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Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Frank Herbert, Dune. New York: Ace Books, 1967. Signed by Herbert with an inscription to Frank Lloyd Wright apprentice, John Ottenheimer. . Publisher s pictorial wrappers featuring the iconic John Schoenherr artwork. 541 pages. Original cover price of .95 cents. . Very nice paperback edition of one of the best selling science fiction books of all time! Second overall printing proceeding the N-3. More importantly this copy belonged to John Ottenheimer, a well respected friend, apprentice and later an employee for 11 years of Frank Lloyd Wright. The Inscription, which was written on the book one page as the reader is about to enter the world of Dune reads, For John Ottenheimer, this is not Taliesin, Frank Herbert. Taliesin was the estate that Frank Lloyd Wright built which was an 800 acre compound with his home, a school and his studio! It was also the name of Frank Lloyd Wright s architectural firm where Ottenheimer was employed for 11 years after completing a 5 year apprenticeship! An incredible association and a neat inscription!! Good overall condition showing wear, rubbing, creasing on spine. Scuffing and tearing to bottom spine. Clean internally save author s hand. Trace foxing to pages. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. First edition, first printing. This is a notably clean signed first edition, first printing, in the first state dust jacket, housed in a custom Solander case. Condition is near fine. Herbert characteristically signed in black ink on the title page, crossing out his printed name and signing above, and at an angle consonant with, the slope of the stylized sand dune. First edition is so stated on the copyright page and first printing confirmed by copyright page content. The first issue dust jacket is confirmed by an intact "5.95" front flap price and the publisher information in four lines on the lower rear flap. The blue cloth binding is square and clean with sharp corners, no color shift, and bright white spine print. There is no appreciable wear and only trivial wrinkling to the spine ends. The contents remain bright with a crisp feel. We find no spotting, age-toning, or previous ownership marks other than the author's signature. Slight soiling does not significantly mar the otherwise white page edges. The illustrated dust jacket is clean and complete apart from fractional wear at the spine ends with trivial wear otherwise confined to the corners and front hinge. Color shift to the jacket spine is barely detectable, retaining clearly yellow color in the author's printed name and strong color in the wraparound illustration. The rear face map of Arrakis is unsoiled. The dust jacket is protected beneath a clear, removable, archival cover. The book is protected within a full tan-orange Morocco goatskin Solander. The Solander features twin blue Morocco spine labels, raised and gilt-framed spine bands, gilt-framed border rules on each cover, and a marbled paper lining. The Morocco and marbled paper hues were chosen to evoke the hues of Arrakis desert, Spice, and Fremen eyes. Condition of the Solander is pristine.More than half a century after it was published, Dune continues to be regarded among the greatest science fiction novels. The road to appreciation of Herbert's work was through a proverbial desert. Dune was long, complex, strange, and unprecedented and predictably rejected by more than 20 publishing houses before being improbably accepted by Chilton, a Philadelphia operation known for auto repair manuals and hobby magazines.Many writers take an odd, tortuous path to literary greatness. Frank Patrick Herbert, Jr. (1920-1986) proved the rule. Herbert had worked as a writer for more than two decades before Dune, but was "chronically broke" and had, at turns, tried his luck as a journalist, war photographer, and even as a Congressional speech writer. 1959 found a 40-year-old Herbert on the sand dunes near Florence, Oregon, researching a story about a U.S. Department of Agriculture program to stabilize the shifting sands. The Oregon dunes proved fertile ground for creative epiphany. "Herbert was a quintessential product of the libertarian culture of the Pacific coast, self-reliant and distrustful of centralized authority, yet with a mile-wide streak of utopian futurism and a concomitant willingness to experiment." Herbert's research into dunes became research into deserts and desert cultures, thence two short, serialized novels that he then re-worked into the single, giant epic that became Dune.Dune is speculative fiction in the fullest sense. In Dune, Herbert created a reality at once compellingly foreign and provocatively familiar in philosophical, political, and cultural strictures tightly woven by Herbert and then