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FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING of "DREAMS FROM MY FATHER" Barack Obama with its Original Dust Jacket
1995 Barack Obama, FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING Book, "Dreams from My Father"(Author BARACK OBAMA), with Original Dust Jacket, Near New.
[POLITICAL]. Book by Author BARACK OBAMA titled, "Dreams from My Father", New York: Times Books, 1995. 8vo. having Original black cloth-backed board covers (spotting to fore-edge); Original Dust Jacket, Near New. A scarce and desirable FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. "Dreams from My Father" was published as Barack Obama was preparing to run for the Illinois Senate and was re-published Nine Years Later when he announced his candidacy for the United States Senate. The book was described as "the best-written memoir ever produced by an American politician" by Time columnist Joe Klein. It had only one original First Printing in its scarce First Edition as is offered here, which helped to launch Obama's political career, all the way to the Presidency of the United States.