[ 'Brock', 'equilibrist', juggler and sword swallower ('Juggling Swords . Balancing & Spinning Knives . Illuminated Clubs).. ] Four publicity photographs, two inscribed to Mr and Mrs James, with Typed Letter Signed to them, and publicity pamphlet.
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'.