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Pinball Books

• Pinball (Deutsches Museum)
• All About Pinball (Natkin and Kirk)
• Pinball! (Sharp)
• Pinball, an Illustrated History (Colmer)
• Pinball 1 (Bueschel)
• Pinball Portfolio (McKeown)

All About Pinball by Bobbye Claire Natkin and Steve Kirk: Grosset & Dunlap:, 1977. Pictorial Cover. First printing Stated. 93⁄4" - 12" tall. 120 pages, illustrated in color and b&w. "A fascinating and detailed history of pinball including its legal background. A unique writing approach correlated the events of the world with the developments in the pinball industry, not just telling you what happened but how it happened and why. With a massive photo glossary-with 246 listings of pinball terminology. Two available, one softcover in excellent condtion, the second is a former library book, hardcover, in good condition with clear jacket. $135

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Pinball! by Roger Sharpe: E.P. Dutton (New York), 1977. 1st edition (stated). 192 pp. Colour and b&w illustrations, glossary, appendix. A photographic celebration of pinball as game, cultural phenomenon and obsession: "Playing pinball is like making love. It demands the complete concentration and total involvement of the player. Nothing else will do." Large format (8.5" x 12") Two available, one hard cover with fly, one softcover, both in excellent condition. $105

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Pinball, An Illustrated History by Michael Colmer: New York New American Library 1976. Softcover. First American Edition. First Printing. A Full color history of the pinball machine. The book is filled with color as well as black & white photos of early advertisments spanning 50 yrs. There is also an index of the various machines. 120 pages. Quarto. Printed on flat paper, not glossy. Two copies available. Softcover, good condition. $50

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Pinball Portfolio by Harry McKeown: Secaucus NJ: Chartwell Books, 1976. Hard Cover. 35.0 x 25.0cms, 160pp, Color Illusts. This book has chapters on 'the beginning & early developments'; 'the final phase'; 'the legal dilemma'; 'the designers'; 'classic machines'; playing piball'; 'pinball paraphanalia'. it covers style, design, artwork, play-systems, and the artist-designers who have made the machines. In excellent condition. $110

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Pinball by the Deutsches Museum (translated by Goddard): 1994 Tiger. This is the story of the pinball machine, mainly in photographs, Pinball machines can trace their ancestry back ot the time-honoured game of bagatelle, but are a direct descendant of a game devised in the United States by Montagu Redgrave in 1971. First English Language edition. 12x9.5. 78pp. colour photos throughout text. $40

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Pinball 1 by Richard M. Bueschel: Wheat Ridge, CO.: Hoflin Publishing, 1988. 246 pages. Colored and black & white photgraphic illustrations throughout. The early history of pinball, together with "The 100 machines": illustrated one-page histories of the landmark machines from 1885-1978. Four-page publisher's price guide to pinball machine values loosely inserted. slightly worn. $35

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