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[VENTRILOQUISM] GROUP OF 5 VENTRILOQUIST BROADSIDES, HANDBILLS, AND ADVERTISEMENTS. V.p., 1796–1881. Including: The London Chronicle. Vol. LXXIX, No. 5714. Jan. 21, 1796. Gathering of eight pages. 4to. p. 71 with a seven-line obituary of the celebrated ventriloquist James O’Burn (“Little Tommy”). — Theatre Royal, English Opera, Strand. Mr. Mathews will deliver an Experimental Lecture on Ventriloquy. Lowndes Printer, London, 1818. 12 × 65/8". — Tremont Temple. A Grand Lincoln Memorial. Prof. Allyne The Wizard and Ventriloquist. J.H. & F.F. Farewell, Boston, 1865. 12½ × 6¼". — Go and See Lieutenant Walter Cole King of Ventriloquists. Wilkes & Co., Printers, London, [1881 (manuscript date)]. 7½ × 5". — Town Hall, Wycombe. Hoffman’s Organophonic Band together with Mr. Thurton’s Ventriloquism!!! Butler, Printer, Wycombe. 10 × 7¾".