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Amusements Machines By Lynn F. Pea rso n
Thi s potted hi sto1y o f Briti sh amu se ment mac hines
is a we ll illu strated a nd useful in troducti on to the
subject. C urrentl y o ut of print.
Soft- bac k. 32 pages . b/w . Price: £12
Arcades and Slot Machines By Paul Bra ithwa ite
T he definiti ve Briti sh s lot mac hin e co ll ecto rs guid e.
Inc lud es A - Z survey of manu fac turers, w ith
pl enty of pho to ' s of fa mili a r and rare mac hin es. A
mu st have fo r evety co ll ecto r.
Soft-back, I 05 pages, co lo ur & b/ w. Price: £ 12
Automatic Pleasures:
The history of the Coin Machine B y Nie Cos ta
Focuses on so me of th e ea rli est and ra rest
mac hin es. T he fi rst book ever pu bl ished on co in-
opera ted mach in es fro m a B ri tish soc ial histo1y
pe rspective . Out of print fo r many yea rs.
Ha rd-back , 225 pages, co lour & b/w . Price: £40
Pennies by the Sea: The Life and Times of
Jo yland Amusements, Bridlington
By N ick Laister
Th e first book on the phenome non of the seas ide
a mu se ment arcade, based aro und the hi sto1y of
w hat was o ne of B ritain 's largest, in the East
Yo rkshire seas ide reso ti of Bridlington. E nter a
wo nde rful wo rld of long days, co lourfu l li g hts and
eno rmous innova ti on; an insig ht into a way of li fe
th at o nce ex isted at seas ide reso1is up and down the
co untJy but has now la rge ly di sappeared .
Soft-bac k. 122 pages, b/w. Price: £ 16
Penny in the Slot Automata
and the Working Model By Darren Hes ke th
T he first co mprehensive g uide to th ese pec uli ar
a mu se ments whi ch have ente rta ined vis ito rs to the
seas ide, fa irgro und or ex hibiti on fo r over a centu1y.
Over 200 colo ur illu stra tio ns inc luding many of the
rarest co in-o perated mode ls and tabl ea ux fro m the
1860s to the l 970s, w ith pri ce guide.
Hard-back, 224 pages, co lour. Pri ce: £60.00
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