Description
For sale: a Rare Book Club edition hardcover copy of Children of Dune by Frank Herbert with no dust jacket. Book Club Edition (BCE) unstated, 1976 Berkley (G. P. Putnam’s.) Early BCE printing with H 17 gutter code on page 409, which indicates a April 1977 printing. Sane size, design and number of pages as the true first edition.
The book is in Very Good condition with clean, bright boards with a strong sheen and heavy edge and corner wear. Also with, strong title ink on a tilted spine, clean page blocks, binding loose with strong hinges, moderate spine tilt, rolled and rubbed spine edges and ends, heavy edge wear, and rubbed corners with bare spots. The interior of the book is in Very Good condition with an erased price on the first free end paper. No other marks, inscriptions, or other signs of ownership. The rear end paper and the interior pages are clean and lightly toned, making it an excellent addition to any collection.
No dust jacket.
The Children of Dune are twin siblings Leto and Ghanima Atreides, whose father, the Emperor Paul Muad’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.
Ships promptly in a secure mailer with the book wrapped in both craft paper and bubble wrap.
