Byron Walker's Magic Books

	Arthur Prince, The Whole Art of Ventriloquism.  First edition with fine tinted frontispiece of Arthur Prince.  Original blue cloth, highly gilt on front cover and spine.  Published by Will Goldston about 1915.  94 pages plus ads for Goldston vent figures.  A very nice copy.  $50		Hercat's Ventriloquist and Ventriloquial Dialogues.  London, 1916. History, Anecdotes, Spoof Ventriloquism, Ventrloquial Figures, How to Become a Ventriloquist, and Dialogues.  Missing front cover and pages 65 to 73 in photocopy. A reading copy only of a scarce book.  $20
	Edgar Bergen,  How To Become A Ventriloquist.  1938 First edition.  125 pages with many nice illustrations.  Original orange cloth.  Title on front cover and spine.  A very nice, clean copy.  $20		Genii August 1939, Charlie McCarthy issue. Cover of Charlie plus article inside. Complete issue, damp stained.   $10
	Learn to Be a Ventriloquist: How to "Throw Your Voice" and Make a "Dummy Talk"  1938 Whitman Publishing. A scarce "wee" book in  incredibly mint condition.     $20		Ventriloquism in a Nutshell from Maher Ventriloquist Studios, 1979, 64 pages,  photos and illustrations, $10
	Finis & Co. Catalog (Finis & Annamay Robinson) 1953, Catalog No. 12,  with January 1959 price list tipped in.  44 un-numbered pages in pictorial wraps,  with many pages of photos of ventriloquial figures.  Foreword by William Berger.  A fine copy of a very nice catalog.  $20
	Marionettes in the Making and Manipulation by Ernest Sewell, Early 1900s. Title page photo of Sewell, 12 pages, illustrated, original pictorial wraps, with Goldston Vent ad. Missing blank rear wrap, otherwise very good.  $15		Practical Ventriloquism by Robert Ganthony.  155 pages. No date (but L. Upcott Gill Catalog dated 1901 in rear.) Frontispiece of the author with his "Funnygraph".  Original decorative cloth, gilt spine and cover. nice copy. $65
	Burling Hull, Novel Ways of Opening Your Ventriloquil Act.  7 pages, 8 1/2 x 11,  mimeograph.  Slightly rusty staples, otherwise as new.  $5		Burling Hull,  The Ventriloquist Act.  7 pages, 8 1/2 x 11, mimeograph, slightly rusty staples, otherwise as  new.  $5