New York: Simon & Schuster, (1975.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Historical novel set in post-Renaissance Italy and centered on a young surgeon Gasparo Tagliacozzi, who 'dreams of repairing the defects of birth and the ravages of accident and war.' The author is himself a plastic surgeon, and perhaps best known as the author of the best-selling book 'Psycho-Cybernetics' 415 pp. Wraparound dust jacket art by Richard Clifton-Dey. ISBN: 0-671-21859X.