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AN ADDITIONAL $2.00 FOR INSURANCE IS ADDED TO THE S/H FEE FOR ITEMS OVER $150. 1980 Written by Ken Brooke Work of Ken Brooke 222 pages (Hardcover), published by The Supreme Magic Company Illustrated with photographs and drawings Language: English 108 entries Edwin Hooper Publisher's Preface 3 Articles / Intros & Epilogues Section One - Harry Stanley Reminisces 7 Articles / Chapter Heading Harry Stanley Foreword Our First Meeting Ken arrives in London Great Names and Classic Books Great Unique Days A Feat of Magic 8 Articles / Biographical Articles / Intros & Epilogues Section Two - Wisdom, Advice, and a Recommended Book 17 Articles / Chapter Heading Ken Brooke It's Got to be More than Magic - Some Words of Advice 18 Articles / Articles Ken Brooke Let's Get With It! 20 Articles / Articles Section Three - Ken on Kards 23 Articles / Chapter Heading Ken Brooke Ken on the Fan Force Also published here Die Fächerforce (Ken Brooke, 1991) 24 Cards / Sleights / Force / Classic Force Ken Brooke The Top Change - May Way Also published here Das Filieren (Ken Brooke, 1991) 27 Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Top Change Ken Brooke The Ken Brooke Method for Producing Single Cards Also published here Einzel-Karten-Produktion (Ken Brooke, 1991) 31 Cards / Manipulation / Production & Appearance / Single Cards Ken Brooke Ken Brooke's Card Vanish packet of cards vanishes, sleeve Also published here Ein Kartenverschwinden (Ken Brooke, 1991) 34 Cards / Manipulation / Vanish / Packet Cards / Sleights / Ditching Cards / Sleeving Ken Brooke Vanishing Card Case and Cards deck removed from case, case vanishes, case taken from pocket, deck vanishes and is back in case Also published here Etui & Kartenverschwinden (Ken Brooke, 1991) 38 Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Card Case Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Deck Section Four - Fun-Magic 41 Articles / Chapter Heading Ken Brooke "It's Fun to be Fooled" or "Grandfather's Chestnut Corner" 42 Articles / Intros & Epilogues Ken Brooke Crazy Paper gags while reading a newspaper, upside down and hole for head Also published here Verrückter Zeitungsleser (Ken Brooke, 1990) 42 Newspaper / Miscellaneous Articles / Joke Ken Brooke Magic Props - Impromptu comment 42 Cane / Appearance & Production Ken Brooke Zany Cigarette cigarette staken out of someone's mouth as it is lighted Also published here Mein Zigaretten-Gag (Ken Brooke, 1990) 43 Cigarette/Cigar / Miscellaneous Ken Brooke The Answers a Lemon coin travels under hat, lemon climax appearance Also published here Nichts als eine Zitrone (Ken Brooke, 1990) 43 Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Miscellaneous Food / Fruit Clothing / Hat Ken Brooke Stapled! gag with bill stapled to beer mat 43 Bill / Miscellaneous Coaster Ken Brooke Big Squirt syphon bottle held the wrong way and water shoots into performer's face Also published here Der Große Spritzer (Ken Brooke, 1990) 44 Liquid / Miscellaneous Articles / Joke MC / Compere Bits of Business Ken Brooke A Betcha gag bet about emptying a glass of beer without being in the room Also published here Eine Bierwette (Ken Brooke, 1990) 44 Games / Bar Bets & Puzzles Ken Brooke Collared! gag with paper collar Two Handed Gag (for double act) 44 Clothing / Miscellaneous Articles / Joke Ken Brooke Big Time gag, cigar stab in cigar tube Also published here Der Snob (Ken Brooke, 1990) 45 Cigarette/Cigar / Miscellaneous Ken Brooke Biting a Glass gag, secret coin 45 Glass / Miscellaneous Ken Brooke The Twirling Match stunt in which flame on lit match spins 46 Match & Matchbox / Match / Miscellaneous Ken Brooke A Magical Trio from Albert Verity 48 Articles / Intros & Epilogues Albert Verity Old Clay Pipe pice of clay pipe stem stands up by itself under the bowl 48 Pipe Albert Verity 10p to 2p Piece tip click, sticky pencil used to pick up shell Related to Monedas - Instantaneo (Ken Brooke, Albert Verity, 1977) Also published here Wertsteigerung (Ken Brooke, 1990) 48 Coin / Gaffed / Sticky Coin / Effect Themes / Transformation / Spellbound & visual Changes - Routines Coin / Gaffed / Shell Albert Verity Crawling 10p Piece coin moves on paper, magnetic 49 Coin / Effect Themes / Animation Coin / Gaffed / Magnetic Ken Brooke