Handi-Books

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Handi-Books appeared on the scene in 1948, and lasted for ten years. It was a product of Quinn Publishing, Kingston, NY (which would later publish "IF" magazine).

One of the real oddities about the earlier Handi-Books was their size. Smaller than digests, but certainly bigger than other mass market paperbacks, Handi's sort of developed a format of their own. They were folded and stapled on the edge.

The earliest cover art was rather primitive, compared to standards of the day at other paperback houses, but that soon changed, and many covers are very good.

First printings of the first seven books were unnumbered. Beginning with #8, they ran consecutively through 139. Several Handi's demand very high prices today.

This page was updated in October, 2007