I'll pound you to a "Pulp" if you don't show off yours! 23 23

[Darwination]

Ah, that's a new one to me!  According to dimenovels.org it refers to the fact that they were published to be sold at railway stations or on board trains.

The magazine's been dying a slow death for a good while now, but one of the last vestiges of the well-stocked newsstand remains the airport. 

Of course, I put a beater pulp or two in my travel bag (and my phone is loaded with pulp).  You get funny looks when you pull out a crumbling and hopefully not too smelly pulp western for the plane ride 

Edited March 10 by Darwination

[Darwination]

Wesley Neff  did a number of these "big head" covers for Adventure

Probably best remembered for this style on his covers on an offshoot of Esquire, Ken.

Tears of a clown -

 

Edited March 12 by Darwination

[waaaghboss]

One if today's pick ups.

[detective35]

Just picked up 11 File Copies!

[detective35]

[Darwination]

Time-machine copies

[detective35]

Copies added this past year of the top pedigree in pulps by far; the Strasser collection!

There were over 1750 pulps in the Strasser collection.  I have over 260 including the majority of shadows in the collection (120).

 

Edited March 17 by detective35

[Darwination]

Woo!  Gorgeous books.

Can you tell any rhyme or reason with the A/B/C/D markings in the first letter?  It looks like he mainly collected detective and hero titles?

[detective35]

I've done more research about the Strassers than anyone and neither myself, Todd Warren or anyone else I've been able to figure that out (A,B,C & D codes).  
Almost all the titles were there from the beginning beginning of 1934 to 1941, except for the weird tales Brundage covers horror stories, terror tales, spicy titles, and a few others.l

[waaaghboss]

Blood n thunder is releasing a new edition with minimal updates.  I have an older copy and would recommend this book to anyone new to pulps.

 

https://muraniapress.com/book/the-blood-n-thunder-guide-to-pulp-fiction-2024-edition/

[thejudge01]

Some pulps back from grading

[jimjum12]

On 3/22/2024 at 4:10 PM, thejudge01 said:

Some pulps back from grading

Wow ... you've been busy. GOD BLESS ...

-jimbo(a friend of jesus)

[waaaghboss]

After many vendor and antique malls searched, I actually found one with a few pulps! Middle of no where idaho.   30% off too 😆 

Edited March 26 by waaaghboss

[johnenock]

On 3/26/2024 at 8:52 AM, waaaghboss said:

After many vendor and antique malls searched, I actually found one with a few pulps! Middle of no where idaho.   30% off too 😆 

Everything is the middle of nowhere in Idaho! And it's one more than I've ever found here.

Edited March 26 by johnenock

[waaaghboss]

On 3/26/2024 at 9:04 AM, johnenock said:

Everything is the middle of nowhere in Idaho! And it's one more than I've ever found here.

It is pretty sparse, you'd think a town the size of boise would have at least 1 good book store  😞 Found this in Idaho falls, had to duel with a train just to get out of the parking lot.  Pretty sure I saw a polar bear rummaging through the trash!

[johnenock]

People in Idaho who read are few and far between. Only a couple used bookstores in the Boise area. We do have 3 comics shops, though mostly just new stuff. One old comic shop but I have picked a lot of that clean over the years.

[detective35]

On 3/16/2024 at 11:34 PM, Darwination said:

Woo!  Gorgeous books.

Can you tell any rhyme or reason with the A/B/C/D markings in the first letter?  It looks like he mainly collected detective and hero titles?

With the hundreds of hours of research done, I still have not been able to figure this out.  There is no evidence !

[detective35]

On 3/26/2024 at 9:14 AM, waaaghboss said:

It is pretty sparse, you'd think a town the size of boise would have at least 1 good book store  😞 Found this in Idaho falls, had to duel with a train just to get out of the parking lot.  Pretty sure I saw a polar bear rummaging through the trash!

😳Pretty sure you have to go 1400 miles NE to find polar bears...LOL!

Maybe black bears.

 

Edited March 26 by detective35

[detective35]

Recent Additions

Popular Detective (Strasser copy)

 

Popular Detective (Strasser Copy)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Strasser Copy!

Strasser Copy!

 

 

Edited March 26 by detective35

[waaaghboss]

On 3/26/2024 at 11:33 AM, johnenock said:

People in Idaho who read are few and far between. Only a couple used bookstores in the Boise area. We do have 3 comics shops, though mostly just new stuff. One old comic shop but I have picked a lot of that clean over the years.

Is that the one in a house?  Been calling for a few days trying to get an appointment 😆  

Still remember my first time seeing a deseret book store and getting really excited until the guys I was traveling with explained to me it wasn't a cook book store 🙃 

Edited March 26 by waaaghboss