Frank Herbert "The Dune Chronicles" 6 Volume Signed Limited Edition Complete Matching Set No. 182 of 500

The Dune Chronicles by Centipede Press. The pinnacle of fine press publishing, requiring over four years to complete. Its rarity and desirability stem from extremely limited print runs, unmatched production quality, and the rising global prestige of the franchise .

Complete Matching Six Volume Signed Limited Edition Set. Numbers 182 of 500.

Centipede Press (2021-2026) Frank Herbert. "The Dune Chronicles" Signed Limited Edition of 500. Complete matching numbers set. Features exacting craftsmanship. Each oversized volume (7¼ × 11 inches) features top-tier Mohawk Superfine paper, high-end cloth bindings, and custom-designed capped slipcases with inlaid acrylic or foil stamping. Includes an extra capped slipcase for "Dune Messiah".

Centipede Press newsletter from 2024:

"Each copy of Children of Dune will also ship with a replacement slipcase cap for the previous book, Dune Messiah, which had mis-aligned type and rules."

Unique Illustrators: Unlike standard editions, every book is illustrated by a different artist (such as Mark Molnar), offering completely unique, full-color plates, tipped-in character portraits, and fold-out maps.

Bonus Content: Every volume includes extensive supplementary material, including author interviews, archival artwork from previous editions, and afterwords by contributors like Brian Herbert.

Why It's Rare

Extremely Limited Numbers: The entire set was strictly limited to just 500 signed-and-numbered copies worldwide.

Matching Number Rights: To complete the whole 6-book epic saga, buyers had to secure book one and maintain their subscription over the years. Because many collectors dropped out or started too late, acquiring a complete, matching-numbered set is incredibly difficult.

Six-Volume Complete Matching Numbers Set

1. "Dune" Signed Limited Edition No. 182 of 500 [Very Fine/Very Fine with Near Fine+ slipcase with minor scuffing in a couple of spots]

2. "Dune Messiah" Signed Limited Edition No. 182 of 500 [Very Fine/Very Fine with Near Fine+ slipcase with minor scuffing in a couple of spots]

3. "Children of Dune" Signed Limited Edition No. 182 of 500 [Sealed]

4. "God Emperor of Dune" Signed Limited Edition No. 182 of 500 [Sealed]

5. "Heretics of Dune" Signed Limited Edition No. 182 of 500 [Sealed]

6. "Chapterhouse: Dune" Signed Limited Edition No. 182 of 500 [Sealed]

Dune (November 2021)

• Facsimile Signature by Author Frank Herbert
• Signed by Illustrator, Mark Molnar
• Signed by Author, Michael Swanwick
• Signed by Author, Brian Herbert
• A Matching Numbered Copy of 500 Copies Worldwide

Frank Herbert’s classic masterpiece—a triumph of the imagination and one of the bestselling science fiction novels of all time.

Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of Paul Atreides—who would become known as Muad'Dib—and of a great family's ambition to bring to fruition mankind'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.

From the publisher:

Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, heir to a noble family tasked with ruling an inhospitable world where the only thing of value is the “spice” melange, a drug capable of extending life and enhancing consciousness. Coveted across the known universe, melange is a prize worth killing for…
When House Atreides is betrayed, the destruction of Paul’s family will set the boy on a journey toward a destiny greater than he could ever have imagined. And as he evolves into the mysterious man known as Muad’Dib, he will 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.

This edition of Dune features a new introduction by Michael Swanwick, over a dozen new color illustrations by Mark Molnar, along with a new foldout map, a gallery of character portraits, illustrated endpapers, Mylar-wrapped double-sided dustjacket, Nabuka Prestige cloth (unsigned copies are bound in an elegant Japanese black cloth), ribbon marker, top-edge stain, head and tail bands, and an inset image on the front board, all of it enclosed in a custom capped slipcase.

• Signed by Brian Herbert, Michael Swanwick, and Mark Molnar, with a family approved facsimile signature by Frank Herbert.
• 500 signed copies
• Fully cloth bound, with dustjacket, spine stamping, and inset image on front board.
• Over a dozen interior full color illustrations by Mark Molnar.
• Printed on Mohawk Superfine.
• Printed endpapers.
• Capped, stamped slipcase.
• Folded map.
• Published November 2021.
• ISBN 978-1-61347-262-0.
• Book size 7¼ × 11 inches.
• Number of pages: 696.

Dune Messiah (February 2023)

• Facsimile Signature by Author Frank Herbert
• Signed by Illustrator Marc Simonetti
• Signed by Author, Gregory Benford
• Signed by Artist, John Schoenherr (facsimile signature)
• A Matching Numbered Copy of 500 Copies Worldwide

Book Two in the Magnificent Dune Chronicles—the Bestselling Science Fiction Adventure of All Time

Dune Messiah continues the story of Paul Atreides, better known—and feared—as the man christened Muad’Dib. As Emperor of the known universe, he possesses more power than a single man was ever meant to wield. Worshipped as a religious icon by the fanatical Fremen, Paul faces the enmity of the political houses he displaced when he assumed the throne—and a conspiracy conducted within his own sphere of influence.

