DREAMS FROM MY FATHER, FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY PRESIDENT OBAMA

OBAMA, Barack. Dreams from My Father. (New York): Times Books, (1995). Octavo, original half black cloth gilt, original dust jacket. $9000.

First edition of President Obama's first book, his "provocative autobiography," inscribed by him on the half title in the year of publication, "To Gwen—All the best! Barack Obama 8/12/95."

"All men live in the shadow of their fathers—the more distant the father, the deeper the shadow. Barack Obama describes his confrontation with this shadow in his provocative autobiography… and he also persuasively describes the phenomenon of belonging to two different worlds, and thus belonging to neither… At a young age and without much experience as a writer, Barack Obama has bravely tackled the complexities of his remarkable upbringing" (Paul Watkins, New York Times, contemporary review). Stated first edition.

Dust jacket with one small mark to top of spine, a bit of faint soiling to rear panel. A very nearly fine copy.