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Dune (Dune Chronicles Book 1)
by Herbert, Frank
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0399128964
- ISBN 13
- 9780399128967
- Seller
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Templeton, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Putnam Adult, 1984. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Thus Edition, stated/ Eleventh printing with number line down to 11. The book has some fade at the top and bottom of blue board. The pages line flat as if new and unread but there is a smattering of insect damage along the top of the boards (see accompanying picture). The spine is tight and the tips are pointed. The jacket is not price clipped but has a small crease on the back cover. Now in archival mylar cover the book looks quite good. Packaging is suitable for wrapping..
Synopsis
The first in the epic science fiction series of the same name, Dune is set on the desert planet Arrakis, host to "the Spice" - the most important resource in the universe, needed for interplanetary travel and coveted for its effects on longevity and granting incredible psychic powers among humans. Amidst an intergalactic power struggle, would-be heir to the planet's stewardship Paul Atreides is cast out into the desert to die following a coup. Joining a group of zealots called the Fremen, Paul soon becomes considered their messiah - Mahdi - and recognizes in them a formidable fighting force with whom he can retake control of Arrakis. Dune won both the Hugo Award for Best Novel and the Nebula Award for Best Novel.
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- Bookseller
- Winding Road Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002051
- Title
- Dune (Dune Chronicles Book 1)
- Author
- Herbert, Frank
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- ISBN 10
- 0399128964
- ISBN 13
- 9780399128967
- Publisher
- Putnam Adult
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1984
- Keywords
- Science Fiction
Terms of Sale
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- 1st Thus
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- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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