London: Oxford University Press, 1960. Reprint. Hardcover. Inscription: "Oliver, with all good wishes." A comprehensive guide to clinical neurology which begins by explaining the anatomical and physiological basis of symptoms and signs, and what they mean as indications of disease. Posthumously designed book plate by a friend of Oliver’s, incorporating.....
Price: $75.00
New York: Knopf, July 1976. First edition. Hardcover. Fifty-one B&W photos from 1900-1921: some ads and still lifes; many portraits including Edward VII, Nijinsky, Ruth St. Denis, Anna Pavlova, Gloria Swanson, Charles Chaplin. Adolphe de Meyer was the leading fashion photographer of the 1920's. Tight, bright and unmarred. DJ show.....
Price: $65.00
New York: Illuminating Engineering Society of North America, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. To Oliver, whose amazing writings helped shaped this book... Series of related but independent treatises on architectural lighting and theatrical lighting design, for design professionals and the interested layperson. 138 pages, color photographs and b/w line drawings. The.....
Price: $150.00
Rockland, ME: Farnsworth Art Museum // Wyeth Center, 2009. First Printing. Original Wraps. Text by Robert Rosenblum, Joyce Hill Stoner (Guest Curator), Margaret Rose Vendryes, and Christine Daulton. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Printed paper wraps. 4to. 104pp. Illus. (color and b/w plates).
Price: $65.00
London: St. Martin's Press, 1982. First American Edition. Hardcover. Tight, bright and unmarred. DJ shows very minimal shelf wear, small crease at rear, else bright and clean. Black textured paper boards, gilt lettering. 4to. 240 pp. Illus. (color and b/w plates). Gazetteer. Glossary. Index.
Price: $27.00
New York: Perseus Books, Basic Books, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. With warm regards--Louis Berger. From the library of Dr. Oliver Sacks, the renowned neurologist, author, and educator. He was, in his life, celebrated for his contributions to the understanding of the human brain and his ability to communicate complex scientific.....
Price: $75.00
New York: Lynn Publishing Co., 1935. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Due to the design, overall construction quality and the fact that most were read to death by small hands, these volumes are seldom found in especially good condition. Overall, a very handsome copy. Light shelf/edge wear, light toning at text.....
Price: $45.00
Germany [Berlin?]: c.1972. Limited Edition. "Uwe Bremer, born 1940, is one of the most prominent German graphic artists due to his fantastical compositions combined with fine-nerved ruling symbolically acting geometric body and surface relationships on mostly bright ground. In his work, elements of old star and sky maps, symbioses of.....
Price: $350.00
Edinburgh: Thomas Constable and Co., 1855. First Edition. Cloth. 2 volume set describing the eventful life of Sir. Isaac Newton. Includes the bookplate of Swansea Training College on fep; autography of Moses Newton on ffep. Swansea Training College formed part of the West Glamorgan Institute of Higher Education (now Swansea.....
Price: $150.00
London: Printed by the Assigns of Richard and Edward Atkins for William Battersby & Thomas Basset, 1689. Second Edition. Hardcover. A very handsome copy of this scarce legal classic. Light shelf/edge wear, tips through, closed splits at hinges, chipping at head, chipping at spine label, light rubbing at spine, ownership.....
Price: $1,500.00
Lincoln, NE: iUniverse, Inc., 2007. First Edition. Wraps. From the Collection of Jenny Lens, with photographs by Jenny Lens. Like new, light shelfwear, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Glossy color paper wrappers. 8vo, 541pp. illus (b/w, index).
Price: $100.00
Paris: Leboucher & Lamy, 1781-1784. [First Edition]. Full Calf. Translation to English: Dictionary of Physics. UNIVERSITY OF S. MARIA PORTUS S'ALUTlS, ex libris stamp on title, v.1. Volume 2 bound with (in English) WITH OBSERVATIONS ON NEW AEROSTATIC DISCOVERIES AND ON THE PROBABILITY OF BEING ABLE TO DIRECT BALLOONS]. [COMPLETE.....
