The Island of the Colorblind and Cycad Island
by Sacks, Oliver W
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0679451145
- ISBN 13
- 9780679451143
- Seller
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Lake Huntington, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1997. xv, 298 pp. : 20 illus. and maps (endpapers). Fine in a very good dust jacket. First edition. Subjects: Color blindness--Caroline Islands, Parkinsonism--Guam, Dementia--Guam, Medical anthropology--Oceania. Contents: List of Illustrations; Preface; Book I: The Island of the Colorblind: Island Hopping; Pingelap; Pohnpei; Book II: Cycad Island: Guam; Rota; Notes; Journals; Bibliography; Index. . Cloth. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
Oliver Sacks is a neurologist and author of seven books, including Awakenings, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, and An Anthropologist on Mars. He lives on City Island in New York.
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- Bookseller
- Veery Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000967
- Title
- The Island of the Colorblind and Cycad Island
- Author
- Sacks, Oliver W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0679451145
- ISBN 13
- 9780679451143
- Publisher
- Alfred a Knopf Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1997
- Keywords
- Color blindness-Caroline Islands, Parkinsonism-Guam, Dementia-Guam, Medical anthropology-Oceania.
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