As called for there is no date on the title page other than the 1969 date, and the copyright page indicates no other editions. The jacket is complete and NOT price clipped and has a stated price of $5.95.DUNE MESSIAH: First Edition, First printing Fine condition book in a Fine/near fine dust jacket. The rear panel is unusually bright and with NONE of the common toning. The jacket has strong vibrant colors with a touch of very slight wear/rubbing, but No rips, No chips, No stains, No fading, No edgewear, and No foxing. 5? intact tears to the lower edges of both the inner flaps, and to the outer spine tips, and as such presents as a near fine example. The jacket has benefited from some very very slight restoration by an expert paper conservator to two small. The requisite 4 lines for the Chilton Books publisher?s address are present to the rear inside flap designating the true FIRST edition, FIRST STATE jacket for this title. The book comes with the First edition, First State dust jacket in near fine condition. DUNE is signed on a laid in signature by Frank Herbert ?Frank Herbert?. Beautiful book, internally appearing as unread. 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. The end papers are in perfect condition being clean and bright with no owner names, no inscriptions, no bookplates, and no bookstore stamps. The book is in beautiful condition with vibrant blue clean cloth, sharp corners and no edgewear. Original blue cloth boards with white titles to spine. Part one of the Dune series (initially a trilogy), of one of the most significant science fiction novels of the 20th century. A Fine/near fine condition book in a Fine/Near fine stunning dust jacket with the four lines for the publisher information on the rear flap. These represent all 3 of the scarce titles in the series, all in exceptional condition: DUNE: First Edition, First State, First Printing of DUNE by Frank Herbert, with the very scarce First State dust jacket. Details for each book are listed below by title. Each book is in beautiful fine/near fine clean, crisp condition with fine/near fine original dust jackets. Perhaps the nicest copy of Dune and of the Dune Trilogy on the market.
A handsome fine/near fine set of the three books in the DUNE series, with a stunning presentation on the shelf. Putman?s Sons, New York, 1976,STATED FIRST Edition, FIRST State, FIRST Printings of the Three Landmark Titles of Frank Herbert?s Dune series, DUNE, DUNE MESSIAH, and CHILDREN OF DUNE. DUNE TRILOGY SET OF THREE FIRST PRINTINGS ALL IN THE FIRST STATE JACKETS:DUNE, DUNE MESSIAH, CHILDREN OF DUNE.Chilton Book Company, 1965G.P.
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