Fifteen hundred years have passed since the 3,500-year reign of the God Emperor Leto II Atreides ended with his assassination humanity is firmly on the Golden Path, Leto's plan to save humanity from destruction. 13 hardcover fiction best seller of 1984 by The New York Times. Heretics of Dune is a 1984 science fiction novel by Frank Herbert, the fifth in his Dune series of six novels. It's also on the front DJ on the flap along with a $16.95 price and the number 8404 on the bottom and the 1984 copyright year. For the first printing ISBN 8-0 which is printed on the copyright page and on the back of the DJ. Heretics of Dune is the 5th book in the series. Royal octavo (9 1/4' x 6') bound in original publisher's quarter gold cloth with gilt lettering to spine over beige boards in original pictorial jacket.

Please see our ABE store for other landmark SciFi listings. ADDITIONAL IMAGES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. One of the important landmark SciFi/Fantasy titles as the fifth book in the Dune series. A clean handsome fine/near fine condition copy of this title with a fantastic signature. The dust jacket is NOT price clipped and has a stated price of $16.95. The stunning original near fine condition dust jacket maintains the strong vibrant colors with a few tiny nicks to the top of the spine, and a bit of smudge to the ?E? in Dune on the front panel, otherwise No edgewear, No rips, No chips, No stains, No rubbing, and No foxing. Boldly Signed by Frank Herbert to the half title page ?Frank Herbert? without an inscription. The internal pages are crisp, clean, bright and flat with no writing, no inscriptions, no stains but slight faint foxing to the outer page block, no handling marks, no age toning, no bent pages, and no internal foxing. The end papers are clean with no inscriptions, no bookplates, and no bookstore stamps. A very solid tight copy in a tight and square binding.

The book has clean boards with sharp corners, and no edgewear. The book is in fine condition with brown quarter cloth and yellow paper boards, and unfaded gilt titles to the spine.

As called for there is no date on the copyright page other than the 1984 date. First Edition, First Printing, Signed Boldly Signed by Frank Herbert to the half title page.

Heretics of dune first edition