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Frank Herbert’s 1965 novel Dune is the world’s best selling science fiction book and has also won a Hugo Award and Nebula Award for Best Novel. It has sold nearly 20 million copies and has been translated into several languages. Dune was adapted into a 1984 film directed by David Lynch and a television miniseries directed by John Harrison.

Below is a recent realized price for a Frank Herbert signed first edition copy of Dune with dust jacket. We at Nate D. Sanders Auctions can obtain up to this amount or more for you:

Frank Herbert Dune 1st edition Signed with Dust Jacket. Sold for About $15,000.

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First Edition, First Printing of Frank Herbert’s “Dune” — With Typed Letter Signed by Herbert Regarding “Dune” Sequels

First edition, first printing of the science fiction classic “Dune” by Frank Herbert, in its original first printing dust jacket with $5.95 price intact. Philadelphia: Chilton Books, 1965. Lot includes a letter signed by Herbert, dated 24 June 1970 while he worked at the “Seattle Post Intelligencer”, reading in part, “…there will be at least one more book in the ‘Dune’ series…I prefer not to discuss the content of published works, as I feel these should stand by themselves and not need additional interpretations from me…” Book is bound in publisher’s light blue cloth with white lettering to spine. Measures 6.25″ x 9.25″. Lightly rubbed cloth with softly bumped corners. Owner’s name and address to front free endpaper and name only to upper margin of page 100. Very good condition. First printing jacket has publisher’s imprint in four lines at the bottom of the rear flap; jacket is restored with areas of filling and color-matching. Offsetting to edges and small stains along bottom edge of rear panel. Overall a very good copy of this science fiction classic. Sold for $2,910.

First Edition, First Printing of Alcoholics Anonymous ”Big Book” in Original Dust Jacket — One of the Most Attractive Copies We’ve Encountered, in Near Fine Condition

Housed in its original dust jacket, the first edition, first printing of ”Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How More Than One Hundred Men Have Recovered From Alcoholism” in beautiful, near fine condition. New York: Works Publishing Company, 1939. One of just approximately 1,900 surviving copies from the 4,860 first printed in April of 1939, before becoming one of the most influential books of the 20th century, and certainly one of the best preserved. All first printing points are present: Half-title page is followed by the title page and pages v-viii, with another half-title page before the text begins; complete text is followed by three blank leaves. Runs 400pp. and measures 6.25” x 9.25” x 2” thick, bound in original red cloth boards with gilt lettering, both of which are bright and prominent. Some toning to interior pages and previous owner’s inscription, dated 1939, on front free endpaper. Near fine condition. Original very good dust jacket is also included, which are almost always absent for this book. Jacket has some creasing, light soiling, and small amount of paper loss, mostly on backstrip. Book and jacket are housed in a custom quarter-leather red clamshell case. Sold for $18,750.

Exceedingly Rare First Printing Dusjacket of ”The Great Gatsby” — Much More Rare Than the Legendary Novel It Houses

Rare first edition, first printing of one of the most desired books in the history of literature, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s ”The Great Gatsby,” published by Charles Scribner’s Sons: New York: 1925, with the nearly impossible to find first printing dustjacket. Every point is present: 1925 is printed on title page; Charles Scribner’s Sons logo appears on the copyright page with no subsequent printing statements; ”chatter” appears on page 60; ”northern” appears on page 119; ”it’s” is printed on line 16 of page 165; ”sick in tired” is found on page 205; ”Union Street station” is mistyped on line 7-8 of page 211. Bound in dark green cloth boards with title and author’s name blind-stamped to front board and gilt lettering to spine. Francis Cugat’s scarce original unrestored first printing dustjacket has the lowercase ”j” in ”jay Gatsby” on the back panel hand-corrected in ink.  Sold for $50,000.

Ernest Hemingway Signed First Limited Edition of ”A Farewell to Arms” — Scarce in Original Slipcase

Ernest Hemingway signed limited first edition of his post-WWI classic, ”A Farewell to Arms”, housed in its original limited edition slipcase, with numbers matching. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1929. Published on 27 September 1929 in a limited edition of 510 numbered copies, this being #214, signed boldly ”Ernest Hemingway” in black fountain pen. In matching slipcase with Charles Scribner’s Sons plate, again listing the limited edition as #214. Measures 6.5” x 9.5”. Some chipping to seams of slipcase, overall in very good condition. Chipping to spine label, otherwise book is near fine. Sold for $10,313.

Hammett’s “The Thin Man” Inscribed 1st Edition

Scarce signed and inscribed copy of “The Thin Man” by Dashiell Hammett. New York: Alfred A. Knopf: 1934. First edition, first printing with red variant dust jacket with front flap reviews. Boldly inscribed, “For Dan and Peggy / with my best regards / Dashiell Hammett / New York / Sept. 23, 1934.” A rare copy of Hammett’s hardboiled detective novel which became the basis for the successful film series starring William Powell and Myrna Loy. Minor fading and soiling to decorative green cloth boards (oxidation of green dye that was used in first edition printings has resulted in light green cloth boards). Moderate wear to unclipped dust jacket. Overall, very good condition. Sold for $9,600.

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