Christian Marfels (2 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 229 pages in very good condition. Pages are clean and unmarked in typescript with black and white diagrams throughout. Some sticker residue on the title page. Bound in white card covers with black and yellow titles and designs. Darkened on the spine. Lightly worn around the edges. Some smudges on the covers. SCARCE. VG Size: 8 1/2 x 11. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine - Fine condition. Dust Jacket Condition: No dust jacket, as issued. First Edition. Las Vegas, Nevada: UNLV International Gaming Institute, 2001. INSCRIBED/ SIGNED/ DATED ("December 4, 2001") by the AUTHOR, directly on the front free endpaper. The cover is in Near Fine condition (only lightly rubbed). Internal condition is FINE. Appears unread. Sharp corners. Bright, shiny, clean, square and tight. NO bookplate. NOT a remainder. Pages are fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Well illustrated with portraits, document facsimilies, and photographs, including of gaming equipment and promotional ads. Index. Bound in the original pictorial laminated boards, lettered in white and red. From the publisher: "The book chronicles the life and times of Bally from the days of innovation and breakthrough under coin machine pioneer Ray Moloney to the Barnum and Bally World under Bill O. Donnell to the renaissance of Bally under Hans Kloss in the mid 1990s. Emphasis is on the people behind the success of Bally's pinball and slot machines. The quality and acceptance of a product is only made possible through the ideas, resolve and workmanship of the people who make it, and Bally is a perfect example. Follow the events of the introduction of Ballyhoo at the 1932 Chicago Coin Machine Exhibition, the phenomenal acceptance of the Money Honey with its new hopper system in the mid 1960s, and the development of the Slot Data System in 1976, the first fully computerized data gathering system for slot machine operations. These are just a few examples of the pioneering spirit at Bally. This book is a needed source of reference for gaming industry insiders, observers and analysts, and it is a welcome addition to the libraries of gaming enthusiasts.". INSCRIBED/ SIGNED by the AUTHOR. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine - Fine condition/No dust jacket, as issued. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. viii, 177pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. NOT a library discard (illustrator).…