Awakenings Sacks, Oliver Literature,Science, Medicine & Natural History

First American edition, advanced copy. 339 pp. 8vo. The Publisher's Copy. From the library of Jim Silberman, the publisher and editor at Summit Books, who published a few of Sacks' titles in America, most influentially The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, which became a bestseller and made Sacks a household name. He also republished Awakenings in 1987 with new material. 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). Half red cloth and paper backed boards. Near fine with dust jacket with some shelfwear but very good, with promotional materials laid-in (including press photo of Sacks)