By 2000, the year that Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire  was published, J.K. Rowling’s series about the boy-wizard Harry Potter was already a major global success. Children and adults alike were eagerly expecting each new instalment, clamouring to buy any first edition they could get their hands on. Luckily, we have also acquired a first edition hardback of The Goblet of Fire , published in 2000 by Bloomsbury, Rowling’s UK publisher. Not only that, but this is a signed first edition with a...

Children of Dune  is the third book in the Dune series, after Dune  (which the 2021 and 2024 film adaptations are based on) and Dune Messiah . It is described as ‘combin[ing] the threads of ecology and adventure developed in Dune  with the theme of political intrigue from Dune Messiah .’ It is an exciting conclusion for any sci-fi and Dune  fan. Children of Dune  was published in 1976, seven years after Dune Messiah , and the edition that we are selling in our shop is a first edition, 2 nd...

Following on from the phenomenal science-fiction landmark that was Dune , Frank Herbert released the second book in the series, Dune Messiah , four years later, in 1969. The copy of Dune Messiah  that we are selling in the shop is a first edition, 2 nd  impression published in 1969 by G.P. Putnam’s Sons in America. Dune Messiah  originally appeared in a shorter version in Galaxy Magazine from July to September of the same year, before it was released as a novel. Our edition is a hardback copy...