NMLP P-012294 · Book-club / reprint tell · minted 2026-07-04

The Free-Lance Pallbearers

Ishmael Reed · Doubleday · 1967

Doubleday book-club issues of the period carry a blind-stamp (small square or dot) to the lower rear board and lack the printed jacket price; the stated 'First Edition' priced Doubleday trade issue is the true first.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — Book-club / reprint tell NMLP P-012294 for "The Free-Lance Pallbearers" by Ishmael Reed (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-012294, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).