Children Dune by Frank Herbert, First Edition (55 results)

Condition: Good. 1st. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

MassMarketPaperBack. Condition: Collectible-New. Jim Tierney (illustrator). 1st Edition Thus. Physical Info: 1.3" H x 7.4" L x 4.4" W (0.72 lbs) 624 pages. 10th printing w/number line. "The Children of Dune are twin siblings Leto and Ghanima Atreides, whose father, the Emperor Paul Maud'Dib, disappeared in the desert wastelands of Arrakis nine years ago. Like their father, the twins possess supernormal abilities-making them valuable to their manipulative aunt Alia, who rules the Empire in the name of House Atreides. Facing treason and rebellion on two fronts, Alia's rule is not absolute. The displaced House Corrino is plotting to regain the throne while the fanatical Fremen are being provoked into open revole by the enigmatic figure known only as The Preacher. Alia believes that by obtaining the secrets of the twins' prophetic visions, she can maintain control over her dynasty. But Leto and Ghanima have their own plans for their visions-and their destinies."--Page 4 of cover. Accelerated Reader® Info Quiz # (Quiz Name): 79163 (Children of Dune) Reading Level: 6.2 Interest Level: Upper Grade Point Value: 24.0.

Paperback. Condition: Acceptable. First Edition. This magazine is in acceptable condition. There are minor creases and slight wear on front cover and spine. This is a First Edition magazine from 1976 and shows wear but the book is still bound, no pages are missing and it very much in readable condition.

Paperback. Condition: Collectible-New. Jim Tierney (illustrator). 1st Edition Thus. Physical Info: 1.2" H x 8.0" L x 5.4" W (0.83 lbs) 496 pages. 1st printing w/number line. Ships w/tracking number. "The Children of Dune are twin siblings Leto and Ghanima Atreides, whose father, the Emperor Paul Maud'Dib, disappeared in the desert wastelands of Arrakis nine years ago. Like their father, the twins possess supernormal abilities-making them valuable to their manipulative aunt Alia, who rules the Empire in the name of House Atreides. Facing treason and rebellion on two fronts, Alia's rule is not absolute. The displaced House Corrino is plotting to regain the throne while the fanatical Fremen are being provoked into open revole by the enigmatic figure known only as The Preacher. Alia believes that by obtaining the secrets of the twins' prophetic visions, she can maintain control over her dynasty. But Leto and Ghanima have their own plans for their visions-and their destinies."--Page 4 of cover. Accelerated Reader® Info Quiz # (Quiz Name): 79163 (Children of Dune) Reading Level: 6.2 Interest Level: Upper Grade Point Value: 24.0.

Pictorial wrappers. First Edition. A fine copy. Small nick to spine. Contributions by Hayford Peirce, Bob Buckley and others. Cover illustration by Mike Hinge. ; Octavo.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Dust jacket missing. First edition, second printing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Secure packaging for safe delivery. 1.27.

Softcover. Condition: Good. Bruce Pennington -- Cover Art (illustrator). First Edition. Colour illustrated card cover (wraparound), by Bruce Pennington, with white coloured titles to the front panel and to the backstrip. Title says it all. Rubbing of the book edges and panels with reading creases to the back strip; and, fading present. Tanning and marking of the text block edges and age toning of the pages. First edition of the work in this format and binding, and/or set or series. Size: 12mo (standard paperback). 380, [4 Â further titles from publishing house] pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Bruce Pennington -- Cover Art. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; ISBN: 0450034275. ISBN/EAN: 9780450034275. Inventory No: 50636.

First edition thus. Hardcover. Top and fore edges moderately foxed, otherwise very good in very good dustjacket. A good quality omnibus, decent binding & paper. All titles unabridged. Dustjacket is a compilation of stills from the 1984 Dino De Laurentiis film. This heavy book will cost more to send overseas, than any default postage rate noted (at least twice any default).

Paperback. first edition thus. 3310 near fine, unread, some rubbing paperback,

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. The climax of the Dune trilogy. In pale red discolored cloth with gilt to spine that smells of mold/mildew. Edgewear, nicks and rubbing, especially at corners. An ex-library copy with paper/adhesive scars and tape residue to pastedowns, pocket to ffep and stamps to same, rfep and page ends. binding solid. Jacket is unclipped ($8.95) with edge nicks, micro-chips and some rippling. Edges of flaps have paper scarring/loss and tape remnants. Sticker scar to bottom of spine. 10th Printing.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Sixth Printing of the First Edition - This book is NOT a BOOk CLUB edition. Fairly square and tight spine with shelf wear to tips and bottom.Water stains to top and bottoms text blocks. Internally free of markings except for neat previous owner's signature on front free endpaper. Front fly leaf has previous owner's embossement stamp. Rear endpaper has slight water stain down edge. Crumple at top and bottom of the first few pages now smoothed out. Still, a nice copy for a true sixth printing of the first edition. Otherwise no internal marks - a nice copy. The facsimile (copy) of a first printing jacket is not price clipped, has no fray or damage but copies the fray or damage which is minor around edges and top and bottom of spine. The colors of Arrakis are vibrant! Nicely comported in new mylar dust cover.