cathartically disrupted. Herbert populated this reality with characters personal enough for the reader to identify and invest, yet potent enough to serve as allegory. Dune was revolutionary, even within the genre. Classic science fiction elements of galactic empire and faster than light space travel interleave with Homeric tragedy, biblical exile, suffering, and revelation, mystic states of altered consciousness, ecological sustainability as an ethos, and socio-political tensions between order and anarchy, revolution and reconciliation. An unqualified critical success, Dune won both the 1965 Nebula and 1966 Hugo awards for best novel. Commercial success was slower, but the fan cult grew during the 1970s and Dune became a lucrative franchise, with a series of sequels authored by Herbert, followed by more than a dozen additional Dune novels authored by Herbert's son after his death.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Frank Herbert (1965 76) 'Dune' trilogy, US first editions, first printings, published by Chilton Company ('Dune') and Putnam ('Dune Messiah'; and 'Children of Dune'). Each volume is signed by author Frank Herbert. The trilogy set consists of: 1) 'Dune' (1965), published by Chilton Company. Signed on the title page without personaliasation. Condition of 'Dune': a fine copy in a near fine and correct first state dust jacket. There are no previous owners' scribbles inside the book, no bookplates, no stamps of any sorts. Internally clean and unread. The lettering on the spine is vibrant and not rubbed out. The original blue cloth boards are vibrant in colour and clean throughout clean as in spotless. No foxing. The dust jacket is the correct first state specimen with the correct USD 5.95 price and the four line Chilton address on the bottom of the rear flap as called for. NOT restored. NOT colour faded on the spine. Very slight edge wear to the spine tip folds as shows. As dust jacket examples of this title go this is in as good as it gets condition. 2) 'Dune Messiah' (1969), published by G.P. Putnam's Sons. Signed on the title page without personaliasation. Condition of 'Dune Messiah': a near fine copy in near fine dust jacket. No previous owners' scribbles, no names, no bookplates, no stamps. A triffle of rubbing at the bottom edge of the board probably from sliding in and out of a shelf. Minuscule squash to top rear spine. Dust jacket is NOT pri clipped showing the USD 4.95 price as called for. Near fine with no tears and just a little bit of rubbing to edges as shown. 3) 'Children of Dune' (1976), published by G.P. Putnam's Sons. Signed and inscribed by Herbert of the ffep: "To andi Frank Herbert". Condition of 'Children of Dune': a fine copy without previous owners' scribbles, no bookplates, no stamps. Bookseller prices in pencil (can be erased) on ffep. Clean throughout. near fine dust jacketfor the harshest of judges showing the correct USD 8.95 price. NOT faded on the spine as often seen. Tiny creases on edges of jacket's spine. The publication history of 'Dune' has become legend. After researching sand dunes in Oregon Herbert conceived the idea to write the story. The novel was first serialised in ANALOG magazine from Decmber 1963 onwards as 'Dune World' and 'Prophet of Dune'. After 23 rejections by established publishers, Chilton Company, a car repair manual printing company, published the novel in October 1965. The print run was very low and about half of the initial run had to be discarded. Very few copies have survived in decent condition. Very rare to find the complete trilogy signed and in this outstanding condition. Dune remains the best science fiction novel of all time. It won the 1966 Hugo and Nebula Award. It has been described as the science fiction equivalent to Tolkien's 'The Lord of the Rings' in fantasy in the book's scope, depth, complexity and quality of writing. It has had a colossal influence on the sci-fi genre in literature and film. For exmaple, without 'Dune' 'Star Wars' would not have been made. 'Dune' has been adaped into film by David Lynch in 1984; and as a TV-mini series in 2000. An earlier attempt to film the source material by Alejandro Jodorowsky in the 1970s failed due to lack of finances. A star cast (Salvador Dali; Orson Welles) and the most creative team of that time (film score by Pink Floyd; conceptual art by H.R Giger; Jean Giraud and Chris Foss) had been working on the project and it became 'the most influential film that was never made'. A new film adaptation by Canadian director Dennis Villeneuve who has made some outstanding science fiction films in the past ('Arrival' and 'Blade Runner 2049') was released in 2021, and early 2024 in two parts to universal acclaim. We have more images upon request. Abebooks allows only five images to be uploaded. First and Fine. Signed by Author(s).

