Joseph Ovette: Fast Ones
Ovette, Joseph: Fast Ones
©1940 Joseph Ovette
Softcover, saddle-stitched, 5.5x8.5", 32 pages

©1952 2nd Ed, Lloyd E. Jones, Magic Ltd., Oakland, CA
39 pages

Ovette: Fast Ones
1940 Edition
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Ovette: Fast Ones
1952 Edition
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Comments: Note, the contents for the original 1940 edition includes an item titled "Impromptu Hathaway Box", which does not appear in the 1952 reprint.

Contents (from 2nd edition book):

3 Foreword (Joseph Ovette)
3 Second Edition (Lloyd E. Jones)
4 Amazo (Louis Lam): impromptu card revelation
5 A Sensational Card Effect (Louis Lam): magician reveals selection and deals to it at number from 2nd spectator
7 A Miracle In Cards (Louis Lam): impromptu coincidence
9 Think And Take: 2nd spectator selects the card he thinks 1st spectator selected and is correct
10 Bagging The Card: a card is chosen from a deck cut in half - the mate is found hanging on a ribbon
12 Number Telepathy: simple addition prediction
13 A Tip On Slow Motion Card Vanish: Using a TT to vanish a card
14 The Whispering Thought: spectator whispers a card, takes deck to assistant, and assistant finds card
15 Midget Stack of Bowls on Palm of Hand: from under a silk
16 Shoe Laces Today: tips are cut off a shoelace and are restored
17 Card Silk Routine: revelation routine for a silk with a card printed on it
18 The Perfect Pellet Switch
19 Simple Location: with a stacked deck
20 A Simple Do As I Do: with red and blue decks
20 Audience Do As I Do: two deck coincidence
21 Different Princess Card Trick: selected Jumbo card vanishes and is found in pocket
22 Another Card Silk Idea (Wm. Rueskamp): uses both a blank and a printed silk
23 Clean Rabbit Vanish: production done in reverse
25 The Transparent Tube: confetti is placed in tube and is replaced by silks
26 New Pellet Reading Slant (Wm. Rueskamp): mental routine
28 Germaine’s Butterfly Trick: general explanation
29 Dropping The Eggs: eggs broken into rolled paper don't soil spectator's hands
29 Magician Versus Layman: blown out match lights a paper
30 Slate Message Reading: using a flap slate
32 A New Production Frame: for platform or stage
33 Phantom Vanish: for livestock
36 Sock Die Box Twist: ends with a rabbit production
37 A Chinese Phantasy (Wu Ling): silks produced from glass of water and glass vanishes


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