Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood
by Sacks, Oliver
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0676972616
- ISBN 13
- 9780676972610
- Seller
-
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2001. Lightly bumped on head of spine, else near fine. Pages clean and binding firm. DJ very lightly surface rubbed, else near fine.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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
- Lindenlea Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007011
- Title
- Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood
- Author
- Sacks, Oliver
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0676972616
- ISBN 13
- 9780676972610
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2001
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Oliver Sacks, Neurologists - England - Biography
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography and Autobiography;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Lindenlea Books
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Ottawa, Ontario
About Lindenlea Books
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