PulpFest is pleased to announce that in addition to 75 lots of material from the collection of the late Carl Joecks, we’ll also be offering just over eighty lots of pulps, digest magazines, fanzines, first-edition and limited-edition hardcovers, Big Little Books, Burroughs collectibles, and more consigned to our auction by Dearly Departed Books.
Established in 1978, Dearly Departed Books is an independent bookstore that has, in recent years, been primarily selling via the Internet. You’ll find them on AbeBooks, Alibris, Biblio, eBay, and by chance or appointment at 335 East Main Street in Alliance, Ohio.
After 45 years in business, Scott and Linda Edwards are closing their brick-and-mortar storefront. Specializing in mystery, science fiction, fantasy, horror, vintage paperbacks, westerns, pulp magazines, and ephemera, the Edwards need to downsize their inventory from 30,000 items to a manageable 1000 or so.
A lot of good material needs to go and PulpFest 2023 is the first recipient of some of the more relevant items. Most of the lots will be offered without a reserve.
We’ve updated our auction page to include a photographic catalog of the Dearly Departed Books Auction Consignment. The consignment consists of auction lots 100 – 180. There are reserves on 6 lots.
For a PDF catalog featuring all 81 auction lots from the Dearly Departed Books Auction Consignment, please click here. To view our photographic catalog, click the “Auction” button at the top of our webpage or click here.
The Dearly Departed Books Auction will be part of our PulpFest 2023 auction on Saturday, August 5. The auction will be held in the programming room of the convention at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Pittsburgh – Cranberry in Mars, Pennsylvania, beginning at 9 pm.
All attendees of PulpFest 2023 will be able to bid on the available material.
People who desire to attend the PulpFest auction — but not the convention itself — are also welcome to attend. If non-PulpFest attendees want to place bids during the auction, they will have to register as bidders. There will be a $5 non-refundable registration fee to bid during the auction. However, the $5 fee can be applied toward a single winning bid.
Additionally, PulpFest will accept online bids through 11 pm Eastern time on Thursday, July 27, 2023 on the Dearly Departed Books Auction, the Joecks Estate Auction, and any member-submitted auction lots added to our photo catalog by July 1. For more details about bidding online, please click the “Auction” button at the top of our webpage or click here.
There will be three auction preview sessions offered during the convention. These will take place from 3:30 to 4: 30 pm on August 3, 4, and 5. During these hourlong sessions, the Joecks Estate Auction Lots and the Dearly Departed Books Consignment Lots will be available for examination by PulpFest attendees. If you are thinking about attending the auction, please be sure to attend at least one of these preview sessions.
PulpFest 2023 will take place from August 3 – 6 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Pittsburgh – Cranberry in Mars, Pennsylvania. You can become a member of the convention by clicking the registration button on the PulpFest website.
If you need lodging, you’ll also be able to book a room through our site or by calling 800-222-8733. Be sure to mention PulpFest in order to receive the convention rate. By staying at the DoubleTree by Hilton, you’ll help to ensure the convention’s success. Given its popularity, we urge every member to book a hotel room for PulpFest 2023 as soon as possible. The earlier you place your room reservation for this year’s PulpFest, the greater chance you will have of landing a room at this beautiful hotel. You must book your room by 11:59 PM on Wednesday, July 12, to receive the convention rate.
Join us at PulpFest 2023 for “Chilling Sports,” “Pulp Heroes” and a great deal more — including the fantastic Joecks Estate Auction and the amazing Dearly Departed Books Consignment Auction!
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Our featured image is J. Allen St. John’s dust jacket art for Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Pirates of Venus, first published in book form in 1934 by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. You’ll find a copy of Pirates of Venus in lot #100 of our auction.
R. G. Harris painted the cover art for the July 1937 issue of Doc Savage Magazine. The lead novel, “He Could Stop the World,” was written by Laurence Donovan. Lot #110 features a copy of the Street & Smith hero pulp.
Published by the Munsey Company, Argosy Weekly for May 3, 1941 featured a cover by Samuel Cahan. You’ll find a copy of the magazine in lot #105 of our auction.
Frank R. Paul contributed the cover art for Amazing Stories for May 1929. Published by Hugo Gernsback, you’ll find a copy of the magazine in lot #106 of our auction.
Henry J. Soulen was an illustrator for The Saturday Evening Post, Country Gentleman, and Ladies Home Journal. He occasionally contributed cover art to pulp magazines, including Blue Book Magazine for March 1934. You’ll find a copy of the magazine in lot #106 of our auction.
One of Martin Goodman’s notorious “Red Circle” weird-menace pulps, Mystery Tales was a short-lived pulp that debuted in early 1938 and ran for nine issues. The March 1940 number — the run’s penultimate issue — featured cover art by J. W. Scott. Lot #171 of our auction features the complete cover for this scarce pulp magazine.
The images used to illustrate our post are representative of items included in our auction. They are not photographs of the actual items in the auction. You’ll find those in our auction photo catalog below.
