Harlequin and Quinn (not the Eskimo) Part VI

In the first of the series on early American paperback publisher Quinn Publishing Company I described the close relationship between Harlequin and Quinn. Nearly 30 percent (39) of the 139 titles published by Quinn were also published by Harlequin. Here are two.

Sam Merwin's Knife in My Back was first published in 1945 by Mystery House. The Window With the Sleeping Nude is a PBO.

The Harlequin edition of Knife in My Back is not abridged - at least to the extent the Quinn edition is. It may be abridged from the original.

 

Handi-Book Mystery 44 - 1945

 

Handi-Book Mystery 44 back

 

Harlequin 70 - August 1950

 

Harlequin 70 back

 

Handi-Book Mystery 118 - 1950

 

Handi-Book Mystery 118 back

 

Harlequin 106 - April 1951

 

Harlequin 106 back