Dune: The Memorial Edition (The Masterpieces of Science Fiction)

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1987. Full-Leather. Fine/No Jacket. 9x6x1. Publisher's Collector's Notes insert laid in. An exceptional copy - sharp corners, binding square and tight, text clean and unmarked. 1987 Full-Leather. 517 pp. Original red full leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, ribbon marker bound in. Color plates by John Schoenherr. "Science Fiction's supreme masterpiece, Dune will be forever considered a triumph of the imagination. Set on the desert planet Arrakis, it is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, who will become the mysterious man known as Muad'Dib. Paul's noble family is named stewards of Arrakis, whose sands are the only source of a powerful drug called "the spice." After his family is brought down in a traitorous plot, Paul must go undercover to seek revenge, and to bring to fruition humankind's most ancient and unattainable dream. A stunning blend of adventure and mysticism, environmentalism and politics, Dune won the first Nebula Award, shared the Hugo Award, and formed the basis of what is undoubtedly the grandest epic in Science Fiction. (Inventory #: 2349803)