Harris: Hannibal tetrology. All 4 signed, 1/1, w/Bonus Only Set On The Web! Plus collectible Lecter figurine! Start Price USD 2,999.00 Current Price USD 2,999.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Wednesday, July 16, 2008 End Time Wednesday, July 23, 2008 Location Fresh Meadows, NY See more about 'Harris: Hannibal tetrology. All 4 signed, 1/1, w/Bonus' Description   Thomas Harris’ Hannibal Lecter tetrology: Red Dragon, Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal, & Hannibal Rising.   A Complete Set of all 4 books, each one a signed, first edition/first printing! Very Special!  This is the only complete 4-volume Hannibal tetrology available on the web! Of living writers, Harris' signature is among the more elusive.   Extra bonus: the set also comes with a sealed, collectible 7” tall Hannibal Lecter action figure, depicting Lecter’s jail cell escape scene from Silence of the Lambs!     First editions/first printings of all four Hannibal Lector novels, each signed by Thomas Harris on the half title page:   Red Dragon. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1981.  1/1.  Octavo, original half black cloth, original dust jacket. The Silence of the Lambs. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1988.  1/1.  Octavo, original half burgundy cloth, original dust jacket.   Full descending number line 10 – 1. Hannibal.  New York: Delacorte, 1999.  1/1.  Octavo, original red and black paper boards, marbled endpapers, original dust jacket.  Full descending number line 10 – 1. Hannibal Rising.  New York: Delacorte, 2006.  1/1.  Octavo, orange and black boards, original dust jacket.  Full descending number line 10 – 1.   All books come encased in protective mylar covering the dust jackets.   The character of Hannibal Lector is iconic, " … the most important psychopath in fiction since Robert Bloch created Norman Bates in Psycho. Enigmatic, amoral, repulsive, refined, and intellectually superior to his captors, the former psychiatrist emerges as a frightening personality of near-Satanic power who delights in manipulating both the police and criminal colleagues through his preternatural powers of deduction and knowledge of human nature." (Barron 6-159). Stephen King wrote of Red Dragon, the first novel in the series: "The book simply comes at you and comes at you, finally leaving you shaken and sober and afraid on a deeper level than simple 'thrills' alone furnish." Critics and horror aficionados agreed, going so far as to state, "Red Dragon is, quite simply, the most frightening book I have ever read, and surely belongs in the best 100 horror volumes. I'd be tempted to place it in the top ten. It is an intensely visual novel, rich with sound and color and telling use of small detail to make large points. All of its characters are brilliantly portrayed and it is filled with gritty verisimilitude. Read it, shiver at it, remember it - for you will be unable to forget it. It is as real as fiction can be and as frightening." (Jones & Newman, Horror 100 Best Books, 84). The Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal have both received similar acclaim, lauded by critics respectively as "a virtual textbook on the craft of suspense" (Washington Post) and "... the third and most satisfying part of one very long and scary ride through the haunted palace of abnormal psychiatry." (New York Times Book Review). Hannibal Rising was the 4th and final book in the tetrology, written by Harris (2006) and intended as a prequel to the Hannibal trilogy, tracing the origins of young Lector’s descent into madness. All four novels have been adapted into films, with Jonathan Demme's adaptation of The Silence of the Lambs winning five Academy Awards for Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Writing, Best Director, and Best Picture of 1991.   A most scarce and desirable signed 1/1 set.        Condition notes:        Red Dragon: Light browning along the outer page edges; does not affect top or bottom edges, or inside.  Slightest soiling to edges of dust jacket.          All other books and dust jackets are in fine condition.   Place a Bid!