New York: Simon and Schuster, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Inscribed by Bloom on one of the front endpapers. Very Good in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($18.95), some scratches and small stains on the surface. Quarter white buckram with green paper on the boards, bumped at the corners, faded at the edges. Square, front hinge loose presumably from being signed, firmly bound otherwise, some stains at the top edge, clean internally. A true first printing of Bloom's surprise best-selling novel that bemoans the loss of reason in favor of "creativity." A scarce first made scarcer by the inscription.

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Bookseller: Carpetbagger Books, IOBA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 5765
Title: The Closing of the American Mind
Author: Bloom, Allan
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0671479903
ISBN 13: 9780671479909
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1987
Keywords: Politics, American Studies, Sociology, Education, College, Higher Education, Reason, Conservatism, Conservative

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