First Edition. DUNE, Chilton, 1965, first edition, small bruise to the upper right corner of the spine, else a bright fine copy in like full color correct pictorial dust-wrapper. A very nice copy. The first novel to win both the HUGO and NEBULA awards. An incredible achievement of the imagination. The source book for the thrice filmed interplanetary adventure. Along with a short SIGNED typed letter to his friend and editor / publisher Fred Pohl laid in concerning his novel Do I Wake or Dream? as it was about to appear serialized in Galaxy. Published as the paperback original DESTINATION: VOID.

First British edition. First British edition, first printing. Signed by Frank Herbert on the title page, inscribed "For John[,] 9 June '81[,] Frank Herbert" with the author's printed name crossed out. viii, 430 pp. Bound in publisher's brown cloth with black spine lettering. Very Good, with some foxing to boards and edges, a few reading smudges, hinges starting with small crack in front gutter near head. In a Very Good dust jacket, typical laminate bubbling along gutters, small closed tear to front panel near upper outer corner, small chip at head, scratch to back panel, unclipped (30/- net). A signed copy of the bestselling, award-winning science-fiction epic inspired by the Oregon dunes. The novel in turn inspired multiple films as well as a series of novels by Herbert and his son.

Hardcover with dust jacket. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Brad Holland (cover illustration) (illustrator). First Edition. 8vo. Pp. 411. Bound in gray cloth covered boards with black cloth backstrip, gilt stamped spine titles, sand colored endpapers. With very light foxing to top edge, mellowed creases to the lower corners of pp. 15-28. Else crisp and square with tight binding, apparently unread. In the laminated color illustrated dust jacket with original price $12.95 intact and print date 8105. Spine minimally sunned, with a 3/8-inch closed tear near the spine head. Fourth in the acclaimed Dune series, first in the second trilogy. An exceptionally well preserved signed first edition.The dust jacket is now housed in a removable clear archival sleeve.

Hardcover. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Very Good+ in boards. Silk ribbon page marker.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good binding. Octavo. xxvi, 412, [2] pp. First edition, second printing. As issued in publisher's cloth, this copy in a facsimile jacket. Binding is lightly worn at the extremities with some soiling; staining to the rear boards; contents are clean; facsimile jacket is in near fine condition. Though not in tremendous condition, this remains a remarkably early printing, and scarce thus. The facsimile jacket makes it very presentable.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Octavo. First edition, sixth printing. Original red cloth with white title on the spine. Slighty bumping to the spine ends. Comes with the original dust jacket (price $7.95). The dust jacket shows minor wear along the spine edges, spine slightly faded. Overall, a very bright and clean copy in near fine condition.

