Chilton Book Company, 1965
G.P. Putman’s Sons, New York, 1969
G.P. Putman’s Sons, New York, 1976
SIGNED SET OF FIRST BOOKCLUB Printings of the Three Landmark Titles of Frank Herbert’s Dune series, DUNE, DUNE MESSIAH, and CHILDREN OF DUNE A very handsome Fine/Near Fine condition set of the three books in the DUNE series, with Dune Messiah and Children of Dune both SIGNED AND INSCRIBED by Frank Herbert DIRECTLY on their respective Title pages, and with Dune SIGNED by Frank Herbert on a laid in signature. Stunning presentation on the shelf. Each book is in beautiful Fine/Near Fine clean, crisp condition with near fine original dust jackets. Details for each book are listed below by title. These represent all 3 of the scarce titles in the series, all in exceptional condition:
DUNE:
First Bookclub Edition, Signed: Both book and jacket are in near fine condition.
Original quarter red and brown boards with titles to spine. The book is in beautiful near fine condition with sharp corners, no edgewear and no bumps. Clean and unstained boards. The binding is tight and square. The end papers are in perfect condition being clean and bright with no owner names, no inscriptions, no bookplates, and no bookstore stamps. The internal pages are very crisp, clean, bright, flat and still stiff with no marks, no writing, no stains, no bent pages and no foxing. Beautiful book, internally appearing as unread. DUNE has a laid in bold signature by Frank Herbert. Please see images.
The book comes with the original dust jacket in stunning condition. The jacket has only the most tiny of nicks to the spine and corner tips, otherwise jacket has strong vibrant colors with No rips, No chips, No stains, No fading, No rubbing, No edgewear, and No foxing. Even the rear panel is clean and bright. Please see the many included images.
DUNE MESSIAH:
First Bookclub Edition, Signed, and Inscribed by Frank Herbert: Both book and jacket are in near fine condition.
Clean, crisp vibrant red boards with unfaded black titles to Front and Spine. Signed, Inscribed and Dated by Frank Herbert “For Jodi / Frank Herbert”, Stunning condition book with no edgewear. The book has one very tiny tip bump and the lower spine is bumped, else sharp corners and no edgewear. The boards even still have their original sheen. The end papers are clean and bright, and have no owner names, no book plates, no inscriptions and no bookstore stamps. The internal pages are crisp, clean, bright and flat with no marks, no stains, no writing, no bent pages, and no foxing. Beautiful clean, crisp book internally appearing as unread! Please see detailed images.
The bright original dust jacket presents as a near fine example with but the most tiny nicks to the spine and corner tips. Otherwise the jacket has strong vibrant colors with NONE of the typical fading to the spine. The jacket has no rips, no chips, no edgewear, no stains, no fading, no rubbing, and no foxing. Please see images for more details. The jacket has been placed in a new clear archival cover.
CHILDREN OF DUNE:
First Bookclub Edition, Signed, and Inscribed by Frank Herbert: Both book and jacket are in near fine condition.
The book is in near fine condition with deep vibrant red cloth boards, and unfaded titles to the spine. Signed and Inscribed by Frank Herbert “For Jodi / Frank Herbert”. The book has clean boards with sharp corners, with one tiny tip bump. A very solid tight copy with a tight and square binding. The end papers are clean with no inscriptions, no bookplates, and no bookstore stamps. The internal pages are crisp, clean and bright with no writing, no inscriptions, no stains, no handling marks, no age toning and no foxing. Please see the many detailed images.
The bright original dust jacket presents as a near fine example with but the most tiny nicks to the spine and corner tips. Otherwise the jacket has strong vibrant colors with NONE of the typical fading to the spine. The jacket has no rips, no chips, no edgewear, no stains, no fading, no rubbing, and no foxing. Please see images for more details. The jacket has been placed in a new clear archival cover.
A superb collector’s set of this landmark THREE books of the DUNE Series, all signed and in scarce extraordinary collectible condition.
