Dune
by Herbert, Frank
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.
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.
Other Collectible or Notable Editions
Prior to its publication in book form, parts of Dune were published in Analog as a three-part serial called Dune World in 1963-1964 and later as a five-part serial called Prophet of Dune in 1965. The first UK edition is also highly coveted and was published in the subsequent year by Victor Gollancz in dark brown cloth with a black jacket featuring a silhouette of a dunescape with white lines. Easton press published a collector's edition in 1987. The Folio Society released an acclaimed, illustrated limited edition in 2015 and again in 2020.
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Dune.
by Herbert, Frank
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- 1965
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Palm Beach, Florida, USA
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€28,089.00
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New York/ Philadelphia: Chilton Books, 1965. First edition, review copy of the author's masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Eric Payton Frank Herbert." Very good in a very good dust jacket. Review slip pasted on the front free endpaper, and with copy number 1753 stamped to the title page.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Dune
by Frank Herbert
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- Very Good+
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- 1965
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- 0801950775
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Tomball, Texas, USA
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€889.48
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First Edition/Eighth Printing (number line starts with a 8, no first edition statement, 5077 code on spine), see scans for edition points; A very good or better book in a very good dust jacket. An outstanding copy of this multiple award winning book and the greatest selling science fiction novel of all time (as of 2003); scarce in the Chilton… Read more about this item Item Price
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Dune (Special Edition with sprayed edges)
by Herbert, Frank
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- New
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- New
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- 1st Edition 1st Printing
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- 2024
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- Hardcover
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- 1399601784
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St Albans, Hertfordshire, GBR
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London: Gollancz, 2024. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. 1st Printing. Brand new copy.
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Dune
by Frank Herbert
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- Very good
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- Book Club Edition
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- 1965
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Southampton, Hampshire, GBR
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€1,948.16
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VGC. Chilton Book Company, 1965. Book Club Edition. Apparently a first book club edition with 1681 printed inside the bottom back flap and Book Club Edition printed at the bottom of the front flap. Red hardback (gilt lettering to the spine, two small dents and nicks on the edges of the cover and spine) with Dj cover (small tear, a… Read more about this item Item Price
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DUNE
by Frank. Herbert
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- 1st Edition
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- 1984
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- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0399128964
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Appleton, Wisconsin, USA
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€280.88
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G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1984. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 5th or later Printing Nice Clean Copy! 6th Impression. No marks or writings, pages bright and clean, light foxing to top outside page edges, binding tight and sound. Front upper corner bumped, very light shelf wear, very light wear to corners. Dust jacket with original price of… Read more about this item Item Price
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Dune
by Frank Herbert
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- Very Good
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- 1971
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Tomball, Texas, USA
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€4,213.35
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Book Club Edition; A Very Good book in a Very Good dust jacket. SIGNED and inscribed by the author to the half title page. This is the BCE, published by Chilton in 1971, rare in collectible condition, exceedingly scarce signed by Herbert; the first novel in the wildly popular Dune series, basis for the films of the same name, including… Read more about this item Item Price
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Dune (Numbered Deluxe Edition with gold edges)
by Frank Herbert
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- 1st Edition 1st Printing
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- 2023
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- Hardcover
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- 1399623001
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St Albans, Hertfordshire, GBR
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€123.97
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London: Gollancz, 2023. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. 2023 new Limited Edition. With beautiful sprayed edge and slipcase.
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Dune
by Frank Herbert
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- Very good
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- Fifth printing
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Tacoma, Washington, USA
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€5,805.06
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Inscribed hardcover copy of Frank Herbert's Dune, fifth printing bound in red. Nice copy clean and unmarked but for author's inscription. Minor wear to corners of dust jacket, see photos. Inscription is on the book, not a laid in card our pasted in. Photos are of the actual book. Item Price
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Dune.
by Herbert, Frank
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- 1965
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Palm Beach, Florida, USA
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€13,108.20
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New York/ Philadelphia: Chilton Books, 1965. First edition, third printing of the author's masterpiece. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Frank Herbert on the title page. Fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket art by John Schoenherr. Uncommon signed. Dune was awarded the first Nebula award for best science fiction novel, shared the Hugo award, and "became… Read more about this item Item Price
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Dune; Dune Messiah (Special Set with sprayed edges)
by Herbert, Frank
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- New
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- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
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- 2023
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- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1399601784
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St Albans, Hertfordshire, GBR
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€177.11
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London: Gollancz, 2023. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. 1st Printing. Brand new copies.
