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Guide to Vintage Trade Stimulators & The Pinball Compendium: 1970 -1981. International Dollhouses and Accessories: Counter Games. Dick Bueschel. You’ll get to Michael Shalhoub. The history of pinball games 1880s to 1980s. Dian Zillner. Over 100 dollhouses know all the makers and their machines by name, from 1970 through 1981, one of pinball’s most from Europe and America, with furniture and ac- date, and appearance in this colorful collector’s prolific eras. 100s of pinball machines from cessories. Companies include C. Hacker, Converse, guide. Photos, detailed machine descriptions, , Williams, Bally, Chicago Coin, and Tynietoy, Gottschalk, G. & J. Lines, Tri-ang, Renwal, manufacturer production data, an interchange- other manufacturers, with descriptions, special Marx, Rich Toys, Keystone, Stirn & Lyon, Pit-a-Pat, able machine name list and price guide. features, historical significance, release dates, Meccano, Built-Rite, Brumberger, Mason & Parker, Size: 8 1/2" x 11" • 816 photos designers, and current values. Menasha, Rock & Graner, and more. Price Guide • 196 pp. Size: 8 1/2" x 11" • 800 color & 30 b/w photos Size: 8 1/2" x 11" • 769 color photos ISBN: 0-7643-0119-5 • hard cover • $34.95 Price Guide/Index • 240 pp. Price Guide/Index • 256 pp. ISBN: 0-7643-2074-2 • hard cover • $59.95 ISBN: 0-7643-1725-3 • hard cover • $59.95

Step Right Up!: Classic American Target The Pinball Compendium: Electro-me- Antique and Collectible Dollhouses and Their and Arcade Forms. Richard & Valerie Tucker. chanical Era. Michael Shalhoub. Over 1,000 Furnishings. Dian Zillner & Patty Cooper. 200 doll- Explore the naive art of late 19th and early color photos, arranged in decades from the houses from Europe & America from the mid-1800s 20th century shooting gallery targets, whole 1930s to the 1990s, display some of the most through the 1970s. 2,000 different furniture items, galleries, and arcade forms commonly seen desirable, popular ever built. Also, rare dolls, and accessories. Company products illustrated on early midways and carnivals, as well as in photos show some of the most sought-after and include Bliss, Silber & Fleming, Amersham, Tudor Toy, saloons and other public places of amusement. popular Gottlieb and Parker games. This book Christian Hacker, Gottschalk, Lines/Tri-ang, Bartons, Size: 8 1/2" x 11" • 228 color images • 144 pp. documents this classic era and rounds out the Reliable, Lynnfield, Wisconsin Toy Company, Kage ISBN: 978-0-7643-4656-9 • hard cover • $45.00 most up-to-date research in the field. Company, and Menasha Woodenware Corporation. Size: 8 1/2" x 11" • 1000+ color photos Size: 8 1/2" x 11" • 857 color photos Price Guide and Index • 288 pp. Price Guide/Index • 272 pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-3028-5 • hard cover • $69.99 ISBN: 0-7643-0120-9 • hard cover • $59.95 pinbalL Pinball Perspectives: Ace High to World’s The Pinball Compendium: 1982 to Present. American Dollhouses and Furniture From Series. Marco Rossignoli & Graham McGuiness. 2nd Edition Revised and Expanded with the 20th Century. Dian Zillner. Over 650 color Fifty pinball games — both vintage and con- Updated Price Guide. Michael Shalhoub. photos of individual houses, several hundred pieces temporary — are showcased in this book, each Over 900 color photos display pinball machines of furniture made of metal, wood, paper and plastic, with its own chapter outlining special features, of the recent period, from 1982 through 2011. and delightful full sets. Dollhouses, dating from 1900 historical background, game rules, collectibility Each chapter is devoted to a specific year and to 1990, include miniature models up to the large and current value. Over 400 full color photos features descriptions, release dates, and historical Mego Walton Farmhouse. The biggest names in give a complete visual of each game. background on the games from Gottlieb, Williams, dollhouse manufacture are well represented, and a Size: 8 1/2" x 11" • 527 color photos Bally, , , Sega, and others. list of sources for securing dollhouses and furniture, Price Guide/Index • 272 pp. Size: 8 1/2" x 11" • 900+ photos and addresses of publications. ISBN: 0-7643-2609-0 • hard cover • $59.95 Price Guide • 320 pp. Size: 8 1/2" x 11" • Over 650 photos • Price Guide ISBN: 978-0-7643-4107-6 • hard cover • $59.99 256 pp. • ISBN: 0-88740-768-4 • hard cover • $59.95

Pinball Snapshots: Air Aces to . Pinball Machines. Revised 3rd Edition. Furnished Dollhouses: 1880s to 1980s. Marco Rossignoli & Graham McGuiness. Fifty Heribert Eiden & Jürgen Lukas. A pinball gallery Dian Zillner with Patty Cooper. Nearly 150 doll- vintage and contemporary pinballs, each with its of the op art genre, this is a chronology, from houses plus several hundred pieces of furniture, own chapter outlining special features, historical simple early mechanical pinball machines to all dating from the 1880s to the 1980s. Most of information, game trivia, game rules, collectibility, their modern fully-electronic equivalents. The the houses are pictured fully furnished, complete graphic images, and current value, with 600+ book provides an overview of the variety, artistry, with accessories. Background information on full color photos. A must for pinball collectors, and manufacturing ingenuity that have made over sixty-five companies is also provided. Values graphic artists, historians, and devotees of coin pinball machines such a popular entertainment included with captions. operated amusement games. over the years. Size: 8 1/2" x 11" • 702 color photos Size: 8 1/2" x 11" • 505 color photos Size: 8 1/2" x 11" • 230 photos Price Guide/Index • 256 pp. Price Guide/Index • 272 pp. Price Guide • 168 pp. ISBN: 0-7643-1188-3 • hard cover • $59.95 ISBN: 0-7643-2109-9 • hard cover • $59.95 ISBN: 0-7643-0895-5 • hard cover • $35.00

