Children of Dune
By Frank Herbert
 
First UK edition, first impression: London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1976. Originally published in the US earlier the same year.
 
Octavo. Original beige cloth, spine lettered in gilt. With the original pictorial dust jacket, priced £3.95 net to the lower rear panel.
 
A near-fine copy: The binding is square and firm, the cloth clean and unmarked, with sharp gilt to the spine. Slightest hint of age-toning to the text block edges, as usual, but free from the often-encountered foxing; a touch of softening to spine ends. Internally fresh and unmarked throughout, with no inscriptions or defects.
 
The dust jacket shows some of the usual fading to the spine and the upper portion of the lower panel; the desert illustration below and the upper panel remain comparatively strong. Some very minor edge-creasing to spine ends and one or two very faint spots to verso, but no chips, tears or loss. The price is present and unclipped. A very good example.
 
The concluding volume of Frank Herbert’s original Dune trilogy, completing the sequence that began with Dune (1965) and Dune Messiah (1969). Although less scarce than the first volume, Children of Dune is not easy to find in the original Gollancz jacket in good condition.
 
A very good example indeed of this important science fiction title.