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Dune
by Herbert, Frank
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
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- Book Club Edition
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- 1971
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- Hardcover
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Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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€327.70
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Philadelphia: Chilton Book Co., 1971 507 pages, appears unread, very nice copy all around. First Book club ed. There is a 47 M on the bottom edge of the biography unnumbered page at the end of the book. Item Price
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Dune
by Frank Herbert
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- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1987
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- Full red leather with banded spine and gold embossed lettering/design.
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Easthampton, Massachusetts, USA
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€557.10
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Condition: Very Good; issued without dj. Full red leather boards with vibrant sewn-in gold ribbon marker; gold embossed textblock. B&w and full color illustrations by John Schoenherr; remembrances by Poul Anderson, Isaac Asimov, Ben Bova, Ray Bradbury and more. Faint white smudge marks to gilt fore edge and bottom edge. Faint rub marks to front board. This stunning book includes… Read more about this item Item Price
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Dune
by HERBERT, Frank.
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- 1st Edition
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- 1965
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- Hardcover
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London, Greater London, GBR
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€590.35
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Chilton Book Company, 1965. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Octavo. First edition, 9th printing indicated on the copyright page (NOT a book club edition). Original red cloth with white title on the spine. Slight bumping to the corners and spine ends, with minor foxing on the edges. Comes with the original dust jacket, which is not price clipped. The… Read more about this item Item Price
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Dune
by Herbert, Frank
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- Used - Collectable - Good Condition
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- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2001
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- Hardback
- ISBN 10
- 0575073349
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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, GBR
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€162.35
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Gollancz, London, United Kingdom, 2001. First Edition. Hardback. Collectable - Good Condition/Good. Good+/Good+ 1st print Gollancz SF Masterworks hardback, unclipped DJ, the first entry in this highly regarded series. Some page tanning, small tear to outer margin of page 109, creasing along lower edge of jacket with minor nick to lower front of jacket spine,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Dune: Leather Bound Edition
by Herbert, Frank
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- Used - Fine
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- None,As Issued
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- Later Printing
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- 2005
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- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0425266540
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Lewisville, Texas, USA
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€93.16
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Ace/Berkley, 2005. Book. Illus. by Nancy Stahl, John Schoenherr. Fine. Full-Leather. Later Printing. A square solid tight clean unread unused unopened copy. Full leather binding, illustrated boards, illustrated endpapers, sewn in marker, gold tipped text block, gold inlay to both boards and spine. This copy still in publisher's original shrink wrap. THIS COPY IS IN… Read more about this item Item Price
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Dune
by Frank Herbert
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1999-10-01
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- 044100590X
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Spring Branch, Texas, USA
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€234.08
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VG to NF. Jacket in mylar. 1st printing thus. Item Price
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Dune
by Herbert, Frank
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- New
- Published
- 1990-09-01
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- Mass Market Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0441172717
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Fairfax Station, Virginia, USA
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€8.27
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Ace, 1990-09-01. Mass Market Paperback. New. Item Price
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Dune
by Herbert, Frank
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Dust Jacket Included
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- First Edition
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- 1965
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- Hardcover
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New York, New York, USA
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€16,385.25
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Philadelphia: Chilton Books, 1965 First edition, first printing; in its first state dust jacket, with four lines at bottom of rear jacket flap. Publisher's light blue boards, with titles in white to spine, and gray endpapers with wavy design; in its original dust jacket with wraparound illustration by John Schoenherr, and map of Dune on rear panel. Very good book,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Dune (Reissue)
by HERBERT FRANK
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- Brand New
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- Softcover
- ISBN 10
- 0340960191
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Fort Worth, Texas, USA
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€7.49
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HODDER AND STOUGHTON. Softcover. Brand New. No shipping to PO BOX, APO, FPO addresses. Kindly provide day time phone number in order to ensure smooth delivery. 100% Customer satisfaction guaranteed! We use Fast Shipping via DHL/FEDEX/UPS Item Price
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Dune
by Herbert, Frank
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Very Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1971
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- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0801950775
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Hamilton, Ontario, CAN
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€7,490.38
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Chilton Book, 1971. First Edition. hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. 8x5x1. Signed. We're happy to combine shipping to save you some money. We're also always buying collectible book collections. Contact us for details. We're happy to provide pictures of any and all books for you, please just ask! Signed & Inscribed American first edition, ninth printing.… Read more about this item Item Price
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