Automatic Pleasures: The History of the Coin Machine
Language: English
Published by Unknown, 1988
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- Title
- Automatic Pleasures: The History of the Coin Machine
- Author
- Costa, Nicholas
- Publisher
- Unknown
- Publication year
- 1988
- Condition
- Fair
- Binding
- hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1870703006
- ISBN 13
- 9781870703000
Review
"Exceptionally well produced book ...,of all types of coin-operated amusement machines, slots and jukeboxes from the 1800s to the 1950s, with a hundred or more excellent black and white and full color photos (including some quite racy "Stereo View Cards" from the 1950s)...this is a very desirable book...that any collector would be proud to own." AboutPinball.com
"This is the first ever book on the advent of the all-pervasive coin machine. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white, Nic Costa reveals how the coin machine entered our world by ingenuity, invention and guile, from its origins in late Victorian society through to the twentieth century." Joyland Books
"I was recommended this book...when I started collecting just three years ago and how right... It gives a good insight into coin operated machines from the early years. Whilst it does have pictures, it is mostly text and, as such, deals with mainly the history side of mechanical machines. An absolute must buy, in my opinion." 13rebel
"This is the first ever book on the advent of the all-pervasive coin machine. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white, Nic Costa reveals how the coin machine entered our world by ingenuity, invention and guile, from its origins in late Victorian society through to the twentieth century." Joyland Books
"I was recommended this book...when I started collecting just three years ago and how right... It gives a good insight into coin operated machines from the early years. Whilst it does have pictures, it is mostly text and, as such, deals with mainly the history side of mechanical machines. An absolute must buy, in my opinion." 13rebel
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