Paperback. First Edition. A Berkley Medallion Book. First paperback publication. Hugo Award nominee. A bright fine copy with the SFBC subscription card still attached and barely a hint of wear to top edge. ; Small octavo.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Mint condition.Gollancz, 2018. First edition-10th printing of this new edition (10). Pictorial hardback (gilt illustration on the front cover and spine, small dent on the edges of the cover), no Dj cover as issued. Illustrated with a b/w map. The book is new with a small ink mark on the outer edges of the pages. 912pp including Terminology of the Imperium, cartographic notes for map. Heavy book (approx. 1.4 Kg). This is another paragraph Book Description: Herbert's evocative, epic tales are set on the desert planet Arrakis, the focus for a complex political and military struggle with galaxy-wide repercussions. Arrakis is the source of spice, a mind-enhancing drug which makes interstellar travel possible; it is the most valuable substance in the galaxy. When Duke Atreides and his family take up court there, they fall into a trap set by the Duke's bitter rival, Baron Harkonnen. The Duke is poisoned, but his wife and her son Paul escape to the vast and arid deserts of Arrakis, which have given the planet its nickname of Dune. Paul and his mother join the Fremen, the Arrakis natives, who have learnt to live in this harsh and complex ecosystem. But learning to survive is not enough - Paul's destiny was mapped out long ago and his mother is committed to seeing it fulfilled. First edition-10th printing of this new edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. An ex-library copy bound or re-bound in sturdy orange patterned boards and orange spine with white type. Paper/adhesive scars to pastedowns, library stamp and Withdrawn stamp to first page after ffep which has been neatly cut out. Pocket, sticker and 'Withdrawn' stamp to rfep. Text block has had corners neatly rounded with 'Withdrawn' stamp to top page ends, some spots stains to bottom and front page ends and intermittant small stains and marks to text with several brackets and underlinings. Slighty cocked. Jacket is clipped to tops and bottoms of flaps, but price is evident ($8.95). Jacket has been substantially reinforced at spine ends and corners which have been trimmed neatly and backed with paper cutouts glued on the inside and tape reinforced on the outside. Long vertical tear to front flap arising from paper scarring on inside as was once affixed has been taped on the outside. General wear and creasing. 1st Printing.

8vo., First Edition thus, with 8 coloured illustrations (one double-page), decorations in the text and endpaper map; pictorial cloth, a near fine copy in publisher's printed slip-case.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Heinemann/Octopus. UK. 1984. Movie tie-in. Hardback in dj. First edition thus. * This is a very heavy book and will require extra postage overseas* A large, heavy book, containing the complete and unabridged 'Great Dune Trilogy' comprising: Dune; Dune Messiah and Children of Dune. Dj is clean, bright, unclipped - showing price of £8.95 - and with very good edges and tips. Smart red boards with gilt titles. PLEASE NOTE: Contents: there is a smart King's School Canterbury bookplate to the front, awarding a school prize to a pupil. Apart from this, the contents are clean and unmarked. A touch of tanning to page edges but overall, very good. Includes an Appendix for each book and a section on 'Terminology of the Imperium'.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Hilary Clarcq (illustrator). 1st Edition. GOld textured cloth with illustration. Maps as end papers. Full page colour illustrations. Housed in a black slipcase with gold decoration. An as new copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION, first printing. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.910; [2]. Publisher's red faux leather binding, gilt titles to spine, top edge stained red, map endpapers. Dust-jacket with wraparound illustration by Terry Oakes, with printed price of £6.95 net to front flap. Internally fine, textblock slightly shaken, spotting and marking to fore and tail edges. Binding unmarked and not worn. Dust-jacket sunned to spine with the text faded, a little rubbed to extremities. Very good.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Foxing on text block edges. Remainder mark on bottom text block edge. Very small bump on rear panel. ; 416 pages.

Hardback. Condition: Collectable - Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Good+/Good 1st impression 1979 Gollancz hardback, unclipped DJ, terrific cover artwork. Dust-jacket has been taped to boards at inside front and rear, some patches of light spotting to page edges and dulling with age, area of creasing and wear to base of dust-jacket spine, corners a little bumped, otherwise tight and unmarked. Size: 160\nx 228\nx 48mm. 960 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; ISBN: 0575025867. ISBN/EAN: 9780575025868. The photos provided are of our own book, further photos may be arranged upon request. Inventory No: 083501.

