Tuesday, 10 January 2012

Harlequin and Quinn (not the Eskimo) Part I

Operating out of New York City (1941 - 1945) and Kingston, NY (1945 - 1951), the Quinn Publishing Company published 141 paperbacks (139 titles) from 1941 to 1951. There were two series - 137 Handi-Books and 4 Handi-Book Westerns. One-quarter (39) of the titles were also published by Harlequin Books, 16 western and 23 crime/thriller. The breakdown by year published by Quinn is:

1942     1
1943     1
1945     2
1946     4
1947     3
1948     3
1949     7
1950    14
1951     5

In a run of 91 Harlequin books from 1950 to 1952 (issues 70 to 160) a third (32) had been published by Quinn. Here are three from 1950.

Harlequin 43 - May 1950

Handi-Book 63 - 1947

Harlequin 73 - September 1950

Handi-Book 89 - 1949

Harlequin 84 - November 1950

Handi-Book 52 - 1946

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