The Complete Pinball Book: Collecting the Bally® Bingo Pinball Machines. Jeffrey Dollhouse and Furniture Advertising: Game & Its History. Revised and Expanded Lawton. From those fabulous 1950s & ’60s, 1880s-1980s. Dian Zillner. Over 400 catalog, 3rd Edition. Marco Rossignoli. Detailed history Bally® Bingo pinball machines provided hours magazine, and trade ads for dollhouses, furniture, of machines from the 1930s through and includ- of fun and excitement. Here are 290+ photos and accessories, 1880s-1980s. Companies ing contemporary pinball games. A listing of and a history of the evolution of machines that represented include Arcade, Meccano, Lines over 3,000 games and 916 color photos along surrounds a compelling hobby. Relive the fun Brothers, Schoenhut, Strombecker, Wisconsin with revised and updated statistics and pricing through these pages; if you buy only one pinball Toy, Rich Toys, Keystone, Converse, Tynietoy, information. Close-ups, flyers, rare prototypes, book, this is the one to have. Renwal, Marx, Plasco, Ideal, Playsteel, Built-Rite, and games shown. Size: 8 1/2" x 11" • 290+ color photos • 160 pp. Nancy Forbes, & Tootsietoy. Size: 8 1/2" x 11" • 916 photos • Price Guide/Index • 320 pp. ISBN: 0-7643-0874-2 • hard cover • $39.95 Size: 8 1/2" x 11" • 209 color & 220 b/w photos ISBN: 978-0-7643-3785-7 • hard cover • $59.99 Index • 144 pp. ISBN: 0-7643-2112-9 • soft cover • $29.95 The Bingo Pinball War: United vs Bally, 1951- Pinball Memories: Forty Years of Fun 1957. Jeffrey Lawton. In the 1950s, United and Bally Toy Buildings, 1880-1980. Patty Cooper and 1958-1998. Marco Rossignoli. Fifty fascinating fought an all out battle to capture the market. Lyndon Dian Zillner. A history of architecture in miniature pinball games are presented in 800 color photos, Durant’s United games and the simultaneous, and seen through a century of children’s toys—vil- showcasing each game’s special features, cultural sometimes retaliatory, creative efforts employed by lages, dollhouses, barns, stables, schools, fire influences, design and artistic trends, historical Bally’s Don Hooker from 1951 to 1957 are introduced stations, stores, theaters, airports, railroad connections, collectibility, values, and unique with more than 200 photos and illustrations detailing depots, garages, service stations, castles, forts, game rules. An essential reference for the libraries 60 games. Complete with photos of rare games and other structures. This indispensable tool for of pinball collectors and aficionados everywhere. and playfields and descriptions of complex bingo toy collectors provides information on various Size: 8 1/2" x 11" • 810 color photos pinball circuitry. manufacturers such as Marx, Bliss, and Keystone, Price Guide/Index • 272 pp. Size: 8 1/2" x 11" • 207 color photos • 144 pp. as well as estimated values and resources. ISBN: 0-7643-1687-7 • hard cover • $59.95 ISBN: 978-0-7643-3557-0 • hard cover • $39.99 Size: 8 1/2" x 11" • 551 photos • 222 pp. ISBN: 0-7643-1011-9 • hard cover • $49.95 vintage toys: dollhouses & miniatures The Pinball Compendium: 1930s-1960s. Toy Forts & Castles: European-Made Playtime Pottery and Porcelain from The Michael Shalhoub. The development of pinball Toys of the 19th & 20th Centuries. Allen United Kingdom and The United States. machines from the 1930s through the late 1960s, Hickling. The exciting history of the manufac- Lorraine Punchard. Doll size dishes made in the with exclusive interviews with some of the ture of toy forts in western Europe through the U.K. and U.S.A from 1770 to present shown greatest designers in the industry. 100s of pinball 19th and 20th centuries. Lavishly illustrated in over 400 photos, showing 1000s of pieces, machines from Gottlieb, Bally, Genco, Williams, with 750+ images, one can find out who made trademarks. Organized by country of origin United, and others, along with descriptions of these castles, palaces, and fortresses, when, and chronologically, descriptions include the the games, features, historical significance, where, and how, and with what materials. number of pieces in a set, size, color and dec- release dates, names of designers and more. Size: 11" x 8 1/2" • 772 color photos • 348 pp. oration techniques, facts about manufacturers, Size: 8 1/2" x 11" • 613 color & 23 b/w photos ISBN: 978-0-7643-4813-6 • hard cover characters and designs. Price Guide • 256 pp. • $59.99 Size: 8 1/2" x 11" • 400 photos • 160 pp. ISBN: 0-7643-1527-7 • hard cover • $49.95 ISBN: 0-88740-958-X • soft cover • $29.95