{"product_id":"oliver-sacks-awakenings-signed-first-edition-1973-123435","title":"Awakenings.","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"srb-faux-head\"\u003eInscribed by the author\u003c\/h4\u003eFirst edition, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to recipients not further identified, 'To Julie \u0026amp; Julian, with best regards Oliver'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDr 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"SACKS, Dr Oliver","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57147811791223,"sku":"123435","price":650.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4694\/1233\/files\/123435_3cbe601d-bb36-4162-8d38-8663f830fa79.jpg?v=1780558102","url":"https:\/\/shapero.com\/products\/oliver-sacks-awakenings-signed-first-edition-1973-123435","provider":"Shapero Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}