The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
by Sacks, Oliver
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
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About This Item
London, England: The Folio Society, 2011. Cloth. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. O'Neill, Martin. xiv, [2], 221pp. Nine indexed, full-page plates including frontis. Grey endpapers. Illustrated cloth w fine black lettering to spine. No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and sound. Octavo. Dark blue slipcase is clean and without wear, structurally sound.
Synopsis
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales is a 1985 book by neurologist Oliver Sacks describing the case histories of some of his patients. The title of the book comes from the case study of a man with visual agnosia. The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat became the basis of an opera of the same name by Michael Nyman, which premiered in 1986.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Post Horizon Booksellers (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 048507
- Title
- The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
- Author
- Sacks, Oliver
- Illustrator
- O'Neill, Martin
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Folio Society
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- Date Published
- 2011
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Sacks, Oliver, 1933-2015 NOISBN Neurology -- Anecdotes. History of Medicine Neurology, Medical
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History / Popular Science;
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About the Seller
Post Horizon Booksellers
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Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
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- Cloth
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- Octavo
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- Fine
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- Spine
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- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...