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First Edition, First Printing. Signed by Harris on the on the title page. Fine in a fine dustjacket. In Red Dragon, Harris introduces Hannibal Lecter, one of literature's most memorable villains of the 21st century. Hannibal Lector aka 'Hannibal the Cannibal' Lector would go on to fame as one of Hollywood's great move villains in the film version of this book's sequel, The Silence of the Labs. A fine copy of this classic thriller!

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.