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How to Build a Ventriloquist Dummy – A Step by Step Guide for the Home Carpenter 

This antiquarian book contains a comprehensive guide to designing, building, and using a wooden doll for ventriloquism. Written in clear, simple language and full of handy tips and detailed instructions, this volume constitutes the perfect book for the novice ventriloquist. It would also make for a great addition to any collection of allied literature. The chapters of this book include: "Ventriloquism", "How to Build a Dummy", "Mechanism For Realism – Part I", "Mechanism for Realism – Part II", "Painting the Dummy and Building the Body". Many antiquarian books such as this are increasingly hard to come by and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are republishing this book now in an affordable, modern, high quality edition. It comes complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on ventriloquism.