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Collector's Guide to Vintage Coin Machines
(2nd edition with revised priceguide) by Dick Bueschel.
e book,
Chapters on scales, vending, arcade, slots, jukes, pins and stimulators. Attractiv
colour.
in
all
s
machine
700
featuring
well researched and illustrated,
Hardback, 220 pages. Price: £32.40
Vintage Trade Stimulators and Counter Games by Dick Bueschel.
over
Detailed descriptions of the machines, dates, manufacturer production data, plus
instant
an
you
make
will
800 pictures, a price guide and a wealth of historical context,
expert on these previously under-represented coin-ops.
Hardback, 264 pages, 792 colour, 24 b/w photos. Price: £29.50
sing
Collector's Treasury of Antique Slot Machines from Contemporary Adverti
Bach.
(1925-1950) by Peter
hundreds
This fat volume makes an excellent collector's source book. It is packed with
t
foremos
(the
d
Billboar
of pictorial slot machine advertisements reproduced from The
s,
machine
g
gamblin
bandits,
arm
one
American weekly trade paper) from 1920-1950 of
etc.
s,
machine
vending
novelty
s,
machine
console machines, trade stimulators, pinball
Hardback, 4 79 pages, b/w. Price: £25
Slot Machines of Yesteryear - Mills of the Thirties Operator's Companion.
their
The spirit of the Mills Novelty Company in the hectic Thirties is conveyed in
(the
Reels
Spinning
from
matter
editorial
in
and
,
literature
service
s,
brochure
product
,
literature
onal
company's own trade journal), together with press releases, promoti
book.
source
t
Excellen
e.
advertising flyers etc. in The Billboard trade magazin
Hardback, 192 pages, b/w. Price: £15
Slot Machines of Yesteryear - Mills of the Forties Operator's Companion.
A source book reproducing a wealth of diverse material from the period: service
tracing
manuals, parts lists, press releases, promotional literature, advertising flyers etc.
decade
terrupted
WWII-in
the
during
s
machine
y's
Compan
Novelty
Mills
of
the progress
of the Forties. Hardback, 192 pages, b/w. Price: £15
Slot Machines of Yesteryear - Watling Operator's Companion.
to
This volume captures Watling Manufacturing Company's full range from scales
original
data,
service
and
es
broadsid
bandits in catalogues, brochures, line folders,
patent and mock-up photos of the ROL-A-TOR line, artists' preparatory airbrush
and
renderings for advertising and promotional material and Watling family photos
the
in
context
ormed
well-inf
and
s
anecdote
dary
oflegen
correspondence. Plenty
accompanying commentary. Hardback, 192 pages, b/w. Price: £15
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