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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. 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. 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. Price: £40
Penny in the Slot Automata and the Working Model by Darren Hesketh
The first comprehensive guide to these peculiar amusements which have
entertained visitors to the seaside, fairground or exhibition for over a century.
Over 200 colour illustrations including many of the rarest coin-operated models
and tableaux from the 1860s to the 1970s, with price guide.
Hardback, 224 pages, colour. Price: £60.00
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. Price: £16
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. Price: £40
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