Uncle Tungsten
by Sacks, Oliver
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Color photographically printed paper-covered boards. Near fine, with closed tear to one of the late acknowledgment pages, in dus
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
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.
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Details
- Bookseller
- James Cummins Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 367901
- Title
- Uncle Tungsten
- Author
- Sacks, Oliver
- Format/Binding
- 337 pp. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Color photographically printed paper-covered boards. Near fine, with closed tear to one of the late acknowledgment pages, in dus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2001
- Keywords
- British | Neurology
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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