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New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1981. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. BOOK FINE/JACKET FINE. 8vo - over 7¾"" - 9¾"" tall. Signed by Author. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON a special, decorative booklate attached to the half title page. AN EXTREMELY CLEAN, ATTRACTIVE COPY WITH A BRIGHT, BEAUTIFUL DUSTJACKET IN NEW, GLOSSY BRODART. 1ST PRINTING. NOT A REMAINDER. NOT PRICE CLIPPED -- $13.95 still on the dustjacket flap. NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKINGS. Author's second novel. HANDSOME, COLLECTIBLE COPY.

Red Dragon is a novel by American author Thomas Harris, first published in 1981. It is the first novel to feature the character of Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist and cannibalistic serial killer. The story follows former FBI profiler Will Graham, who comes out of retirement to hunt a serial killer known as the Tooth Fairy. The book is a prequel to Harris's 1988 novel 'The Silence of the Lambs'.

One way to identify a first edition of 'Red Dragon' is by locating a copy that matches the first edition's ISBN, publisher, and date, and has no mention of subsequent printings or editions.