Ovette Joseph (39 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Circa 1970s reprint of original edition. Good with minor darkening to covers and rubber-stamped vintage magic distributor address on title page. No other markings. These are ideas for stage magic using flowers, livestock, bowls of water, etc. Thomas M. Libonati (illustrator).…

Stapled Wraps. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 32 pages. b&w Drawings (illustrator).

Condition: New.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Softcover. 32 pages. Profusely illustrated. Fine condition. (P5).

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. First Edition. Vertical crease in cover and pages, former owner rubber name stamp on title page, else good. Pamphlet with stiff paper covers. 32 pages of varied magic including some mentalism. Tipped in errata sheet.

Condition: New.

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Date is an estimate. FAIR COPY, paper tape along spine, fragile covers with wear and tear. Rubber stamped slogan " Ask Silbar-He Knows" on cover and title page. Check mark on table of contents page and X mark in margin of one page. No other markings noticed. Corner chipped and missing from rear cover. About half the book seems to be extended advertising copy for author's forthcoming books and effects. Other half is mental magic and platform magic and various tips. …

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Good to very good with small rubber-stamped former owner name in border area of front cover. Includes effects by Ovette, Louis Lam, and others. Errata slip tipped to inside rear cover. This is the original edition not the Lloyd Jones reprint. Lew Chuk & Pete Biro (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Good with rubber-stamped address of prior owner in three places in booklet including on front cover. Pamphlet with stiff paper covers. 32 pages of varied magic including some mentalism. Tipped in errata sheet.

Soft cover. Condition: Good+. 1st Edition. Good plus with some browning to covers, otherwise clean on the inside. This is the original Berland first edition. These are ideas for stage magic using flowers, livestock, bowls of water, etc. Printed on coated paper stock. Thomas M. Libonati (illustrator).…

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. (Magic tricks, fun and games, vintage).

Condition: Good. Good condition. No date stated. (gambling poker cards tips).

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. stapled paperback, tall 8vo, 32pp, illustrated, clean and sound, card covers, Very Good condition.

Condition: Very Good. Wrappers, 12 pages. Very good condition. Later reprint by Magic Limited.

Stapled. Condition: Good. No Jacket. No date. Light green 9 x 11 inch card cover foled. Magic marker title on front cover. Tears to front cover where the staples are. Title page in red ink. 5 other sheets: 2 one-sided; three double-sided. Some fraying to bottoms of sheets.

Softcover Stapled. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Signed by Teral Garrett on inside of front cover at top of fold; "Complimentary for Review Teral Garrett". Title has two ee's on Ovette with one crossed out. Blue card cover with four sheets folded and stapled. 9 x 11 inch sheets. Pencil notations within text. Blue card cover dirty and worn around edges. Signed by Publisher.…

Pamphlet. Condition: Very Good+. Light blue wraps with Magician illustration on the cover. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; A clean copy in mostly excellent condition.

Pamphlet. Condition: Very Good. Red wrappers with a great Art Deco designed illustration printed on the cover. ; 9.2 X 8.6 X 0.2 inches; 83 pages; A little light edgewear otherwise a clean copy in mostly excellent condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Blue covers with black illustration and title to frontSigned with an inscription opposite contents page; ' To Pal Bowyer from Signor J. Ovette Jun16/1931. A 300 price at top corner of first page. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: Fair. Blue pictorial wrappers, illustrated. Toning and wear to covers, back cover splitting internally, fair condition.

Condition: Fair. Red pictorial wrappers, illustrated, 83 pages. Ex-libris John Alexander McKinven. Chips to covers, toning to pages, fair condition. Includes some absolutely wild ideas for generating publicity.

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. FAIR ONLY due to two chips out of front cover and overall wear and tear including considerable wear along spine which may cause cover to separate from text. Bookplate of noted magician and historian ERIC C. LEWIS on inside front cover. Paper has normal age darkening. 58 pages of stage magic plus advertising. Insane ideas such as "Human Smoke Stack" and boiling a tea kettle on your head and ETHERTA, the human Aeroplane. Strictly for information purposes only. Plus a naked woman drawn on the cover.…

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Unstated. Publicity Miracles by Ovette Joseph Self Published, 1925 unstated edition. Staple Bound in good condition. Text is clean and unmarked, binding tight all staples in place no loose pages, some slight tanning of pages due to age. Cover shows heavy signs of wear its acceptable but does has some dings, nicks and tear at spine. He covers blindfold effects, Weird publicity stunts, impromptu talk creators, mind reading feats, advertising materials, This booklet is to get publicity for your magicians act. 83 pages, Golden Gate Magic Co. store sticker on last page, ads back cover.…

stapled wrappers. Condition: Good. First edition. 8vo, 83 pages (including pictorial ads), red stapled wrappers worn, creased. Scarce. Ovette (born Giuseppe Olivo) was an inventive, master magician: he was the original of Mar-Jah, the mentalist. Ovette believed that new, better techniques were needed to promote everything, but especially magicians. "The contents of this book unselfishly reveal to the reader the very CREAM of PUBLICITY STUNTS - the NEWEST - the LATEST - AND MOST SENSATIONAL - Preface by Chas. Maly." The art deco cover design is by Sid Lorraine, the "official artist" of the International Brotherhood of Magicians. Sid Lorraine (illustrator).…

Condition: Good. The Reilly Company Chicago, IL 1924 12mo. 125 pages. brown cloth boards are worn with soiling, staining, and rubbing. sunned spine. previous owner bookplate to front pastedown.