What is the Deal with the Sprayed Edges First Editions of Fourth Wing?

Since its publication, Fourth Wing by Rebeccca Yarros, has set the booktok world a blaze. When the first run of books hit the shelves in April 2023, fans were enthralled by the black sprayed edges decorated with white dragons. Those copies of Fourth Wing are now being sold on PangoBooks between $240 and $600, but are the prices justified?

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First Edition Fourth Wing no sprayed edges? : r/fourthwing

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Used copy of Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros (First Edition Sprayed Edges) by Rebecca Yarros sold on Pangobooks.

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These are addition prints that have the sprayed edges that I’ve done myself. They are usually 4th and 5th prints. They are US edition Hardcovers. If

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