And even as House Atreides begins to crumble around him from the machinations of his enemies, the true threat to Paul comes to his lover, Chani, and the unborn heir to his family’s dynasty...

Children of Dune (April 2024)

• Facsimile Signature by Author Frank Herbert
• Signed by Author David Wingrove
• Signed by Illustrator Paolo Puggioni
• A Matching Numbered Copy of 500 Copies Worldwide

Book Three in the Magnificent Dune Chronicles—the Bestselling Science Fiction Adventure of All Time

The Children of Dune are twin siblings Leto and Ghanima Atreides, whose father, the Emperor Paul Muad’Dib, disappeared in the desert wastelands of Arrakis nine years ago. Like their father, the twins possess supernormal abilities—making them valuable to their manipulative aunt Alia, who rules the Empire in the name of House Atreides.

Facing treason and rebellion on two fronts, Alia’s rule is not absolute. The displaced House Corrino is plotting to regain the throne while the fanatical Fremen are being provoked into open revolt by the enigmatic figure known only as The Preacher. Alia believes that by obtaining the secrets of the twins’ prophetic visions, she can maintain control over her dynasty.

But Leto and Ghanima have their own plans for their visions—and their destinies....

God Emperor of Dune (May 2025)

• Facsimile Signature by Author Frank Herbert
• Signed by Author David Brin
• Signed by Illustrator, Eduardo Pena
• A Matching Numbered Copy of 500 Copies Worldwide

Book Four in the Magnificent Dune Chronicles—the Bestselling Science Fiction Adventure of All Time

Millennia have passed on Arrakis, and the once-desert planet is green with life. Leto Atreides, the son of the world’s savior, the Emperor Paul Muad’Dib, is still alive but far from human. To preserve humanity’s future, he sacrificed his own by merging with a sandworm, granting him near immortality as God Emperor of Dune for the past thirty-five hundred years.

Leto’s rule is not a benevolent one. His transformation has made not only his appearance but his morality inhuman. A rebellion, led by Siona, a member of the Atreides family, has risen to oppose the despot’s rule. But Siona is unaware that Leto’s vision of a Golden Path for humanity requires her to fulfill a destiny she never wanted—or could possibly conceive....

Heretics of Dune (2025)

• Facsimile Signature by Author Frank Herbert
• Signed by Author Nancy Kress
• Signed by Illustrator Chris McGrath
• A Matching Numbered Copy of 500 Copies Worldwide

Book Five in the Magnificent Dune Chronicles—the Bestselling Science Fiction Adventure of All Time

Leto Atreides, the God Emperor of Dune, is dead. In the fifteen hundred years since his passing, the Empire has fallen into ruin. The great Scattering saw millions abandon the crumbling civilization and spread out beyond the reaches of known space. The planet Arrakis—now called Rakis—has reverted to its desert climate, and its great sandworms are dying.

Now the Lost Ones are returning home in pursuit of power. And as these factions vie for control over the remnants of the Empire, a girl named Sheeana rises to prominence in the wastelands of Rakis, sending religious fervor throughout the galaxy. For she possesses the abilities of the Fremen sandriders—fulfilling a prophecy foretold by the late God Emperor....

Chapterhouse: Dune (2026)

Frank Herbert's Final Novel in the Magnificent Dune Chronicles—the Bestselling Science Fiction Adventure of All Time

The desert planet Arrakis, called Dune, has been destroyed. The remnants of the Old Empire have been consumed by the violent matriarchal cult known as the Honored Matres. Only one faction remains a viable threat to their total conquest—the Bene Gesserit, heirs to Dune’s power.

Under the leadership of Mother Superior Darwi Odrade, the Bene Gesserit have colonized a green world on the planet Chapterhouse and are turning it into a desert, mile by scorched mile. And once they’ve mastered breeding sandworms, the Sisterhood will control the production of the greatest commodity in the known galaxy—the spice melange. But their true weapon remains a man who has lived countless lifetimes—a man who served under the God Emperor Paul Muad’Dib....

• Facsimile Signature by Author Frank Herbert, the introduction author, Norman Spinrad, and the illustrator, Giam Ponalupi.
• A Matching Numbered Copy of 500 Copies Worldwide

Frank Herbert

Franklin Patrick Herbert Jr. (October 8, 1920 – February 11, 1986) was an American science-fiction author, best known for his 1965 novel Dune and five sequels to it. He also wrote short stories and worked as a newspaper journalist, photographer, book reviewer, ecological consultant, and lecturer.

Dune is one of the best-selling science fiction novels of all time,[7] and the series is a classic of the science-fiction genre. The series has been adapted numerous times, including the feature film David Lynch's Dune (1984), the miniseries Frank Herbert's Dune (2000) and Children of Dune (2003), and a motion picture trilogy currently in production, with Denis Villeneuve's Dune (2021) and Dune: Part Two (2024) having been released.

