"For all the talk of the black aesthetic, few black novelists have broken sharply with the traditional devices of the realistic novel. One writer who departs from such conventions, however, is Ishmael Reed. . . . The Free-Lance Pallbearers uses an explosive combination of straightforward English prose, exaggerated black dialect, hip jargon, advertising slogans and long, howling uppercase screams." Newsweek Read More
"For all the talk of the black aesthetic, few black novelists have broken sharply with the traditional devices of the realistic novel. One writer who departs from such conventions, however, is Ishmael Reed. . . . The Free-Lance Pallbearers uses an explosive combination of straightforward English prose, exaggerated black dialect, hip jargon, advertising slogans and long, howling uppercase screams." Newsweek Read Less
Add this copy of The Free-Lance Pallbearers to cart. $11.00, fair condition, Sold by Gail P Kennon Book-Comber rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from West New York, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1969 by Bantam.
Add this copy of The Free-Lance Pallbearers to cart. $27.00, good condition, Sold by Wonderland Books rated 1.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Berkeley, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1969 by Bantam Books.
Add this copy of The Free-Lance Pallbearers to cart. $31.99, fair condition, Sold by Limestone Village Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Manlius, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1967 by Doubleday.
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Approximately 1/2 of pages have minor underlining. Owner's name on free end page. Binding square & tight. Jacket has small piece missing and crease @ bottom front edge. Flap corner clipped but not price clipped. 155 pp.; 22 cm. First edition of the author's first novel. I have enclosed the Jacket in a removable mylar protective sleeve.
Add this copy of The Free-Lance Pallbearers: a Novel to cart. $36.63, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Santa Clarita, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1999 by Dalkey Archive Press.
Add this copy of The Free Lance Pallbearers to cart. $41.00, good condition, Sold by Wonderland Books rated 1.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Berkeley, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1968 by Macgibbon & Lee.
Add this copy of The Free-Lance Pallbearers to cart. $42.00, very good condition, Sold by Hennessey + Ingalls rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Los Angeles, CA, UNITED STATES, published by Atheneum.
Add this copy of The Free-Lance Pallbearers to cart. $45.18, very good condition, Sold by Vashon Island Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Vashon, WA, UNITED STATES, published 1967 by Doubleday.
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Very Good in J Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" VG/VG in DJ (few sm nicks & light wear/price clip to DJ; name stamped to inside endpaper). 8vo with DJ [1 2], 155pp Author's first book: "electrifying first novel" (DJ).
Add this copy of The Free-Lance Pallbearers to cart. $52.00, very good condition, Sold by Waugh Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lawrence, KS, UNITED STATES, published 1967 by Doubleday.
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Very good in very good jacket. 8vo. Black cloth, with gilt spine lettering. Red end papers. 155 pages. Both front and rear paste downs have minor bubbling near spine. No names or marks. Illustrated dust-jacket (with "$3.95" price intact), designed by Bob Sullivan, is edge worn, with light soiling along top of rear panel. The first edition, first printing of Reed's first book.
Add this copy of The Free-Lance Pallbearers: a Novel to cart. $59.90, new condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Santa Clarita, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1999 by Dalkey Archive Press.
Add this copy of The Free-Lance Pallbearers to cart. $63.72, very good condition, Sold by Maxwell Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Port Hadlock, WA, UNITED STATES, published 1967 by Doubleday & Company.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Full-bound black cloth, 155p. Mylar covered dustjacket price-clipped with two small closed tears and light edge-wear. Name on colored ffep (first blank page), very light bump on lower front corner. "This electrifying first novel zooms American readers off to a land they have never heard of, through it may strike them a vaguely, and disturbingly, familiar. It's a crazy, ominous kingdom called HARRY SAM, a never-never place so weirdly out-of-whack that only reality itself could be stranger."
