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First line
IN THE week before their departure to Arrakis, when all the final scurrying about had reached a nearly unbearable frenzy, an old crone came to visit the mother of the boy, Paul.
First Edition Identification
Dune is one of the high points for science fiction collectors and was first published in 1965 by Chilton Book Company in Philadelphia (an interesting departure for the publisher, who to that date had only published automotive repair manuals). The true first will read "First Edition" on the copyright page, with no subsequent printings, and will be in blue cloth boards. The jacket is a pictorial dark red and blue desert scene, and the rear panel has a map. The price on the jacket flap should be $5.95 and the rear flap should have the Chilton address across four lines.
Beware mistaking the more widely-published Book Club Edition as a true first. Although this is one of the rare cases where a BCE has value to collectors, there is a dramatic price difference between the two.
Details
- Title Dune
- Author Frank Herbert
- Binding Mass Market Paperbound
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 535
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Ace Books, New York, New York, U.S.A
- Date June 1987
- ISBN 9780441172665 / 0441172660
- Weight 0.56 lbs (0.25 kg)
- Reading level 800
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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