Frank Herbert author of the Dune Chronicles—the Bestselling Science Fiction Adventure of All Time

Frank Herbert (1920–1986) created the most beloved novel in the annals of science fiction, Dune. He was a man of many facets, of countless passageways that ran through an intricate mind. His magnum opus is a reflection of this, a classic work that stands as one of the most complex, multi-layered novels ever written in any genre. Today the novel is more popular than ever, with new readers continually discovering it and telling their friends to pick up a copy. It has been translated into dozens of languages and has sold almost 20 million copies.

As a child growing up in Washington state, Frank Herbert was curious about everything. He carried around a Boy Scout pack with books in it, and he was always reading. He loved Rover Boys adventures, as well as the stories of H.G. Wells, Jules Verne, and the science fiction of Edgar Rice Burroughs. On his eighth birthday, Frank stood on top of the breakfast table at his family home and announced, ”I wanna be a author.”

His maternal grandfather, John McCarthy, said of the boy, “It’s frightening. A kid that small shouldn’t be so smart.” Young Frank was not unlike Alia in Dune, a person having adult comprehension in a child’s body. In grade school he was the acknowledged authority on everything. If his classmates wanted to know the answer to something, such as about sexual functions or how to make a carbide cannon, they would invariably say, “Let’s ask Herbert. He’ll know.”

His curiosity and independent spirit got him into trouble more than once when he was growing up, and caused him difficulties as an adult as well. He did not graduate from college because he refused to take the required courses for a major; he only wanted to study what interested him. For years he had a hard time making a living, bouncing from job to job and from town to town. He was so independent that he refused to write for a particular market; he wrote what he felt like writing. It took him six years of research and writing to complete Dune, and after all that struggle and sacrifice, 23 publishers rejected it in book form before it was finally accepted. He received an advance of only $7,500.

His loving wife of 37 years, Beverly, was the breadwinner much of the time, as an underpaid advertising writer for department stores. Having been divorced from his first wife, Flora Parkinson, Frank Herbert met Beverly Stuart at a University of Washington creative writing class in 1946. At the time they were the only students in the class who had sold their work for publication. Frank had sold two pulp adventure stories to magazines, one to Esquire and the other to Doc Savage. Beverly had sold a story to Modern Romance magazine. These genres reflected the interests of the two young lovers; he the adventurer, the strong, machismo man, and she the romantic, exceedingly feminine and soft-spoken.

Their marriage would produce two sons, Brian, born in 1947, and Bruce, born in 1951. Frank also had a daughter, Penny, born in 1942 from his first marriage. For more than two decades Frank and Beverly would struggle to make ends meet, and there were many hard times. In order to pay the bills and to allow her husband the freedom he needed in order to create, Beverly gave up her own creative writing career in order to support his. They were in fact a writing team, as he discussed every aspect of his stories with her, and she edited his work. Theirs was a remarkable, though tragic, love story—which Brian would poignantly describe one day in Dreamer of Dune. After Beverly passed away, Frank married Theresa Shackelford.

In all, Frank Herbert wrote nearly 30 popular books and collections of short stories, including six novels set in the Dune universe: Dune, Dune Messiah, Children of Dune, God Emperor of Dune, Heretics of Dune, and Chapterhouse: Dune. All were international bestsellers, as were a number of his other science fiction novels, including The White Plague and The Dosadi Experiment.

His major novels included The Dragon in the Sea, Soul Catcher (his only non-science fiction novel), Destination: Void, The Santaroga Barrier, The Green Brain, Hellstrom’s Hive, Whipping Star, The Eyes of Heisenberg, The Godmakers, Direct Descent, and The Heaven Makers. He also collaborated with Bill Ransom to write The Jesus Incident, The Lazarus Effect, and The Ascension Factor. Frank Herbert’s last published novel, Man of Two Worlds, was a collaboration with his son, Brian.

Centipede Press

Centipede Press is an American independent book and periodical publisher focusing on horror, weird tales, crime narratives, science fiction, gothic novels, fantasy art, and studies of literature, music and film. Its earliest imprints were Cocytus Press and Millipede Press.

Here is a breakdown of what makes Centipede Press unique:

High-End Bookmaking: Each release features exceptional paper quality, durable cloth bindings, ribbon markers, and specially designed slipcases. Many editions feature multiple full-page illustrations by acclaimed artists.

Specialized Series: They are famous for their Masters of the Weird Tale series, Library of Weird Fiction, and Studies in the Horror Film collections. These books frequently serve as definitive collections for authors whose work was previously hard to find or scattered across pulp magazines.

Notable Authors: The press has published premium editions of works by Stephen King, H.P. Lovecraft, Frank Herbert, Thomas Ligotti, and Ramsey Campbell.

Secondary Market Value: Due to small print runs (often limited to only a few hundred signed copies), their books frequently appreciate significantly in value on the secondary market.