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The Closing of the American Mind First edition, first printing cover

The Closing of the American Mind

Allan Bloom · Simon and Schuster, 1987 · First edition, first printing

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These points tell this edition apart from other printings and editions of The Closing of the American Mind.

✓ Copyright page: full number line “10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1”, down to 1

✓ Title page: Simon and Schuster, New York

✓ Price: $18.95 at the top of the front flap (unclipped); later printings kept it, so the price alone doesn't prove a first

✓ Binding: off-white cloth spine, grey-blue paper boards

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