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Chapter House Dune
by Frank Herbert
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
$184.37$165.93
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About This Item
London: Victor Gollancz, 1985 . First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 9.5" by 6.5". None. An exceptionally bright copy of the first UK edition of Frank Herbert's final 'Dune' book. The first UK edition, first impression of the sixth novel in Frank Herbert's 'Dune' series. In the publisher's original price unclipped and brightly illustrated dust wrapper.Published the year prior to Herbert's death, this was the sixth and final novel in the series to be completed by Herbert, and chronicles the struggles of the Bene Gesserit Sisterhood against the violent Honored Matres.Ending on a cliff-hanger and with a number of unresolved plotlines, Herbert's son Brian published two sequels to this work, in 2006 and 2007.With an extensive contemporary inscription to the front free endpaper. In the publisher's original price cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, fine. Light spotting to fore edge of text block. Inscription to front free endpaper. Dust wrapper exceptionally bright, with minor closed tear to front wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Near Fine
Synopsis
Here is the novel that will be forever considered a triumph of the imagination. Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, who would become the mysterious man known as Muad'Dib. He would avenge the traitorous plot against his noble family-and would bring to fruition humankind's most ancient and unattainable dream. A stunning blend of adventure and mysticism, environmentalism and politics, Dune won the first Nebula Award, shared the Hugo Award, and formed the basis of what it undoubtedly the grandest epic in science fiction.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 849F16
- Title
- Chapter House Dune
- Author
- Frank Herbert
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Victor Gollancz
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1985
- Size
- 9.5" by 6.5"
- Keywords
- chapterhouse: dune dune frank herbert science fiction dune
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Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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