I accept Eugene Manlove Rhodes donations anywhere in the Albuquerque metro with free pickup — the whole collection: Once in the Saddle / Pasó Por Aquí, Good Men and True, Bransford in Arcadia, The Desire of the Moth, Stepsons of Light, Copper Streak Trail, The Trusty Knaves, and The Proud Sheriff. You don't sort or price anything. Bring it all, including the early hardcovers you might not recognize; the early firsts are collectible, so I check everything and the rest funds New Mexico literacy.
Published June 2026 · By Josh Eldred, New Mexico Literacy Project
Eugene Manlove Rhodes is New Mexico's cowboy chronicler — he punched cattle in the Tularosa Basin and the San Andres Mountains, set his fiction there, and is buried at Rhodes Pass in those same mountains. His Pasó Por Aquí is frequently called the finest Western ever written. His books are treasured on Southwest shelves, and when a Rhodes collection gets cleared, most people just want it to land somewhere that honors it. That's exactly what I'm for: I take the whole thing, free, and I check every book.
What I take: all of it
The masterwork
Once in the Saddle, and, Pasó Por Aquí (1927) — the volume containing his most celebrated story — in any edition.
The novels & stories
Good Men and True, Bransford in Arcadia (The Little Eohippus), The Desire of the Moth, West Is West, Stepsons of Light, Copper Streak Trail, The Trusty Knaves, and The Proud Sheriff.
Any condition
The early Henry Holt and Houghton Mifflin firsts, the Western Frontier Library reprints, signed copies, worn paperbacks, and reading copies — bring whatever's on the shelf.
You don't have to know what's valuable
Here's the reason to call rather than dump: Rhodes's early firsts are collectible. Pasó Por Aquí, in the 1927 Houghton Mifflin volume Once in the Saddle, is the trophy, and the early Henry Holt firsts of his other novels are sought-after, especially in the dust jacket and signed. The later Western Frontier Library reprints and paperbacks, by contrast, are common, and a non-collector can't always tell an early first from a reprint. That's exactly the distinction I check. Bring the whole shelf and I'll recognize the early firsts, protect them, and keep the reprints in circulation, with any value put to good use in the country he wrote about.
Why donate instead of selling it yourself
For a confirmed early first, selling on your own can pay. For the reprints and paperbacks, listing each is more work than it's worth, which is why shelves get dumped intact. Donating handles it in one call: no research, no pricing, no listings, no shipping, free pickup at your door, reading copies to new readers, and a genuine first recognized and supporting New Mexico literacy. Here's where donated books go.
How free pickup works
Call or text 702-496-4214 (or schedule online), tell me roughly how much there is and where you are, and we set a time. I come to you and load it all. I cover Albuquerque, Rio Rancho, Corrales, the East Mountains, and the surrounding metro, and I handle whole-house and estate cleanouts regularly.
Frequently asked questions
Where can I donate Eugene Manlove Rhodes books in Albuquerque?
Right here — free pickup anywhere in the metro for the whole collection: Pasó Por Aquí, the novels, the stories. Call or text 702-496-4214.
Are old Eugene Manlove Rhodes books worth anything?
The early firsts (1927 Once in the Saddle / Pasó Por Aquí; the early Henry Holt novels) are collectible, jacketed/signed more; Western Frontier Library reprints common. Bring it all and let me check.
Reprints too?
Yes — Western Frontier Library reprints, later printings, paperbacks. Just don't throw any of it out first.
Cite This Guide
Eldred, J. (June 2026). Donate Eugene Manlove Rhodes Books in Albuquerque — Free Pickup. New Mexico Literacy Project.
https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/donate-eugene-manlove-rhodes-books-albuquerque
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