BOOKS on AUTOMATA
Automata, Nicholas, Foulkes, Editions Xavier Barral, Paris, 2017
Automata: The Golden Age, (1848-1914), Christian Bailly, Robert Hale, London, 1987
Automata and Mechanical Toys, Mary Hillier, Jupiter Books, London, 1976
Automata and Mechanical Toys, Rodney Peppé, Crowood Press Ltd., Wiltshire, UK, 2002
Automata: Movable Illustration, Aquio Nishida, (printed in Japan), 2002
Automata Too!, Magdelen Bear, Tarquin Publications, England, 2001 [paper cut-outs]
Amazing Machines, Keith Good, Evans Bros. Ltd., London , 2002
The Art and Craft of Wooden Toys, Ron Fuller and Cathy Meeus, Running Press,Philadelphia, PA, 1994
Cabaret Mechanical Movement: Understanding Movement and Making Automata,
Aiden Lawrence Onn & Gary Alexander, Cabaret Mechanical Theater, London, 1998
Cardboard Engineering Source Book, Rob Ives, Flying Pig, Cumbria, U.K.,2002
Contemporary Automata: a Continuum, Juta and Jim McCord, Mouseworks, Toronto, 2004
Devices of Wonder, Barbara Maria Stafford and Frances Terpak, Getty Trust Publications, Los Angeles, CA, 2001
Edison’s Eve, Gaby Wood, Anchor Books, New York, 2002
How to Design and Make Simple Automata, Robert Addams, Craft Education, Dorset, U.K, 2003
Hunkin's Experiments, Tim Hunkin, Pelham Projects, Ltd., Brighton, England, 2004
Making Mechanical Toys, Rodney Peppé, Crowood Press Ltd., Wiltshire, UK, 2002
Making Simple Automata, Robert Race, Crowood Press, Ramsbury, Marlborough, Wiltshire, UK, 2014
Making Things Move, Dustyn Roberts, Mc-Graw Hill, New York, N.Y., 2011
The Mechanical Turk, Tom Standage ,Penguin Press, London, 2002
Mechanical Toys, Athelstan & Kathleen Spilhaus, Crown Pub., N.Y., 1989
Museum of the Mind, Museum of Automata, York, England, 1992
Paper Automata, Rob Ives, Tarquin Publications, England ,1998 [paper cut-outs]
Paper Models That Move, Walter Ruffler, Dover Publications, 2010 [paper cut-outs]
Toys and Models, Rodney Peppé, Antique Collectors Club, Woodbridge Suffolk, UK 2003
Sharmanka: From the Beginning, Friends of Sharmanka, Scotland, 1997
Spooner's Moving Animals, Paul Spooner, Harry N. Abrams, NY, 1986
Walking Automata, Magdalen Bear, Tarquin Publications, England, 2007 [paper cut-outs]
Related Interest
507 Mechanical Movements, Henry T. Brown, The Astragal Press, Mendham, NJ, 1995
American Folk Toys, John R. Nelson, Taunton Press, Ct, 1998
Basic Machines and How They Work, Dover, New York, 1994
Building Wooden Machines, Alan and Gill Bridgewater, F+W Media Inc., Cincinnati, OH, 2012
Easy-to-Make Whirligigs, Anders S. Lunde, Dover Publications, New York, 1996
Leonardo’s Lost Robots, Mark Elling Rosheim, Springer, Minneapolis, 2006
Leonardo’s Machines, edited by Mario Taddei and Edoardo Zanon, David & Charles, Cincinnati, 2006
Magnificent Machines, Caroli McBride, Zephyr Press, Tucson, AZ, 2000
Making Animated Whirligigs, Anders S. Lunde, Dover Publications, New York, 1984
Making Heirloom Toys, Jim Makowicki, Taunton Press, CT, 1996
Making Mechanical Marvels in Wood, Raymond Levy, Sterling Publishing Co., NY, 1991
Making Wooden Mechanical Models, Alan and Gill Bridgewater, Popular Woodworking Books, Cincinnati, 1995
Making More Wooden Mechanical Models, Alan and Gill Bridgewater, Popular Woodworking Books, Cincinnati, 2000
Making Moving Toys, Pippa and Ian Howes. Collins and Brown, London, 1999
Making Things Move, Dustyn Roberts, McGraw Hill, 2011
Marvelous Transforming Toys, Jim Makowicki, Taunton Press, CT, 2000
The Paper Locksmith, Rob Ives Tarquin Publications, England [paper cut-out models]
Rube Goldberg: Inventions, Maynard F. Wolfe, Simon and Schuster, N.Y., 2000
Simple Working Models of Historic Machines, M.I.T. Press, Cambridge, 1968
Toys and Models, Rodney Peppé, Antique Collectors’ Club Ltd., England, 2003
Whacky Toys, Whirligigs, and Whatchamacallits, Rodney Frost, Sterling Publishing, N.Y. 2002
VIDEOS and CDs
Cabaret Mechanical Theater
a tour of the Cabaret collection with interviews of artists
How to Make Automata
an introduction to automata making by Keith Newstead
Made in Stithians
a day in the life of Paul Spooner
Sharmanka Kinetic Theater
Eduard Bersudky's dark, brooding automata
all above available online from www.cabaret.co.uk
Arthur Ganson’s Machines – 1978-2004
the breathtaking work of Arthur Ganson
available from www.arthurganson.com
Ancient Discoveries – Machines of the Gods
the classical work of Heron of Alexandria
available from The History Channel www.history.com
Computer-played CD
Making Movement: How to Make Automata, Mechanisms, Mechanical Toys
short videos illustrating and explaining movement along written text and diagrams
available online from www.automata.co.uk
