balancing sword (9 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Zustand: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Acceptable. Item in acceptable condition! Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

Zustand: New. In.

The six items in fair condition, lightly aged and worn. The four photographs are all in black and white, and all around 12.5 x 9 cm. They show Brock swallowing and spinning swords, and balancing a microphone stand on his chin. The letter is dated 9 March 1969, and on his red and black letterhead ('New! Novel! Sensational! | Juggling Swords Balancing & Spinning Knives Illuminated Clubs'). It concerns the purchase of 'some old pro Photoes [sic] in JIMMY LYNTONS fit up article'. The pamphlet is a thin 12mo bifolium, with a drawing of Brock doing his act. It is printed in blue, red and gold, with the cover bearing an acrostic in large letters of Brock's name: 'Breathtaking | Remarkable | Original | Complete | Knife-edge | EQUILIBRIST | Spinning & Juggling | Genuine Cavalry Swords and Knives | ILLUMINATED CLUBS'. He boasts that his act is 'Booked, Re-booked and Recommended' and 'always kept fresh by addition of Clever and Original Material'.

The collection is in fair condition, lightly aged and worn. Two of Brock's three Typed Letters Signed are addressed to theatre bookseller Barry Duncan. In one of them, written on 18 March 1969, he writes: 'I have been knocking around for 60 years i think i have played every theatre of note and played with some of the best | but i am getting tired with this club stuff you play a diffrent club every night some time you double them in a night un [sic] packing and packing up. | so i am waiting for GALAS one show a day will do me'. The third letter is to 'Jimmy', i.e. 'Jimmy Lynton', the stage name of entertainer Charles Parson (1887-1970), grandfather of prime minister Tony Blair. The five photographs are all black and white, and range in size from 18 x 13 cm to 12 x 9 cm. They depict Brock swallowing and spinning knives, and balancing a microphone stand on his chin. The two pamphlets are thin 12mo bifoliums, almost identical in design, the only apparent difference being the fact that on one copy a photograph has been laid down over what on the other is a drawing of Brock doing his act. They are printed in blue, red and gold, with the cover bearing an acrostic in large letters of Brock's name: 'Breathtaking | Remarkable | Original | Complete | Knife-edge | EQUILIBRIST | Spinning & Juggling | Genuine Cavalry Swords and Knives | ILLUMINATED CLUBS'. He boasts that his act is 'Booked, Re-booked and Recommended' and 'always kept fresh by addition of Clever and Original Material'. Also present are copies of two letters from Barry Duncan to Brock, both from March 1969. The first discusses a proposal by 'Our mutual friend Jimmy Lynton'; the second responds to Brock's letter of 18 March.