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Migraine
by Sacks, Oliver
- Used
- Signed
- Condition
- Printed wrappers, fine
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1992. Revised edition (originally published in 1970). 338 pp. Printed wrappers, fine. Revised edition (originally published in 1970). 338 pp. Inscribed to his editor. Inscribed to Jim Silberman, "with affection and respect" in the year of publication. Silberman was Sacks' publisher and editor at Summit Books, who guided a few of Sacks' key titles to print, most influentially The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, which became a bestseller and made Sacks a household name. Sacks called Silberman "an important influence in my life [who] can spot the heart of the piece quicker than anyone else. He always gets a bullseye." (Web of Stories: Oliver Sacks, 2012).
Synopsis
Oliver Sacks is the author of Awakenings , The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat , and many other books, for which he has received numerous awards, including the Hawthornden Prize, a Polk Award, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and lives in New York City, where he is a practicing neurologist. He recently accepted a new position at Columbia University.
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- Bookseller
- James Cummins Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 367898
- Title
- Migraine
- Author
- Sacks, Oliver
- Format/Binding
- 338 pp
- Book Condition
- Used - Printed wrappers, fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Revised edition (originally published in 1970)
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Place of Publication
- Berkeley
- Date Published
- 1992
- Keywords
- American
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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