Signed First Edition, First Printing. Near fine condition in near fine unclipped dust jacket. The binding is square and frim, with a touch of bumping to the spine tips and corners. Cloth and gilt bright and fresh. The contents are toned as usual, but clean and without previous owners inscriptions. The dust jacket is only light rubbed and slightly creased, without fading, loss or tears. Inscribed by the author in black ink to the title page. The sixth and final book in the multi-award winning 'Dune' series. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Frank Herbert (1965) 'Dune', UK first edition, first printing, published by Victor Gollancz. Condition: a near fine book in a very good dust jacket. There is one neat previous owner's name to top of the front free endpaper, no bookplates, no stamps. Internally clean. The boards are clean and free of any bumps. The lettering on the spine is vibrant and NOT rubbed out. The page block edges are lightly darkened commensurate with age. The dust jacket is price clipped. The nicest UK first edition on the market. The publication history of 'Dune' has become legendary. After researching sand dunes in Oregon Herbert conceived the idea for the story. The novel was first serialised in ANALOG magazine from December 1963 onwards as 'Dune World' and 'Prophet of Dune'. After 23 rejections by established publishers, Chilton Company, a car repair manual printing company, published the novel in October 1965 in the US and the novel was issued soon afterwards in the UK by Gollancz. Dune remains the best science fiction novel of all time. It won the 1966 Hugo and Nebula Award. It has been described as the science fiction equivalent to Tolkien's 'The Lord of the Rings' in fantasy in the book's scope, depth, complexity and quality of writing. It has had a colossal influence on the sci-fi genre in literature and film. For exmaple, without 'Dune' 'Star Wars' would not have been made. 'Dune' has been adaped into film by David Lynch in 1984; and as a TV-mini series in 2000. An earlier attempt to film the source material by Alejandro Jodorowsky in the 1970s failed due to lack of finances. A star cast (Salvador Dali; Orson Welles) and the most creative team of that time (film score by Pink Floyd; conceptual art by H.R Giger; Jean Giraud and Chris Foss) had been working on the project and it became 'the most influential film that was never made'. A new film adaptation by Canadian director Dennis Villeneuve who has made some outstanding science fiction fims in the past ('Arrival' and 'Blade Runner 2049') was released at the end of 2021 to universal acclaim winning multiple Academy Awards. First and Fine.

hardcover. Condition: very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. first. First edition in first issue dust jacket (4-line address on back flap). Ex-library book. Book very good minus, tape residue on covers and front free end paper, wrinkling to front paste-down, small opening at front gutter, rear gutter cracked, small soiling to verso of front free end paper and half-title page, small scribbling to half-title page, library stamps and handwritten number to title page, library card pocket to rear feee end paper, library stamp to top edgeminor soiling to edges. Dust jacket very good, tape residue to flaps, some wear, small pieces missing at bottom of spine. Comes in supplied slipcase.

First Edition Dune Messiah By frank Herbert Book Club Edition Book is in good condition. Dust jack has two tears and is pictured all pages are clean and in good condion.

DUNE by Frank Herbert 1965 ~ FIRST EDITION "VERY GOOD CONDITION, FINE+ for its age, appears unread, tight spine opening, bright cover and pages laying right. cover has very minor edge wear, pictured. small tearing to the cover on spine at the top see pictures. hard cover only has shelf wear. end pages have staining on top end see pictures.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Fourth book in the Dune series. SIGNED on the title page, with Herbert crossing out his name printed on the page as was his usual custom. Fine in Fine jacket. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Sixth and final book of the Dune series by Frank Herbert. #602/750 copies SIGNED by Herbert and bound in red cloth in red cloth slipcase. Frontispiece by John Schoenherr. Fine in slipcase; no jacket issued. Signed by Author(s).

First UK edition, first printing of the sixth and final book in Herbert's Dune series. Signed by Herbert to the title page. London: Victor Gollancz. 1985. Publisher's original burgundy cloth boards, spine lettered in gilt; pp. 379. A near fine copy in a near fine, unclippd dust jacket. Binding remains tight, sturdy and square, possibly unread. Minor softening to spine heel with a light bump to rear corner. Pages typically toned, else internally clean and fine. Jacket remains bright and vivid, a touch of toning to spine and a couple superficial scratches to back panel. A very nice copy, protected in archival mylar.

