Silas Timberman by Fast, Howard - 1955

London: The Bodley Head. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1955. First English Edition. Hardcover. "Until October of 1950, Silas Timberman was a professor of American literature at a large middle-western university, a mild, happily married man, the father of three children, whose life was neither eventful nor very unusual. Then a set of circumstances sought him out [...] and he was faced with that enormous and frightening question of conscience..." Ships same or next business day. Bookplate of noted collector, Rolland Comstock, on paste-down endpaper. Spine is slightly loose, boards are lightly curved, foxing on edges, small bumps on spine ends, pages are lightly tanned. Small age spots on front endpaper to page 9 and back endpaper. Dust jacket protected in archival plastic cover. DJ has 1/2-inch tear on spine head, 1/4-inch tear on tail edge of front cover, small chips on top corners, age spotting on inside of covers, tanned. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 256 pages .