viii, [1], 10-94 printed pages. "New Edition." Printed by Ballantyne Press, Ballantyne, Hanson & Co. Edinburgh, Chandos Street, London. There was another edition printed by Savill Edards & Co with colour additional title page and frontispiece - called "New Edition, with coloured illustrations". Hinge between front free endpaper and half-title page cracked but still firm. Original pale yellow endpapers. All edges gilt. 69 x 96mm. Original publishers terracotta brown cloth. Spine with "Ventriloquism" in black capitals. Back cover with Warne's logo embossed in black with single and double embossed black borders. Front cover with proprietory "Warne's Bijou Books" border and gilt stamped ventriloquist withfemale dummy and "Ventriloquism. F.Hardy". Slightly rubbed. Not in Bondy, nor Spielmann. Welsh, 3232. OCLC, 28607497. WorldCat locates 4 copies worldwide. It documents the transition of ventriloquism from fairground trickery to a formalized form of parlour and stage entertainment. It provides insights into how the practice was taught to beginners at the time.