Mechanical Memories Magazine

Issue: 2012-May - Issue 66

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C.llcdor's Ovide lo Vllltogc:
Collector's Guide to Vintage Coin Machines
COIN MACHINES
(2nd edition with revised priceguide) by Dick Bueschel.
Chapters on scales, vending, arcade, slots, jukes, pins and
stimulators. Attractive book, well researched and
illustrated, featuring 700 machines all in colour.
Hardback, 220 pages. Price: £32.40
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Vintage Trade Stimulators and Counter Games
Vintage Tl'ade Sti::nulators by Dick Bueschel.
B. Courter Games
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Detailed descriptions of the machines, dates,
manufacturer production data, plus over 800 pictures, a
price guide and a wealth of historical context, will make
you an instant expert on these previously under-
represented coin-ops.
Hardback, 264 pages, 792 colour photos. Price: £29.50
Collector's Treasury of Antique Slot Machines
from Contemporary Advertising (1925-1950)
by Peter Bach.
This fat volume makes an excellent collector's source
book. It is packed with hundreds of pictorial slot machine
advertisements reproduced from The Billboard (the
foremost American weekly trade paper) from 1920-1950
of one arm bandits, gambling machines, console
machines, trade stimulators, pinball machines, novelty
vending machines, etc.
Hardback, 479 pages, b/w. Price: £25
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Arcades and Slot Machines by Paul Braithwaite
Thoroughly researched A- Z survey of the British coin slot industry from 1870 -
1970. Includes a history of travelling, pier-head and town arcades, plus plenty of
photos of familiar and rare machines. The definitive British slot machine collector's
identification guide. Softback, 105 pages, colour & b/w. Price: £12
Old-Tyme Penny Arcade & the Vintage Fairground by Darren Hesketh
A two DVD set featuring slot machines in action at Carter's Steam Fair, Dingles,
Bryan's Drayton Manor, Southport pier, Mechanical Memories, Folly Farm, Merrivale
model village, W atermouth Castle, W ookey Hole, Yesterdays World and other
attractions. Total playing time 155 mins. Price: £16
A comprehensive selection of Slot Machine, Jukebox and Pinball books
can be purchased in the ' Library' on the pennymachines website
All prices include UK p&p.
Cheques to:
David Lavender
50 Charlemont Road, Walsall, West rnidlands WS5 3NQ
Or order online at www.pennymachines.co.uk
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