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Dreamer of Dune: The Biography of Frank Herbert
by Brian Patrick Herbert (1947- ) signed
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good to Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0765306468
- ISBN 13
- 9780765306463
- Seller
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About This Item
576 pages with plates, bibliography and index. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 6 1/4") bound in original publisher's black boards with gilt lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. Signed by the author with signed bookmark promoting The Winds of Dune. First edition.
Dreamer of Dune: The Biography of Frank Herbert is a 2003 biography of the American science fiction author Frank Herbert written by his son, Brian Herbert. It was a Hugo Award for Best Related Work finalist in 2004.
Brian Herbert, Frank Herbert's eldest son, tells the provocative story of his father's extraordinary life in this honest and loving chronicle. He has also brought to light all the events in Herbert's life that would find their way into speculative fiction's greatest epic.
Condition:
Signed on title. Remainder dot to head end pages else very good to fine in a fine jacket.
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- Bookseller
- The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- L1325
- Title
- Dreamer of Dune: The Biography of Frank Herbert
- Author
- Brian Patrick Herbert (1947- ) signed
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good to Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0765306468
- ISBN 13
- 9780765306463
- Publisher
- Tor Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2003
- Pages
- 576 pages with plates, bibliography and index.
- Size
- Royal octavo
- Keywords
- BIOGRAPHY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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