Pictorial wrappers. First Edition. The complete first appearance of Children of Dune serialized in four issues. 1977 Hugo Award finalist for best novel. Very faint production creases to the back cover of one of the issues. A set in outstanding condition. ". Children of Dune recaptures much of the strength of the original work and addresses another recurrent them in Frank Herbert's world -- the evolution of man, in this case into superman." The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, eds. Clute and Nicholls, 1999, p. 559. Barron, Anatomy of Wonder, 1981, 3-395.; Octavo.

Pictorial wrappers. First Edition. The complete first appearance of Children of Dune serialized in four issues. 1977 Hugo Award finalist for best novel. Light toning to pages. A set in outstanding condition. ". Children of Dune recaptures much of the strength of the original work and addresses another recurrent them in Frank Herbert's world -- the evolution of man, in this case into superman." The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, eds. Clute and Nicholls, 1999, p. 559. Barron, Anatomy of Wonder, 1981, 3-395. ; Octavo.

Hardcover. Condition: New. No Jacket. Clarcq, Hilary (illustrator). 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Signed to a bookplate by the illustrator. Unread new copy. Signed by Author(s).

HARDCOVER. 1st Edition. Thick, heavy 8vo, gilt lettering to spine, map end-papers, 910pp, appendices at rear including 'Terminology of the Imperium' and 'Cartographic Notes for Map Endpapers'. This book was first published by Gollancz in brown faux-leather covered boards. It sold faster than expected and more copies of the first edition sheets were bound up in covers originally intended for the book club edition (BCA), these had bright red covers with Gollancz printed in gilt on the spine but with a very faint ghost of 'BCA' behind it (the BCA logo having been stamped but not gilted), These copies make no mention of Book Club Associates on the title-page or colophon. Subsequent copies (i.e. the 3rd issue) were issued in red covers without the ghosting. This copy is from the 2nd issue of the first edition with BCA ghosting to the spine. There was no equivalent US edition of this book CONDITION: An extremely well preserved FINE very clean, bright and tight unmarked copy in a FINE complete Dust Jacket (slightly spine sunned, looks fine in its removable transparent protector). An excellent copy in not far from new condition ] __NOTE Due to size and/or weight posting to some destinations outside the UK will cost more than the shipping price shown. If so, orders made by card will only be completed after you have approved any extra cost. ._ ._We Ship in PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Wear commensurate with age and use. Clean unmarked copy. Dust jacket wrapped in protective mylar sleeve. Secure packaging for safe delivery. 1.2.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression, featuring one of the most important and influential works of science fiction. Original red imitation leather binding with lettering to spine in gilt and decorative map endpapers and paste-downs. Some spotting to top edge and, far more faintly, to fore-edge with a couple of knocks to corners and upper spine hinge, otherwise very good in a very good, unpriced dust jacket (intended for export), featuring striking artwork by Terry Oaks, with some moderate wear to edges and minor colour transfer to spine foot verso.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. VGC. Victor Gllancz, 1979. First UK edition-first impression of this omnibus edition. Includes: Dune, Dune Messiah, Children of Dune. Red hardback (gilt lettering to the spine, two small nicks on the edges of the cover ) with Dj (two small chips, tear, a couple of small creases and nicks on the edges of the Dj cover, two small stain marks inside the edges of the Dj cover), both in VGC. Illustrated with a colour map inside the front and back cover. Nice and clean pages but with some marks and ink marks on the outer edges, previous owner's stamp with name inside the title page, small creases on the edges of the pages. The book is in VGC for its age with light shelf wear on the Dj cover. 911pp including Appendices I to IV, terminology of the Imperium, cartographic notes for map endpapers. A collectable and scarce first edition. Heavy book (approx. 1.3 Kg). First UK edition-first impression of this omnibus edition.

FrankHerbert.Children of Dune.London: Victor Gollancz, Ltd., 1976. First British edition. Octavo. 444pp. Publisher's pale green hardcover paper boards, spine lettered in gilt, original pictorial dust jacket. . Spine lightly creased; boards gently rubbed; price-clipped jacket slightly rubbed and creased. Very good. CDK-639.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. First Centipede Books edition bound in black cloth with an inset color illustration on the front board. Color pictorial endpapers, ribbon marker. A fine, as new copy in a fine, as new dust jacket. The book is housed in a fine, as new cloth tray case with an additional inset color illustration. This copy is one of 500 numbered copies signed by David Wingrove who provides the introduction, illustrator Paolo Puggioni and in facsimile, author Frank Herbert. Although the copyright date is 2023, this book was just released on April 24th, 2024 with the limited, signed edition sold-out on publication. Shipping weight is eight pounds. Additional shipping charges will apply. Signed by Illustrator(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Victor Gollancz. 1976. First edition. Hardback in DW. Corners of boards and head and tail of spine very slightly crumpled otherwise a very clean and fresh copy in wrapper that is sunned to spine and has small portion of laminate unravelling to lower edge of front panel.