Painted Ponies
If you enjoy carousels, either collecting the horses or just riding them, you will want this book on your coffee table. Beautiful all color photos of many of the surviving carousels in the country. Includes a list of the carousels still in operation (as of 1996) to help you plan your vacation trips.Hard cover, 256 pages. ISBN No. 0-939549-01-8.
This book is out of print (limited availability).
BK159 $65.00
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Pool & Billiard Collectibles
This is the most comprehensive book published on the collecting of items relating to billiards. Mark and Connie Stellinga have put together a great resource for anyone who wants to know more about these items, with many of the photos being items in their own collection. Tables, cues, balls, related furniture, small collectibles and vintage literature are all well illustrated in this full color volume.Hard cover, with dust jacket, 288 pages. ISBN No. 0-7643-1700-8.
BK179 $69.95
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Put Another Nickel In
This is a wonderful reference book for the collector of automatic music machines. Q. David Bowers is the expert in this field, and this book covers it all with many never before seen illustrations of classic Wurlitzer and Mills coin operated music devices.Hard cover, with dust jacket, 248 pages.
This book is out of print (very limited availability).
BK042 $55.00
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Reference Handbook for the Music & Games Technician
Nice reference book for the collector who works on his or her own games. Page after page of cross reference information on all the major manufacturers.Soft cover, 6" by 9" format, 178 pages.
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BK041 $34.95
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Saloons Bars & Cigar Stores, Historical Interior Photographs
This is the most luscious book on saloon and bar interiors that has ever been done. Roger Kislingbury is no stranger in coin-op collecting circles and this is a fantastic collection of early photographs. There is something for every collecting taste, back bars, cash registers, brewery, billiards and of course coin-op machines. You could even cut it up and frame them for your game room.Hard cover, 12" by 9 1/2" format, 336 pages. ISBN No. 0-9675481-0-1.
BK150 $59.95
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Saloons of the Old West
Richard Erdoes has put together a very nice history book of the Western saloon.Many beautiful old saloon interior photographs, some showing old slot machines.
Hard cover, with dust jacket, 9 1/2" by 7 1/2" format, 278 pages. ISBN No. 0-394-49824-0 or 0-517-18173-8.
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BK055 $59.95
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Scales, A Collector's Guide
Few people are as focused in their collecting as Bill and Jan Berning, and they love scales. This book is the culmination of many years of their collecting efforts, both scales and information. Sections on all the different types of scales, with hundreds of great color photographs.Soft cover, 160 pages.
BK025 $29.95
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Scales, A Collector's Guide
This is the revised and expanded edition of Bill and Jan Berning's great book on scales. A number of new photos added, although no new additions to the coin operated scales section.This copy is autographed by the authors, Bill and Jan Berning.
Soft cover, 160 pages.
BK156 $29.95
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Bueschel's Saloon Series
B. A. Stevens, Billiard and Bar Goods
One of Dick Bueschel's passions was the cataloging of old information related to the pool halls and billiard parlors of the turn of the last century.
This volume preserves the information that he gleaned from period catalogs and photographs. Some references to early coin-op machines as well.Soft cover, 8 1/2" by 11" format, 264 pages. ISBN No. 0-86667-049-1.
This book is out of print (limited availability).
BK157 $59.95
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Official Video Game & Pinball Book of World Records
If you were in the group who spent all your available quarters on video games and pinballs during the 80s and 90s, and still remember the day you put your initials in with the high score of all time, this is the book for you. Check your top score against the best in the world.Soft cover, 6" by 9" format, 936 pages. ISBN No. 1-887472-25-8.
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BK113 $19.95
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Wurlitzer Automatic Musical Instruments
This reprint of a 1908 catalog is a nostalgic look into the operations of the music giant at the turn of the century. Includes information about the company as well as many photographs and descriptions of early Wurlitzer music machines.Soft cover, 7 1/2" by 10 1/2" format, 48 pages.
This book is out of print (very limited availability).