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Red Dragon First US edition, first printing cover

Red Dragon

Thomas Harris · G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1981 · First US edition, first printing

Market value · Unsigned, near fine
$57

Valued from 25 recorded sales in the last 12 months.

What a copy is worth

ConditionUnsignedSignedInscribedBookplate
Fine$66$690$621$414
Near fine$57$725$725$360
Very good$50$616$616$306
Good$42$432$389$259
Fair$35$360$324$216

How to identify this edition

These points tell this edition apart from other printings and editions of Red Dragon.

✓ Frontispiece: William Blake's "The Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed with the Sun" facing the title page.

✓ Copyright page: "Copyright © 1981 by Thomas Harris", the frontispiece credit ("courtesy of The Brooklyn Museum, gift of William Augustus White"), the Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data block with ISBN 0-399-12442-X, then "Printed in the United States of America", with no printing statement.

✓ Binding: quarter black cloth over grey paper boards, PUTNAM at the foot of the spine.

✓ Price: $13.95 at the top of the front flap, above ISBN 0-399-12442-X.

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