The patch at https://bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi?id=7091 seemed to do the trick. I've attached a patched package if others would like to confirm.
** Attachment added: "Patched package based on latest Dapper libpoppler" http://librarian.launchpad.net/5053159/libpoppler1_0.5.1-0ubuntu7-with-patch-for-LP-bug-50697_i386.deb -- Evince crashes upon attempting to select text, for certain PDF(s) https://launchpad.net/bugs/50697 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs