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The Collection of Edwin A. Dawes Part III

Sat, Feb 15, 2025 12:00PM EST
Lot 426

[VENTRILOQUISM]. Collection of Works on the Art of Ventrilo...

Estimate: $400 - $800

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[VENTRILOQUISM]. Collection of Works on the Art of Ventriloquism. Twelve vintage volumes and four modern, including, How Anyone may Become a Ventriloquist. London: R. March, ca. 1900; Practical Ventriloquism by Robert Ganthony. London: The Bazaar Office, ca. 1900; Wizard's Manual. Secrets of Black Art, Ventriloquism, Hypnotism by Svengarro. Baltimore: Ottenheimer, ca. 1900; How to Acquire this Amusing Art. Ventriloquism. Chicago: Max Stein, ca. 1930s; The Art of Ventriloquism by George Tollerton. Wellington, NZ: Stewart's Studio of Magic, ca. 1940; The Maurice Rooklyn Course of Practical Ventriloquism. [Sydney: Author, ca. 1940]; Thayer's Eureka Magical Series. Art of Ventriloquism. [Los Angeles: F.G. Thayer, 1930s]; and eight more. Together, 18 volumes, bound in pictorial wraps and cloth with jackets, 4tos and 8vos. Dawes bookplates. Generally good condition. A good group.