About this book
Summary
First line
IN THE week before their departure to Arrakis, when all the final scurrying about had reached a nearly unbearable frenzy, an old crone came to visit the mother of the boy, Paul.
First Edition Identification
Dune is one of the high points for science fiction collectors and was first published in 1965 by Chilton Book Company in Philadelphia (an interesting departure for the publisher, who to that date had only published automotive repair manuals). The true first will read "First Edition" on the copyright page, with no subsequent printings, and will be in blue cloth boards. The jacket is a pictorial dark red and blue desert scene, and the rear panel has a map. The price on the jacket flap should be $5.95 and the rear flap should have the Chilton address across four lines.
Beware mistaking the more widely-published Book Club Edition as a true first. Although this is one of the rare cases where a BCE has value to collectors, there is a dramatic price difference between the two.
Details
- Title Dune
- Author Frank Herbert
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition Book Club (BCE/B
- Pages 517
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Putnam Adult, New York
- Date April 16, 1984
- ISBN 9780399128967 / 0399128964
- Weight 1.85 lbs (0.84 kg)
- Dimensions 9.34 x 6.3 x 1.66 in (23.72 x 16.00 x 4.22 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Reading level 800
- Library of Congress subjects Science fiction, Dune (Imaginary place) - Fiction
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 83016030
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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