Description
The true first edition of Dreams From My Father by Barack Obama.
Octavo, xi, 403pp. White boards, black cloth spine, title in gilt on spine. Stated “First Edition” on copyright page with first state number line (98765432). Free of markings or writing, internally clean. In publisher’s first state dust jacket, with $23.00 on front flap, short closed tear along top edge, notable shelf wear. An attractive example.
As the name recognition of Barack Obama increased, Dreams From My Father was reissued by Crown Publishing in 2004. This is the true first edition, which only sold 8,000 copies then went out of print shortly after it was published in 1995.
