La Vellma (David J. Lustig) was a press agent and advance man in the 1920's and 1930's. He worked with a number of well-known magicians of the day, not only as press agent but in writing material for them. I'm not exactly sure why he thought knowing about magic and writing about it would mean that he could write about vent. Some of the advice he gives and ideas he espouses are questionable, at best. The only somewhat accurate instruction is the material he gleaned from Ganthony's earlier works on vent.

The first 14 pages of this book are in the form of ten lessons (plus "ventriloquial afterthoughts"). The second section is more in Lustig's area of expertise: Pages 15 through 28 are dialogue jottings, complete routines, suggestions for acts, etc. The last few pages are ads of items available from various magic dealers.

This is the scarce FIRST edition (1920), published by Robert W. Doidge. 32pp, 6" x 9" with softcover. This copy is nice and tight. Very Fine/Near MINT condition.... which is remarkable, considering it's now over 100 years old!

Comes in an archival mylar sleeve.

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Vaudeville Ventriloqusm - Book by La Vellma and Robert W. Doidge

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