Inscribed to his Editor
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat.
London: Duckworth, 1985.
Price: $4,500.00
About the item
First edition. Illustrated, 233 pp. 8vo. Black cloth, stamped in gilt on spine. Dust jacket sunned on spine and top edges, otherwise fine.
Item #367892
Inscribed "with gratitude and affection" to Jim Silberman, Sacks' publisher and editor at Summit Books, who guided a few of Sacks' key titles to print, most influentially this volume, which became a bestseller and made Sacks a household name. Sacks originally doubted that this collection of short pieces would hold together as a book, but he was encourged by Silberman who "felt there was a sort of unity of tone and feeling" to these pieces. 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).
