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The Black Robe
by Collins, Wilkie
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Naas, Kildare, Ireland
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About This Item
London, United Kingdom: Chatto & Windus, 1881. Book. Fair. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition thus. with 'A New Edition' and 1881 to the title page. 311pp adverts, early pages of adverts missing. This edition is a one volume edition and was published by Chatto & Windus between Chatto & Windus 1881 -1882. Original green cloth decorated in black to the front panel, titles in black. Gilt decoration and title to the spine. New end pages and a amateur repair to the top section of the title page. . A fair copy only of a scarce edition. The text is complete. .
Synopsis
Black Robe is an historical novel by Brian Moore based on the Jesuit missionaries in New France. It was published in 1985. The novel takes place in the 17th century in New France. It follows Father Laforgue, a French Jesuit priest traveling up river to repopulate the mission to the Huron Indians. (The First Nations peoples called the priests "Black Robes".
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Details
- Bookseller
- Kelleher Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014641
- Title
- The Black Robe
- Author
- Collins, Wilkie
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- London, United Kingdom
- Date Published
- 1881
- Keywords
- The Black Robe,,COLLINS, WILKIE, first edition
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- Title Page
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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