Wee Book - What I Know About Women - Great Ovette - Circa 1930s - V. FINE - Pp
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Wee Book-What I know about women-Great Ovette-circa 1930s-v.FINE
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ITEM: This is a wee book, with text on front page, WHAT I KNOW ABOUT WOMEN. Back page has his name, the Great Ovette, the Man they could not hang. This is above a cartoon drawing of him as a baby. Inside are 8 blank pages, , circa 1930s. This can be found in A Short Title History and Checklist of Wee Books 1800-2005, by Raymond A. Ricard..., as number 539.
From Magicpedia, courtesy of Genii Magazine:
Joseph Ovette (1885-1946), born Giuseppe (Joseph) Olivo in Italy, was a prolific author and top ranking magician.
Ovette and his three brothers were raised in Brooklyn, New York and his first magic shows were with the Kickapoo Medicine Show in 1916 until 1919. He then toured the country playing the Vaudeville circuits. Featuring such acts as the "Man they Could not Hang, " and the Bullet Catch, he obtained wide publicity.He also lived in Canada and was very active in Magical Societies. The Sphinx and M-U-M had published articles about him and his magic. He was the originator of the "Ovette Master Move", which had been published in Genii as "Kelly's Bottom Placement", causing some sort of confusion about the originator.Ovette did a crystal gazing act as "Mar-Jah", of which he would state, he was the original...as several other mental acts billed themselves as "Mar-jah" as well. A real showman, he wrote a lot of material about publicity stunts like being buried alive and blindfold drives. He contributed lots of tricks and articles to the The Linking Ring between 1930 and 1940Operated on for a malignant throat on July 24th, he succumbed on August 5th at in Buffalo, New York. He was buried on August 7th at Arn Prior in Ontario, Canada.
DATE: Circa 1930s.
SIZE: 2 1/2 by 3 5/8 inches, black ink on yellow paper
COND: Minor use marks. All in otherwise very Fine, almost Mint condition. Please view the attached image to see the quality of this fine item.
PLEASE NOTE AND READ: Insurance costswill be added to the final shipping. For low cost items, insurance may beadded at no additional cost. With NO insurance, there would be no refundif lost or damaged. Actual total must be put on Customs Forms. ItemCANNOT be marked as a gift. Multiple lots can be consolidated into onepackage with one invoice. If you are bidding on more than one lot, do NOT pay right away. If you do PayPal, I have to ship the next businessday. Once you pay, I will put positive feedback on ebay. I do notwait as some other sellers may do. If you are not happy with the items, please email me to let me know. I work with buyers to resolve anyproblems. I pack items as if I were shipping them to myself. I havebeen selling on ebay for over 16 years, with 100% positive feedback. Read thecomments, do not just look at the numbers. I sometimes over-describeitems, with all known problems, so you will always know what you aregetting. Please email me with any questions.
(No Reserve-Bid & the Item Will Sell)
ITEM: This is a wee book, with text on front page, WHAT I KNOW ABOUT WOMEN. Back page has his name, the Great Ovette, the Man they could not hang. This is above a cartoon drawing of him as a baby. Inside are 8 blank pages, , circa 1930s. This can be found in A Short Title History and Checklist of Wee Books 1800-2005, by Raymond A. Ricard..., as number 539.
From Magicpedia, courtesy of Genii Magazine:
Joseph Ovette (1885-1946), born Giuseppe (Joseph) Olivo in Italy, was a prolific author and top ranking magician.
Ovette and his three brothers were raised in Brooklyn, New York and his first magic shows were with the Kickapoo Medicine Show in 1916 until 1919. He then toured the country playing the Vaudeville circuits. Featuring such acts as the "Man they Could not Hang, " and the Bullet Catch, he obtained wide publicity.He also lived in Canada and was very active in Magical Societies. The Sphinx and M-U-M had published articles about him and his magic. He was the originator of the "Ovette Master Move", which had been published in Genii as "Kelly's Bottom Placement", causing some sort of confusion about the originator.Ovette did a crystal gazing act as "Mar-Jah", of which he would state, he was the original...as several other mental acts billed themselves as "Mar-jah" as well. A real showman, he wrote a lot of material about publicity stunts like being buried alive and blindfold drives. He contributed lots of tricks and articles to the The Linking Ring between 1930 and 1940Operated on for a malignant throat on July 24th, he succumbed on August 5th at in Buffalo, New York. He was buried on August 7th at Arn Prior in Ontario, Canada.
DATE: Circa 1930s.
SIZE: 2 1/2 by 3 5/8 inches, black ink on yellow paper
COND: Minor use marks. All in otherwise very Fine, almost Mint condition. Please view the attached image to see the quality of this fine item.
PLEASE NOTE AND READ: Insurance costswill be added to the final shipping. For low cost items, insurance may beadded at no additional cost. With NO insurance, there would be no refundif lost or damaged. Actual total must be put on Customs Forms. ItemCANNOT be marked as a gift. Multiple lots can be consolidated into onepackage with one invoice. If you are bidding on more than one lot, do NOT pay right away. If you do PayPal, I have to ship the next businessday. Once you pay, I will put positive feedback on ebay. I do notwait as some other sellers may do. If you are not happy with the items, please email me to let me know. I work with buyers to resolve anyproblems. I pack items as if I were shipping them to myself. I havebeen selling on ebay for over 16 years, with 100% positive feedback. Read thecomments, do not just look at the numbers. I sometimes over-describeitems, with all known problems, so you will always know what you aregetting. Please email me with any questions.
