Herbert, Frank (1965) ‘Dune’, signed and inscribed US book club edition in outstanding condition

Frank Herbert (1965) ‘Dune‘, US book club edition, printed in February 1975 as indicsated by the gutter code Q08 on the margin of the last text page. Beautifully signed and inscribed by Frank Herbert of the ffep: “To Larry – 7/17/76 | Frank Herbert”

Condition: in outstanding condition. The red boards are vibrant in colour. The book is tight and square and internally absolutely clean. No foxing, no smell. A very nice copy. The dust jacket shows the iconic Schonherr artwork as on the published trade first edition. It is in great condition as well as shown.

Dune remains the best science fiction novel of all time. It won the 1966 Hugo and Nebula Award. It has been described as the science fiction equivalent to Tolkien’s ‘The Lord of the Rings’ in fantasy in the book’s scope, depth, complexity and quality of writing. It has had a colossal influence on the sci-fi genre in literature and film. For exmaple, without ‘Dune’ ‘Star Wars’ would not have been made. ‘Dune’ has been adaped into film by David Lynch in 1984; and as a TV-mini series in 2000. An earlier attempt to film the source material by Alejandro Jodorowsky in the 1970s failed due to lack of finances. A star cast (Salvador Dali; Orson Welles) and the most creative team of that time (film score by Pink Floyd; conceptual art by H.R Giger; Jean Giraud and Chris Foss) had been working on the project and it became ‘the most influential film that was never made’. A new film adaptation by Canadian director Dennis Villeneuve – who has made some outstanding science fiction fims in the past (‘Arrival’ and ‘Blade Runner 2049’) – is being released at the end of 2020, and so the hope remains that the new ‘Dune’ will live up to the quality of its source material.

A true signed first edition would cost the collector about ten times our asking price these days.