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Lot 127
Sale 6465 - Printed and Manuscript Americana
Jan 29, 2026
10:00AM ET
Live / Philadelphia
Estimate
$2,000 -
3,000
Lot Description
[Presidential] Obama, Barack. Dreams From My Father
New York: Times Book, (1995). First edition, first printing. Inscribed by Obama on title-page: "Dream big dreams!". 8vo. Original black cloth over faux parchment paper-covered boards; in publisher's unclipped pictorial dust-jacket.
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.
Lot includes a printed invitation to the White House Easter Egg Roll, dated April 25, 2011.
This lot is located in Philadelphia.


