Prelude to Dune a Trilogy: Dune: House Atreides, Dune: House Harkonnen and Dune: House Corrino

Author: Brian Patrick Herbert (1947- ) and Kevin James Anderson signed by both authors Year: 1999-2001Publisher: Bantam Books and Tor BooksPlace: New York, Toronto, London, Sydney, AucklandDescription: 3 volumes. House Atreides: xvi+604 pages with maps. House Harkonnen: xiv+626 pages with maps and genealogical chart. House Corrino: xiv+590 pages with maps and genealogical chart. Royal octavos (9 1/2" x 6 1/4") bound in original publisher's cloth with gilt lettering to spine in original pictorial jackets. Signed on title page by both authors with book mark promoting The Winds of Dune signed by both authors laid in. Dune: House Corrino signed to title and book plate of Brian Patrick Herbert  and signed laid in First editions. The Prelude to Dune series begins four decades before the events of Dune, with an eager Crown Prince Shaddam plotting to succeed his aging father Elrood IX, young House Atreides heir Leto becoming close with the ruling family of the important technology world Ix, a