#263 & 264 came out in April 1979 the following month, #500-504 were released and introduced a new cover design. Note: The books were numbered from #1 to #716 (the final book), but there were some numbering anomalies. Marion Chesney wrote ten Candlelight historical novels under the pen-name Jennie Tremaine, which were among her earliest novels Dell later reprinted them with acknowledgement of Chesney's authorship on the covers. One of Elizabeth Mansfield's first books was in this line (#233) although her byline was given as Libby Mansfield. Anne Stuart's first novel wasn't a Candlelight, but her next six novels were. The editor of the Candlelight line at that time was Vivian Stephens, who later founded the Romance Writers of America. Notable firsts: Book #575 ( "Entwined Destinies" by Rosalind Welles) from June 1980 has been called the first African-American romance novel.
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Regency) and romantic suspense ("Candlelight Intrigue") as well as contemporary romance. So, this means that Airmont released a total of 77 paperback romance novels.Ĭategory: Initially contemporary (esp. In the 1970s, 40 additional romance novels were published (see last page of Johnson's checklist), numbered R7 to R47 (although R33 has not been found). According to the checklist, between 19, Airmont released 6 romance novels (numbered R1 to R6), 11 nurse novels (N1 to N11), 16 career girl novels (C1 to C16) and 4 romantic suspense novels ( Mystery House imprint M4 to M7). Johnson's lengthy and informative checklist of all Airmont books (including romance). The Bookscans site has an incomplete cover gallery of Airmont releases (all genres, not just romance). Airmont was not above reusing old covers the cover painting on "Society Doctor" by Nell Marr Dean is the same as the one for "Doctor Myra Comes Home" by Arlene Hale. Books can be found with cover prices ranging from 35 cents to $1.50, which gives an idea of when the book was printed since the interiors appear unchanged. Airmont continued to reprint them, simply updating the price on the cover the older printings have the lower prices. These were thin books, mostly old-fashioned reprints. Note: Airmont Books began publishing in the early 1960s, with romance novels that usually had the phrase "An Airmont Romance" on the front or back covers. You can check out my Facebook group Vintage Paperback Romance Novels for more discussion. It's possible that there are some errors and omissions in this list, so corrections and additions are welcomed. The list below is best viewed in desktop mode due to cover placement as referred to in the text. Much of the information below was derived from the website FictionDB as well as from other online sources like eBay and the books in my own collection.
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Books aimed at teenage readers are also not included, with the exception of First Love From Silhouette.
#SELL OLD HARLEQUIN ROMANCE NOVELS SERIES#
Lines that were devoted to a single author (such as Bantam's Barbara Cartland Library or Jove's Camfield Novel of Love series by Cartland) are not included below. The list below includes paperbacks that were numbered on the covers (such as Harlequin, Candlelight, etc.) as well as ones which did not have such numbers (like The Avon Romance, Gallen Romance, etc.). The lines/series are listed below in alphabetical order and include only paperback books (no hardcovers or magazines). Category romance lines that are absent from this list may have debuted after 1989 (such as Kismet, which debuted in July 1990). More recent category romance novels have their own strengths and merit, but older books can have a unique charm due to their nostalgic appeal, despite flaws that they may exhibit in other ways (such as objectionable attitudes about gender and race). I have limited this list to romance lines that debuted prior to 1990 in order to focus on my primary interest in vintage books. In some cases, readers can subscribe to a publisher's category romance line and receive the books in the mail each month from the publisher.
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(Today one may regularly find continuing series within a category line, but this was less common prior to the 1990s.) This branding of the books helps ensure that the reader knows what she is getting when she buys the book. The books are generally unrelated standalone novels by various authors, although often sharing a similar theme for example, Harlequin Historical is for the publisher's historical romance novels. Harlequin Presents) and often with numbers on the covers. Corrected entry for "The Avon Romance.")Ĭategory romance novels are a publisher's line of books that are released regularly, sometimes several per month, under an overall series title (e.g.
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#SELL OLD HARLEQUIN ROMANCE NOVELS UPDATE#
(The most recent update was on Maat 11:15am. The list will be continually updated as more information becomes available. The following is a list of category romance lines/series/imprints published in the U.S.