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Philadelphia: Chilton Book Company. 1965. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. This has been in a personal collection for 25 years, stored well and protected by archival plastic over the original dust jacket. The blue boards are colorful and in good condition, along with the rest of the book. There is some light rubbing to the ends, edges, and corners, and some light staining to the final pages of text block on top corner. Stated First Edition with the misspelled "MAUD'DIB" in the table of contents and the blue boards, original first issued dust jacket with price of $5.95 on the dust jacket flap and with four lines at bottom of rear DJ flap. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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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Details
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- Rare Book Cellar
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- Bookseller’s Inventory #
- 155916
- Title
- DUNE
- Author
- Frank Herbert
- Format/binding
- Hardcover
- Book condition
- second hand
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Chilton Book Company
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1965
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- 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... [more]
- text block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book.... [more]
- edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a... [more]
- jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps... [more]
- rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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