Description
The true first edition, first issue of Dreams From My Father by President 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). Ownership notation on front free endpaper, red dot along top of text block. In publisher’s first state dust jacket, with $23.00 on front flap, in near fine condition, rubbing to top right corner, touch of 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.
