The Dune Encyclopedia

Overview:

  • Title: The Dune Encyclopedia
  • Author: Willis E. McNelly
  • Year: 1984
  • Publisher: Berkley Books / SFBC
  • Pages: [2]+ix+526
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Non-fiction
  • Title Reference: The Dune Encyclopedia
  • Notes:
    • First SFBC edition (not stated).
    • First printing has gutter code "O46" [verified] on page 525, indicates a November '84 printing date.
    • The artist is not credited, no visible signature. Looks like Vincent Di Fate's work
    • There is an untitled 'introduction' on the first page [1] (precedes the roman numerated pages) by Frank Herbert.
    • OCLC lists only the trade editions; Locus1 doesn't list this either