Black Robe. London: Jonathan Cape, 1985. First Edition, Limited Issue. Quarter morocco, paper boards, spine with raised bands & title label lettered in gilt. Housed in slipcase. A fine bright copy.

A Special Limited Edition of Fifty Numbered Copies, Signed by the Author.

Moore’s historical fiction novel, which begins in the autumn of 1635, in what is now Quebec City, describes the very early contact between, and collision of, two cultures: one, that of Christian Europe, as represented by Jesuit missionaries from France; the other, that of North American indigenous people.

The basis for the excellent 1991 film directed by Bruce Beresford.