used - Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! ( more information)
Offered by Better World Books (United States)
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Black Robe
Brian Moore
E P Dutton, March, 1985. Hardcover. Good/GOOD+. ( more information)
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BLACK ROBE: A NOVEL
Moore, Brian [Dust Wrapper design by Nancy Etheredge, author photo by Jerry Bauer]
New York: A William Abrahams Book / E. P. Dutton Inc [1985], 1985. First [US] edition. 246 pages. Lower corners bumped else Fine copy in similar Dust Wrapper.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Near Fine. ( more information)
Offered by Other Worlds Bookstore (United States)
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Black Robe
Moore, Brian
New York, NY E. P. Dutton, Inc: William Abrahams Books, 1985. Hardback with DJ. First Ed; First Printing indicated. First Ed; First Printing indicated. Very Good+ in Very Good DJ: Book shows indications of very light use; just a touch of shelfwear; former owner name and doodle at front free endpaper; binding square and secure; text clean. DJ shows considerable rubbing price unclipped. No longer 'As New, but remains clean, sturdy, presentable. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 8vo. 246pp. Not Inscribed or Signed by Author. ( more information)
Offered by Westside Stories (United States)
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Black Robe
Moore, Brian
New York: E. P. Dutton, 1985. Hardcover with price clipped dust jacket, later printing, 246 pages. See our other Moore titles.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. ( more information)
Offered by Mimico BOOKS (Canada)
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Black Robe
Moore, Brian
New York: E P Dutton & Company, 1985. ISBN: 0-525-24311-9. First Edition Stated. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Ex-Library, Minimal Markings. ( more information)
Offered by A Street Books (United States)
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Black Robe
Moore, Brian
New York : E P Dutton , 1985 . First Edition . F/F . 8VO . A fine copy in like unclipped jacket. ( more information)
Offered by Neil Williams, Bookseller (Canada)
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BLACK ROBE
Moore, Brian
New York, Dutton [1985] . First U.S. Edition. Hardcover, near-fine with near-fine dust jacket. -- Novel of Native Americans by this Irish writer. ISBN 0525243119 . ISBN: 0525243119. ( more information)
Offered by BUCKS COUNTY BOOKSHOP (United States)
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Black Robe
Moore, Brian
New York, NY: E P Dutton. Very Good/Very Good. 1985. First Edition (stated). Hard Cover. 8 1/2" X 5 3/4" 0525243119 First Edition (stated) / First Printing / Number string 1-10 / 246 Pages / Clean and tight copy / Very minor edge wear. . ( more information)
Offered by FitzWicken's Books (United States)
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Black Robe: A Novel
Moore, Brian
New York, New York, U.S.A.: E.P. Dutton, 1985. The Belfast-born, Irish-American author, the late Brian Moore, was the author of 20 novels and was short-listed for the Booker Prize on three occasions. Jacket lightly scuffed, owner name embossed on title page, else a clean, tight copy. In jacket protector. . First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information)
Offered by Old Saratoga Books (United States)
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Black Robe
Moore, Brian
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Dutton/Plume, 1985. Dj is scuffed. Cover is bumped. Pages are clean and tight.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo.. ( more information)
Offered by Top Notch books (United States)
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BLACK ROBE
Moore, Brian
New York: Dutton, 1985 . 2nd printing. . Very near fine in a like dustjacket. . Tale of a Jesuit priest in the wilderness of seventeenth century Canada, basis for the movie of the same name. 246 pgs. ( more information)
Offered by bookfever.com (United States)
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Black Robe
Moore, Brian
NY Dutton Pub. 1985.. vg+/vg+. Moore's novel of Jesuit priests in the wilderness of 17th century Canada. Later filmed by Bruce Beresford. 1st print. edition. Binding is bds.cl.w.dj.. ISBN: 0525243119. FILM AND ENTERTAINMENT INTO FILMS FILMED NOVELS DIRECTORS PRIESTS BERESFORD,BRUCE. ( more information)
Offered by Cinemage Books (United States)
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Black Robe
MOORE, Brian
NY: Dutton, 1985. First U.S. edition / First printing White cloth spine, black paper-covered boards Very fine in very fine dust jacket. ISBN: 0525243119. ( more information)
Offered by Orpheus Books (United States)
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Black Robe
Moore, Brian
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated, 1985. 1st stated edition. Like new condition. The Jesuit Father Laforgue, setting forth on a mission that may end in torture and death, sustained by faith and a dream of martyrdom, is portrayed with uncanny sympathy and understanding; so too the Algonkins, with whom he travels deep into the wilderness and who abandon him to his fate.. First Edition. As New/Near Fine. ( more information)
Offered by Carly Wall, StoneyPine Books (United States)
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Black Robe
Moore, Brian
New York, NY, U.S.A.: E. P. Dutton, 1985. (1st) DJ has micronick near top back tip. Near Very Fine DJ/Very Fine book.. First Edition. Very Fine/Near Very Fine. ( more information)
Offered by Callaghan Books South (United States)
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Black Robe
MOORE, Brian
NY: Dutton. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1985. Hardcover. 0525243119 . Made into the 1991 film. First printing of the American edition. . ( more information)
Offered by Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
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Black Robe
Moore, Brian
New York, NY, U.S.A.: William Abrahams Books, 1985 Light rubbing to DJ. Basis for the film of the same name. From the DJ, this is the "... breathtaking tale of a Jesuit priest in the wilderness of seventeenth-century Canada, moving into unsuspected regions of terror and heroism.". First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. ( more information)
Offered by Callaghan Booksellers West (United States)
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Black Robe
MOORE, Brian
New York: Dutton, 1985. Basis for the film of the same title. A great story of the early priests in the Canadian wilderness; 246pp.. ISBN: 0525243119. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Fiction. ( more information)
Offered by abookshop.com (United States)
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Black Robe
Moore, Brian
Dutton Adult. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. 1.2 x 8.4 x 5.7 Inches; 246 pages . ( more information)
Offered by Olympia Books (United States)
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BLACK ROBE
Moore, Brian
NY: Dutton. First edition, first prnt. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with a Durafold mylar cover. Rees A24a. The image is of the actual book described and not a stock photo. ( more information)
Offered by Revere Books, ABAA (United States)
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Black Robe
MOORE, Brian
NY: Dutton, 1985. First U.S. edition / First printing. White cloth spine, black paper-covered boards Very fine in very fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on a laid in bookplate. ISBN: 0525243119. ( more information)
Offered by Orpheus Books (United States)
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