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: I check every book by hand, and readable copies go back to readers.
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.
Why bring the whole shelf
Donating takes one call or text: no research, no pricing, no listings, no shipping. Free pickup in the Albuquerque metro, or the covered 24/7 drop box outside the gate at 5445 Edith Blvd NE, any hour. I check every book by hand, readable copies go back to readers, and no readable book goes to the landfill. Here's where donated books go.
How free pickup works
Call or text 505-250-3804 (or schedule online), tell me roughly how much there is and where you are, and I add you to the next route through your area. 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 505-250-3804.
Can I drop Max Brand books off instead of waiting for a pickup?
Yes. The covered 24/7 drop box outside the gate at 5445 Edith Blvd NE takes them any hour, and someone is at the warehouse from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. to help unload a bigger load.
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.