hardcover. Condition: near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. John Schoenherr (illustrator). First. Dune by Frank Herbert. First edition, seventh printing published by Chilton. Near fine in bright red boards with white lettering, internally clean with bright pages and a tight square binding. The jacket is very good overall, it has a small bit of paper loss to the bottom of the spine, wrinkling to the spine as is common, else quite nice and complete. Included with this lovely early printing are a set of Analog magazines comprising the first appearance of Dune World and Prophet of Dune. First appearing in the December 1963 to May 1965 issues of Analog magazine featuring illustrations by jacket artist John Schoenherr. These illustrations are not present in the hardcover editions. An uncommon original set of one of the most influential science fiction sagas.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Copy #1148 of 1500 numbered copies signed by author. Fine first edition in the original burgundy cloth stamped in gilt; housed in a near fine example of publisher's matching slipcase (slipcase has slight wear). Fifth book in the original Dune series, featuring the adventures of Leto II Atreides (son of Paul and Chani). No jacket was issued for this edition.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. John Schoenherr (illustrator). 1st Edition. Dune by Frank Herbert.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. John Schoenherr (illustrator). 1st Edition. Dune by Frank Herbert Vintage Ace N-3 Pulp Paperback 1965 1s VG Very good (Unread),Name marked on edges Frank Herbert's classic masterpiece?a triumph of the imagination and one of the bestselling science fiction novels of all time. Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of Paul Atreides?who would become known as Muad'Dib?and of a great family's ambition to bring to fruition mankind's most ancient and unattainable dream. A stunning blend of adventure and mysticism, environmentalism and politics, Dune won the first Nebula Award, shared the Hugo Award, and formed the basis of what is undoubtedly the grandest epic in science fiction.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. First Edition 6th Printing - Dune is a 1965 epic science fiction novel by American author Frank Herbert, originally published as two separate serials (1963 64 novel Dune World and 1965 novel Prophet of Dune) in Analog magazine. It tied with Roger Zelazny's This Immortal for the Hugo Award for Best Novel and won the inaugural Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1966. It is the first installment of the Dune Chronicles. It is one of the world's best-selling science fiction novels. Dune is set in the distant future in a feudal interstellar society, descended from terrestrial humans, in which various noble houses control planetary fiefs. It tells the story of young Paul Atreides, whose family reluctantly accepts the stewardship of the planet Arrakis. While the planet is an inhospitable and sparsely populated desert wasteland, it is the only source of melange or "spice", an enormously valuable drug that extends life and enhances mental abilities. Melange is also necessary for space navigation, which requires a kind of multidimensional awareness and foresight that only the drug provides. As melange can only be produced on Arrakis, control of the planet is a coveted and dangerous undertaking. The story explores the multilayered interactions of politics, religion, ecology, technology, and human emotion as the factions of the empire confront each other in a struggle for the control of Arrakis and its spice.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition, First Printing. G.P Putnamâs Sons, 1981 First Edition, First PrintingÂA fine first printing with a near fine dust jacket. Boldly signed by Frank Herbert in black felt tip on the title pageÂâFrank Herbertâ, and not inscribed to anyone. The book is in Fine condition, with original black quarter cloth and grey boards. Vibrant gilt titles to the spine. The book has sharp corners and no edgewear. The binding is tight and square and still snaps shut when opened. The end papers are clean with no owner names, no bookplates, and no inscriptions. The internal pages are clean, bright and flat with No marks, No stains, No writing, No handling marks, and No foxing. Internally appearing as unread! Boldly signed by Frank Herbert in black felt tip on the title pageÂâFrank Herbertâ, and not inscribed to anyone. The dust jacket is bright with vibrant colors, and still maintains a bright rear panel with but a small 1/4" chip to the upper rear panel.ÂOtherwise, the jacket has No rubbing no chips, no stains and no foxing. The dust jacket is NOT price clipped and has a stated price of $12.95 Please see detailed images. Stunning, handsome jacket presenting the book beautifully on the shelf. Please see images. A very handsome example of this scarce, classic title in beautiful collectible condition. ADDITIONAL IMAGES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. Please see our store for other landmark SciFi listings. .

