The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat

by Sacks, Oliver

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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London: Folio Society, 2011. First Edition, Thus. Hardcover. Fine. Octavo. 6.5 x 9.5 inches. xiv + 221 pp. Illustrated by Martin O'Neill with reproductions in color. Fine in original colorful pictorial boards and near fine slipcase with a very slight bump. "The brain is the most incredible thing in the universe." - Oliver Sacks.
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The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat: And Other Clinical Tales

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The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat : And Other Clinical Tales

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New York: Summit Books, 1985. First Edition. Very Good/Very Good. First edition, first printing. Signed by Oliver Sacks on the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's pale green paper-covered boards over red spine cloth lettered in gilt. Very Good with light dulling to gilt, light soiling, several light marginal check marks penciled throughout, pages toned. In a Very… Read more about this item
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The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (Picador)

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The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat: And Other Clinical Tales

The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat: And Other Clinical Tales

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The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat : And Other Clinical Tales

The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat : And Other Clinical Tales

by Oliver Sacks

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Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat

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