Awakenings.

£650 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

Inscribed by the author First edition, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to recipients not further identified, 'To Julie Julian, with best regards Oliver'. Dr Oliver Sacks' Awakenings is the story of his use of the drug L-DOPA to treat victims of encephalitis lethargica epidemic of the 1920s, virtually bringing them back to life from a catatonic state. The book was adapted into an Oscar-nominated film of the same title in 1990 starring Robin Williams and Robert De Niro. First edition, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper; 8vo; black and white photographic frontispiece, some occasional very light spotting; publisher's black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, in the original black dust jacket printed in white, very lightly marked, an excellent copy; xiii, 255pp.

• Binding: Hardcover

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