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<p>Popular Library is a New York <a href="/facts/Paperback/mBszwF9p">paperback</a> book company established in 1942 by <a href="/facts/Leo_Margulies/PABLyhIm">Leo Margulies</a> and <a href="/facts/Ned_Pines/7kWwhuqU">Ned Pines</a>, who at the time were major <a href="/facts/Pulp_magazine/pH3tUbjC">pulp magazine</a> and newspaper publishers. The company's logo of a pine tree was a tribute to Pines, and another Popular Library signature visual was a reduced black-and-white copy of the front cover on the title page. </p><p>A native of <a href="/facts/Malden%2c_Massachusetts/Pzw1IAuI">Malden</a>, Massachusetts, Pines became the president of <a href="/facts/Pines_Publications/7kWwhuqU">Pines Publications</a> in 1928 and continued to lead the company until 1961. He was the president of Popular Library from 1942 to 1966 and its chairman from 1966 to 1968. Retiring in 1971, he continued to work as a consultant. </p>