I paid my $5 and left a pile of PulpFest flyers at the front desk and went on to explore. In my travels I met Richard Robinson, frequent commenter here and owner of the Broken Bullhorn blog and his wife Barbara. I also picked up a few pulps. There seemed to be a lot more pulp dealers here than last year, which is good news for me.
Here's some of what I bought.
POPULAR, March 3, 1928
SWEETHEART STORIES, September 24, 1929
YOUNG'S REALISTIC STORIES MAGAZINE, July 1923
I bought five LOVE STORY MAGAZINEs, all of which were issued during Daisy Bacon's reign as editor. I won't bore you with all the covers, just this one from August 8, 1936.
And my most expensive acquisition, a BLACK MASK from March 1942. The condition isn't great and there's a tear in the cover, but it's got a Rex Sackler story, which I love and I'll read first.
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Did you find some inexpensive vintage paperbacks? The western paperbacks especially should have been low priced. At least there were alot of bargain priced books at the NYC Paperback show put on by Gary Lovisi in October.
Tom Lesser has visited me a few times and I hear he puts on a great convention.
I forgot to mention - and I may amend the original post - that there were deep discounts all over the place. Many people were offering 50% discounts on everything. I got a few paperbacks, but when I saw how many pulps there were I got sidetracked.
Nice finds, Laurie. I like the Rex Sackler stories, too. One of the better Black Mask series in the 40s, after the big guns had moved on.
P.S. In hopes one of your illustrious readers might be able to help, I'll mention I'm seeking four issues of ARGOSY:
Oct 12, 1935
Oct 19, 1935
Nov 9, 1935
Feb 1, 1936
You can send me a bill for the Want Ad, Laurie!
Great seeing you there and talking with you, Laurie! I thought there were a lot more books this year and better prices than in years. Perhaps the economy is responsible. I ended up with 30 paperbacks. I'll be doing a trip report later in the day.
I thought there were a higher number of pulp dealers than usual. I picked up three sports pulps, two oddball titles and one Street and Smith's Sports Story issue I didn't have in my collection. The sports pulps are still very reasonably priced as not to many collectors appear to care about them.
Evan - damn! I thought of you and was wishing I could remember what issues you wanted. There were a TON of Argosys there. Next time I hope to be better organized. Sorry!
Rick: when your post is up, let me know and I'll put up a link to it.
bish8: I'm wondering if that was you pilfering through the Sports pulps when I was at one table. Ships that pass in the night...
That must have been a great time. I'm green with envy!
It's up now, Laurie.
Nice haul, Laurie!
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