Price: $2,000.00
London: British Museum, 1928; 1950. First Edition/Reprint (revision). Boards; Wraps. Signed by Oliver Sacks on front covers. Guide contains autographs and manuscripts in the manuscript saloon, with twenty plates; Rosetta contains text and images of inscriptions in Egyptian and Greek. From the library of Dr. Oliver Sacks, the renowned neurologist.....
Price: $50.00
New York: SelectBooks, 2013. First Edition/Uncorrected proof. Wraps. From the Collection of Jenny Lens, with photographs by Jenny Lens and inscribed by author: "Thanks for contributing the amazing photo and for being a fan." Wrappers lightly worn with some light shelfwear to the extremities present, else tight, bright, and unmarred.....
Price: $100.00
London: Methuen Drama, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscription on half-title: "for my very dear Oliver with whom many threads are happily woven and weaving in the Bouffes whose walls know you so well as the man who..."--from the author. Peter Brook wrote and directed a play based on Oliver's "The.....
Price: $65.00
New York: John Lane Co, 1915. First Trade Edition. Hardcover. Light shelf/edge wear, light toning to spine, moderate rubbing to spine label, gift inscription at ffep, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Black cloth spine, printed paper labels at spine and front board, frontispiece, tissueguard. 12mo. 168pp. Illus. (b/w plate).
Price: $125.00
Chicago, IL: The David Company, [1989]. First Edition. Original Wraps. This copy has embossed seal of Lawrence Clark Powell Library on title page and inscribed: "For Lewis Turco, Sincerely, Gwendolyn Brooks, July 19, 1989." Tight, bright, and unmarred in original orange wraps with gilt lettering. Staplebound, 8 vo, 31 pages.....
Price: $50.00
Chicago, IL: The David Company, 1987. Second Printing. Original Wraps. This copy has embossed seal of Lawrence Clark Powell Library on title page. Tight, bright, and unmarred in original brown wraps. Staplebound, 8 vo, 31 pages.
Price: $25.00
Chicago, IL: The David Company, 1988. First Edition. Original Wraps. This copy has embossed seal of Lawrence Clark Powell Library on title page. Tight, bright, and unmarred in original olive green wraps with gilt lettering. Staplebound, 8 vo, 23 pages. First printing.
Price: $50.00
Bisbee, AZ: Pequeno Press, 1994. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Signed by author and illustrator. “A parody of all TV pitchmen about a product that cures absolutely everything (Bradbury 512). Tight, bright, and unmarred. Tan patterned paper boards, title on mirror mylar insert on cover. 65x68mm. 39pp. Illus. (color plates). Numbered limited.....
Price: $75.00
Paris: Daniel Conte, 1978. First Edition. Original Wraps. A slightly different take on Pied Piper, Jack and the Beanstalk; Hansel and Gretel; Rumplestiltskin; and three iterations of Little Red Riding Hood. Light shelf/edge wear, light even rubbing to wrappers (typical of issue), else tight, bright, and unmarred. Printed paper wrappers.....
Price: $145.00
London: Charles Knight And Co., 1845. First Edition. Hardcover. Previously owned by Oliver Sacks. From the library of Dr. Oliver Sacks, the renowned neurologist, author, and educator. He was, in his life, celebrated for his contributions to the understanding of the human brain and his ability to communicate complex scientific.....
Price: $200.00
Washington, DC: Smithsonian Press, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Exhibition catalog. A very well crafted monograph focusing on the life and art of the enigmatic and poetic American painter Albert Pinkham Ryder. A pristine copy of this remarkable work. Tight, bright and unmarred. DJ bright and clean. Mustard cloth boards, brown.....
Price: $125.00
New York: American Journal of Surgery, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Entire issue bound. Notable for its opening editorial 'The Growth of Neurosurgery'. This copy bound in cloth with the editorial title lettered at spine. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Blue cloth boards, gilt lettering, original wraps bound in. 268pp. Illus. (b/w.....
Price: $125.00
Boston, MA: Houghton, 1960. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Owner emboss, else tight, bright and unmarred. Glassine DJ shows very minor edgewear. Brown paper boards, gilt lettering and decorative elements, printed on pale pink paper. Small 8vo. 29pp. Illus. (b/w plates).
Price: $25.00