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Amusements Machines. By Lynn F. Pearson
This potted history of British amusement machines is a well illustrated and useful
introduction to the subject. Currently out of print. Soft-back, 32 pages with 62
illustrations, b/w. Our price £12
Arcades and Slot Machines. By Paul Braithwaite
The definitive British slot machine collectors guide. Includes A - Z survey of
manufacturers, with plenty of photo 's of familiar and rare machines. A must have for
every collector. Soft-back, 105 pages, colour & b/w. Our price: £12
Automatic Pleasures: The history of the Coin Machine. By Nie Costa
Focuses on some of the earliest and rarest machines. The first book ever published
on coin-operated machines from a British social history perspective. Out of print for
many years. Hard-back, 225 pages, colour & b/w. Our price: £40
Pennies by the Sea: The Life and Times of Joyland Amusements, Bridlington
By Nick Laister
The first book on the phenomenon of the seaside amusement arcade, based around
the history of what was one of Britain' s largest - Joyland Amusements in the East
Yorkshire seaside resort of Bridlington. Enter a wonderful world of long days,
colourful lights and enormous innovation; an insight into a way of life that once
existed at seaside resorts up and down the country but has now largely disappeared.
Soft-back, 122 pages, b/w. Our price: £16
Collectors' Guide to Vintage Coin Machines (2 nd edition with revised price guide)
by Dick Bueschel
Chapters on scales, vending, arcade, slots, jukes, pinballs and stimulators. Attractive
book, well researched and illustrated. Hardback, 220 pages featuring 700 machines
all in colour. Our price: £32.40
100 Ans de Machines a Sous. By Jean Lemaitre
Large, expensively produced quality book that does full-colour justice to a superb
array of predominantly French machines (many truly exquisite) plus a few English,
German and American games, pinballs and jukeboxes. One of the finest publications
about slot machines, by the leading French slot machine expert. A real eye-opener to
anyone interested in wall machines. Small print run in 1997, now hard to find.
French text. Hardback, 175 pages, colour. Our price: £40
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