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Title: Penny in the Slot Automata and the Working Model Condition: New EAN: 9780709074083 ISBN: 9780709074083 Publisher: Robert Hale Ltd Format: Hardback Type: Hardback Release Date: 01/01/2005 Item Height: 276mm Item Length: 220mm Item Weight: 1160g Author: Darren A. Hesketh Language: English Country/Region of Manufacture: GB Genre: Architecture & Antiques Release Year: 2005 Description: Here, at last, is the first comprehensive guide to those ingenious amusements which have delighted visitors to the seaside, fairground or exhibition for over a century. The book features many of the unusual coin-operated models and tableaux built to entertain the public from the 1860s to the 1970s. The models are based on a variety of themes including haunted houses and churchyards (made for a time when people were more superstitious), drunkard scenes (to warn against the perils of heavy drinking), executions (when capital punishment was commonplace) plus laughing clowns, sailors, puppet-shows and miniature locomotives to name but a few. There are also chapters devoted to American machines (such as fortune-tellers and vendors) and mechanical music - the precursor to the modern jukebox. With over 200 colour illustrations, including many of the rarest surviving examples, plus a price guide, this unique book will be a comprehensive source of reference for automata and working-model enthusiasts, as well as collectors of penny-in-the-slot machines, mechanical music, toys and miniatures.The author has had several articles about penny-in-the-slot automata printed in the Antique Amusement Magazine and is currently in the process of establishing a dedicated working model exhibition in the North-West of England. Missing Information?
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