Penknife Routine Also published here Meine Färbemesser-Routine (Ken Brooke, 1990) 50 Knife & Paddle / Paddle Routines Knife & Paddle / Routines Light & Fire / Lighter Move No. 1 - "The Twist" Also published here Griff Nr. 1 - Der Messer-Kellengriff (1990) 50 Knife & Paddle / Paddle Move Move No. 2 - "The Flourish" through-the-fist Also published here Griff Nr. 2 - Der Ziergriff (1990) 51 Knife & Paddle / Miscellaneous Move No. 3 - "The Flourish Change" through-the-fist Also published here Griff Nr. 3 - Die Ziergriff-Färbung (1990) 52 Knife & Paddle / Transformation Ken Brooke K.B. Knife Thru Coat Also published here Messer durch Jacke (Ken Brooke, 1990) 56 Knife & Paddle / Penetration Clothing / Jacket Ken Brooke Something from Nothing routine Also published here Bälle aus dem Nichts (Ken Brooke, 1990) 59 Ball / "Small" Ball / Routines Random Object / Two in the Hand, One in the Pocket First Sleight (The Feint) false transfer Also published here Griff Nr. 1 - Die Scheinübergabe (Ken Brooke, 1990) 59 Ball / "Small" Ball / Vanish Second Sleight (The Transfer) shuttle pass Also published here Griff Nr. 2 - Der Transfer (Ken Brooke, 1990) 60 Ball / "Small" Ball / Switches Ken Brooke Pencil Pop pencil dropped in paper bag, it changes color Also published here Färbebleistift (Ken Brooke, 1990) 62 Pull & Holdouts Pen/Pencil / Transformation Ken Brooke My Presentation of the Banknote in the Beer Mat Also published here Meine Vorführung des Geldscheins im Bierdeckel (Ken Brooke, 1998) 63 Bill / Appearance & Production Coaster Section Five - Some-Things With Silks 65 Articles / Chapter Heading Tom Waterman, Jack Ledair Sucker Colour Changing Silk with tube gimmick Also published here Tom Waterman's Färbetuch (Tom Waterman, Jack Ledair, 1990) 66 Silk & Handkerchief / Color Change Jack Chanin The Disposal of the Gimmick sleeving the dye tube gaff Related to The Jaysee Color Change (Jack Chanin booklet) Also published here Die Färberöhren-Ablage (Jack Chanin, 1990) 71 Silk & Handkerchief / Color Change Silk & Handkerchief / Utilities & Sleights Jack Chanin The Loading of the Gimmick into the Hand Prior tot eh Colour Change Taking Place adding dye tube gaff from sleeve Related to The Jaysee Color Change (Jack Chanin booklet) Also published here Die Färberöhren-Aufnahme vor der Tuchfärbung (Jack Chanin, 1990) 72 Silk & Handkerchief / Color Change Silk & Handkerchief / Utilities & Sleights Jack Chanin The Chanin Application Also published here Die Chanin-Anpassung (Jack Chanin, 1990) 72 Silk & Handkerchief / Color Change Ken Brooke Method for "The Untying Silk" self-untying knot Also published here Das sich selbst entknotende Tuch (Ken Brooke, 1998) 75 Silk & Handkerchief / Animation Silk & Handkerchief / Knot Effects / Vanish Thread / Reel Ken Brooke Knot-Out knotting method for Sympathetic Silks Also published here Knoten-Beseitigung (Ken Brooke, 1998) 79 Silk & Handkerchief / Knot Effects / False Knots for two Silks Silk & Handkerchief / Knot Effects / Sympathetic Silks Section Six - Classic Egg Bag and Linking Rings 83 Articles / Chapter Heading Ken Brooke Routine For The Egg Bag Also published here Meine Eierbeutel-Routine (Ken Brooke, 1990) 84 Egg / Egg Bag Ken Brooke Linking Ring Count linking ring false count, detailed Also published here Linking Ring Count (Ken Brooke, 1954) Vorzählen der Chinesischen Ringe (Ken Brooke, 1992) 88 Ring / Linking Rings / False Counts and Displays Section Seven - Bottles and Bills 99 Articles / Chapter Heading Ken Brooke Routine for the Padlocked Bill Tube borrowed marked bill travels from under handkerchief to locked bill tube Also published here Meine Tuchröhren-Routine (Ken Brooke, 1996) 100 Bill / Traveling / Impossible Location / Miscellaneous Bill / Bill Tube Ken Brooke Another Routine for the Locking Bill Tube marked bill is folded and rubber-banded and put in glass with silk on top, travels into bill tube 103 Glass / Bottomless Glass Bill / Traveling / Impossible Location / Miscellaneous Bill / Bill Tube Tan Hock Chuan Bottomless Glass Finesse cellophane bottom 103 Glass / Bottomless Glass Ken Brooke Passe Passe Bottle Routine 106 Bottle / Passe-Passe (Multiplying) Bottle Ken Brooke Routine For The Multiplying Bottles Also published here Meine Flaschenvermehrung (Ken Brooke, 1996) 108 Bottle / Passe-Passe (Multiplying) