Publisher: ACE # N-3, 1965
Mass Market Paperback in very good condition with light edgewear and some spine creasing. Tightly bound with a bright & unmarked interior, the previous owner's name is written on the front free end paper. First Edition Paperback. Winner of the Hugo and Nebula Award for Sci Fi. Book one In the Dune Series. "The Duke of Atreides has been manoeuvred by his arch enemy, Baron Harkonnen, into administering the desert planet of Dune. Although it is almost completely without water, Dune is a planet of fabulous wealth, for it is the only source of a drug prized throughout the Galactic Empire. The Duke and his son, Paul, are expecting treachery and it duly comes - but from a shockingly unexpected place. Then, when Paul succeeds his father, he becomes a catalyst for the native people of Dune, whose knowledge of the ecology of the planet gives them vast power."
