Dune. Introduction by Michael Dirda. Afterword by Brian Herbert. London: Folio Society, 2015. First Edition Thus. Pictorial silver buckram, title lettered in blue and black, endpaper maps. A fine bright copy in publisher’s pictorial slipcase.

A lavishly produced collector’s volume that celebrates the 50th anniversary of this seminal science fiction novel. Illustrated with a coloured frontispiece, eleven coloured plates & several monochrome decorations in the text by Sam Webber.

Michael Dirda, a Pulitzer Prize-winning literary critic, provides a fresh introduction exclusive to this edition. Brian Herbert, Frank Herbert’s son and a science fiction author himself, offers a personal and reflective afterword. He shares insights into his father’s creative process, the cultural impact of Dune, and the legacy it has built over decades.

An ideal gift edition of Herbert’s iconic science fiction novel first published in 1965.