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Frank Herbert. Dune....
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Frank Herbert. Dune. Philadelphia and New York: Chilton Books, [1965].8vo. Publisher's blue cloth, spine stamped in white; original illustrated dust jacket.
FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING of the first novel in the Dune series. In the FIRST ISSUE color pictorial illustrated dust jacket by John Schoenherr, with the price $5.95 at the upper right corner of the front flap and the publisher's imprint in four lines at the bottom of the rear flap.
Condition: Minor soiling to cloth; some lightening at edges; old tape (?) stains to pastedowns with loss of endpaper on rear pastedown; half-title with gold sticker to cover up an old ownership signature. Dust jacket unclipped (priced "$5.95"); spine lightly sunned; light edgewear with a few scattered stains.
References: Barron, Anatomy of Wonder (1987), 4-268; Currey, p. 238; Pringle, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels, 48.
Provenance: Bruce Tepper (bookplate); The Bob and Diane Yaspan Collection.
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2025 December 15 Rare Books Signature® Auction #6323 (go to Auction Home page)
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