I accept Max Brand donations anywhere in the Albuquerque metro with free pickup — the whole collection: the Westerns (Destry Rides Again, The Untamed and the Dan Barry books, the Silvertip series), the Dr. Kildare novels, the historical and adventure fiction, and any pulp magazines. Max Brand was the best-known of the many pen names used by the astonishingly prolific Frederick Faust. You don't sort or price anything. Bring it all; most are common, but the early hardcover firsts and original pulps hide among them, so I check everything and the rest funds New Mexico literacy.
Published June 2026 · By Josh Eldred, New Mexico Literacy Project
"Max Brand" was one writer, Frederick Faust, who produced an almost unbelievable volume of fiction under a couple dozen pen names — so a "Max Brand" shelf is usually a deep box of Westerns and pulp paperbacks. Most people clearing one assume it's all worthless. It mostly is, individually — but not entirely, and that's exactly the distinction I sort. I take the whole thing, free, and I check every book.
What I take: all of it
The Westerns
Destry Rides Again, The Untamed and the Dan Barry trilogy, the Silvertip series, Singing Guns, Montana Rides!, and the scores of other Western novels — hardcovers, Dodd Mead and other reprints, and paperbacks.
Dr. Kildare & the other genres
Faust also created the Dr. Kildare medical stories and wrote historical fiction, adventure, and even poetry under his own name — bring those too, under whatever pen name (Max Brand, Evan Evans, George Owen Baxter, and the rest).
Pulps & ephemera
The original pulp magazines where his serials first ran (Western Story Magazine, Argosy and others) are collected by pulp enthusiasts — if there's a box of crumbling pulps with the books, I want those too.
You don't have to know what's valuable
Here's the honest picture: Faust wrote so much that most Max Brand books are common and worth little individually. But the early hardcover first editions (from publishers like Putnam, Dodd Mead, and Chelsea House) and the original pulp magazines his stories first appeared in can carry real value, and they hide among the common copies where nobody's looking. You don't have to sort it — bring the whole box and I'll pull the early firsts and the collectible pulps, protect them, and send the reprints back into circulation, with any hidden value identified and handled properly.
Why donate instead of selling it yourself
Selling a box of common Western reprints one at a time is pure loss — the listing time dwarfs the value, which is why these boxes sit in closets until they're dumped. A confirmed early hardcover first or a collectible pulp is worth selling; the rest isn't worth your afternoon. Donating settles it in one call: no research, no pricing, no listings, no shipping, free pickup at your door, the reprints to new readers, and any genuine find 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 Max Brand books in Albuquerque?
Right here — free pickup anywhere in the metro for the whole collection: the Westerns, Dr. Kildare, the other pen names, and the pulps. Call or text 702-496-4214.
Are old Max Brand books worth anything?
Most are common, but early hardcover firsts and original pulps carry value and hide among them. Don't guess — bring it all and let me check.
A big box of paperbacks and pulps too?
Yes — bring the whole box, paperbacks and crumbling pulps alike. Just don't throw any of it out first.
Cite This Guide
Eldred, J. (June 2026). Donate Max Brand Books in Albuquerque — Free Pickup. New Mexico Literacy Project.
https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/donate-max-brand-books-albuquerque
Licensed under CC BY 4.0.