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"Red Dragon" first edition??
Picked up a copy of Thomas Harris' "Red Dragon" today thinking it was a first,
but now I'm not so sure as I have seen different dust jackets on books all claiming to be firsts. Hope someone with a REAL first can help: Book is by G. P. Putnam Son's and there is no date on the title page. However, the copywrite page does not show any subsequent printing dates or a "first edition" entry or a printing line of any sort. According to one printing guide I have, Putnam's uses several different ways of identifying a first, and the lack of any statement to a later edition (i.e. "second printing," etc.) is one of them. States "copywrite 1981." The jacket has a red background with lettering in white and shows a price of $13.95 on the inside flap. There is a dragon-like figure on the title page which is not in the square box as I have seen on other editions claiming to be firsts. Jacket design is by Lynn Hollyn & jacket illistration by Ron Walotsky. ISBN 039912442x. The boards are grey with a black binding wrapping around about an inch on both sides. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Les |
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"BookEditions" wrote...
Picked up a copy of Thomas Harris' "Red Dragon" today thinking it was a first, but now I'm not so sure as I have seen different dust jackets on books all claiming to be firsts. Hope someone with a REAL first can help: Book is by G. P. Putnam Son's and there is no date on the title page. However, the copywrite page does not show any subsequent printing dates or a "first edition" entry or a printing line of any sort. According to one printing guide I have, Putnam's uses several different ways of identifying a first, and the lack of any statement to a later edition (i.e. "second printing," etc.) is one of them. States "copywrite 1981." The jacket has a red background with lettering in white and shows a price of $13.95 on the inside flap. There is a dragon-like figure on the title page which is not in the square box as I have seen on other editions claiming to be firsts. Jacket design is by Lynn Hollyn & jacket illistration by Ron Walotsky. ISBN 039912442x. The boards are grey with a black binding wrapping around about an inch on both sides. Before about 1985, Putnam first are identified by no statement of later printings on the copyright page, so you seem to be describing the true first, except for this: There is a dragon-like figure on the title page which is not in the square box as I have seen on other editions claiming to be firsts. In the true first, there is a b&w frontispiece--an illustration facing, not on, the title page--of William Blake's "The Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed with the Sun." The other firsts you've seen are probably first printings of the 20th anniversary edition, published by Dutton in 2000. -- Jon Meyers [To reply, lose your way.] |
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In the true first, there is a b&w frontispiece--an illustration facing, not
on, the title page--of William Blake's "The Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed with the Sun." Jon, Thanks for your response. You are absolutely correct about the frontispiece illustration which I had incorrectly referred to as being on the title page. My edition has this frontispiece drawing. I was also able to refer to Richard Russell's "Book Collector's Price Guide" (2003) which fortunately showed a picture of the dust jacket for "Red Dragon," and it matches my jacket. I'm not too sure that Russell's suggested value of $160 is accurate, but since I only paid $8 for the book yesterday, I think I made a pretty good deal. Les |
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