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition, First Printing. First Edition, First PrintingÂA near fine first printing with a near fine dust jacket. Boldly signed by Frank Herbert in black felt tip on the title pageÂâFrank Herbertâ, and not inscribed to anyone. Original black quarter cloth and grey boards. Vibrant gilt titles to the spine. The book has sharp corners and no edgewear. The binding is tight and square and still snaps shut when opened. The end papers are clean with no owner names, no bookplates, and no inscriptions. The internal pages are clean, bright and flat with No marks, No stains, No writing, No handling marks, and No foxing. Internally appearing as unread! Boldly signed by Frank Herbert in black felt tip on the title pageÂâFrank Herbertâ, and not inscribed to anyone. The dust jacket is bright with vibrant colors, and still maintains a bright rear panel with but a small 1/2â intact tear with faint discoloration to the upper rear panel. Otherwise, the jacket has No rubbing no chips, no stains and no foxing. The dust jacket is NOT price clipped and has a stated price of $12.95 Please see detailed images. Stunning, handsome jacket presenting the book beautifully on the shelf. Please see images. A very handsome example of this scarce, classic title in beautiful collectible condition. ADDITIONAL IMAGES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. Please see our store for other landmark SciFi titles. .

Hardcover, Slipcased. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. Various (illustrator). 1st Edition. Please contact me re possible discounts. Super-fine editions, signed by the respective illustrators - all are match-numbered 267, and come with rights to purchase the same number for the remaining editions. NB - Book 5 is en route to me - will post updated pics when it arrives. For sale here - Dune #267 Dune Messiah #267 Children of Dune #267 God Emperor of Dune #267 I can also include a screen-accurate prop replica House of Atreides ring (from the Villenieuve version) and a Crysknife prop replica from the Lynch movie - there will be no extra charge for these, but please contact me before ordering, Signed by Illustrator(s).

HARDCOVER. Condition: FINE. 1st Edition. No. 625 of 1500 hand numbered copies signed by Frank Herbert on the title-page. The book is full bound in a dark burgundy red cloth, colour frontispiece by Abe Echevarria printed on thick glossy art paper. 480pp, and housed in a matching cloth covered slip-case . [CONDITION: An extremely well preserved FINE very clean and tight copy in not far from new condition (very slight sun fading to spine) in a very slightly rubbed and very slightly faded but otherwise FINE slip-case ] . . . NOTE: Depending on destination this item may require an extra payment for insurance. If so, orders made by card will be completed only after you have approved any such extra cost. . We always ship in STRONG PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS.

Eduardo Pena (illustrator). First edition, One of 500 copies, each signed by David Brin who provides the Introduction, Illustrator Eduardo Pena, and with a facsimile signature for Frank Herbert. YOU WILL RECEIVE A BRAND NEW COPY IN UNOPENDED SHRINKWRAP.

hardcover. Condition: fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. first. SIGNED first edition. Book fine. Dust jacket near fine, very slight wear to spine ends.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Clean, tight, pristine book. Jacket is safely in a Brodart. Signed by the Frank Herbert on the title page. Signed by Author(s).

First edition, first issue of DJ with $5.95 on front flap and four lines of publisher information on back flap. xxvi, 412, [1] pp. With the two-page map of Arrakis. 1 vols. 8vo. Originally published as in serial form in Analog magazine, it was later accepted by Sterling Lanier at Chilton, a publisher of auto repair manuals, and released at the very high price of $5.95. Because of this, the first printing did not sell well, but it slowly gained critical praise, including a letter from Arthur C. Clarke to Lanier that read: "Dune seems to me unique among modern science fiction novels in the depth of its characterization and the extraordinary detail of the world it creates. I know nothing comparable to it in science fiction or fantasy except The Lord of the Rings." It tied for the 1966 Hugo Award, and was the inaugural winner of the Nebula Award for Best Novel. It is widely considered the best-selling science fiction book of all time, and is one of the earliest examples of climate fiction, popularizing the term "ecology" Currey, p.238; Pringle: Science Fiction: The 100 Best Books #48 Blue cloth, stamped in white on spine. Head bumped, some toning along top of boards. Very good plus, bright copy in very good dust jacket (small loss at head of spine panel and at top corners) xxvi, 412, [1] pp. With the two-page map of Arrakis. 1 vols. 8vo First edition, first issue of DJ with $5.95 on front flap and four lines of publisher information on back flap.