Slot Machines; A Pictorial History of the First 100 Years of the World's Most Popular Coin-Operated Gaming Devices

Fey, Marshall

ISBN 10: 0913814539 / ISBN 13: 9780913814536

Published by LIberty Belle Books, Reno Nevada, 1989

About this Item

from the inside front cover, "It is all here! The complete and colorful story of coin-operated chance machines from the time they first became prevalent in the early 1890's up to the coin gaming found in today's casino's." DZ1. glossy pictorial boards, 12.25" x 9.25", 256 pages, illustrated 611 photographs with 326 full color, indexed, inscribed by Marshall Fey and Frank Fey, Photo envelope with pictures of the Liberty Belle slot machines with Ron written on envelope.

Seller Inventory # 5568518

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Slot Machines; A Pictorial History of the First 100 Years of the World's Most Popular Coin-Operated Gaming Devices
• Publisher: LIberty Belle Books, Reno Nevada
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0913814539
• ISBN 13: 9780913814536
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Second Printing, 5400.
• Condition: near fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • History
  • Nevada

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Synopsis

1983, oversize hardcover edition, Nevada Publications, Las Vegas, Nevada. Gorgeous, most impressive hardcover volume, 240 pages, 400 photos, 218 of them in full color. Also present are line drawings and maps. You have to go back to the 1890's for the birth of the 3-reel bell slot machine. By the time this country was in the Roaring 20's, these machines were everywhere and the golden age of slots lasted all the way to 1950, when federal legislation kicked in. This book is fabulous, great color, vintage b&w photos, line drawings, magazine ads, marvelous text. The author comes from a 3-generation Fey coin machine family. The Fey brothers have a saloon and restaurant in Reno, and their collection has been in newspapers, magazines and national TV. If you're talking about slot machines, the Fey Brothers know their stuff.