WEST, MORRIS L. — The Heretic: A Play in Three Acts

New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc, 1969. Hardcover. ISBN: 0460003461. A deluxe edition in slipcase of Morris L. West's play, which is centered around a 16th-century Venetian named Giordano Bruno who is named as a heretic by the Catholic Church. With illustration and decorations in maroon by Terry M. Fehr. --- In mustard paper-covered boards backed in black leatherette; gilt-stamped spine titling. Volume wrapped in mustard paper-covered slipcase. Both covers and slipcase with patterned Fehr images of a cleric in religious garments. --- A clean, tightly-bound, bright copy lacking apparent damages. Slipcase also in great shape, though with 2 cm. tear along a joint.; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; ix, [7], 3-160, [2] pages. Fine .