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[VENTRILOQUISM]. Collection of Booklets, Pamphlets, and Chapbooks about Ventriloquism. 19 items. Includes: The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, No. 807, November 26, 1836 (article on ventriloquism by J. Chambers); — The Art of Ventriloquism by Frederic Maccabe. London: Frederick Warne & Co., ca. 1875. Toole-Stott 460; — George W. Callahan’s Easy Method of Ventriloquism, 1890. Lacks yellow wraps; — The People’s Handbook Series: The Art of Ventriloquism by Frederic Maccabe, 1894; — How To Become A Ventriloquist by Harry Kennedy, two editions, 1885 and 1891; — Handbook on the Art of Ventriloquism by Victor Gervaise, 1904. Proof copy with holographic annotations; — A Practical Guide to the Art of Ventriloquism by Cecil H. Bullivant, ca. early 1900s; — Ventriloquism / Up-to-date. / Easy Methods. by Prof. J. Nelson, ca. early 1900s; — How To Become a Ventriloquist by Coram, ca. 1919; — Art of Ventriloquism: How To Throw Your Voice by George W. Callahan, (two copies) [ca. 1920s]; — Ventriloquism Self Taught by Hereward Carrington, ca. 1928; — Treasure Chest of Ventriloquism, 1938; — Adventures of a Ventriloquist by John Manley, 1941; — Ventriloquism Self-Taught by Robert Ganthony, ca. 1948; — Causerie Sur «La Ventriloquie» par le Prof. Dr méd. A. Bessemans, in French, 1953. LIMITED EDITION, number 5 of 50 copies. SCARCE; — Asbury’s Secret of Ventriloquism by Danny Asbury, ca. 1950s; — Ventriloquism by Kevin Davie, 1978. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED to Ricky Jay by the author. Many illustrated. Publisher’s original wraps and bindings vary. Most 8vos and smaller. Some older copies disbound.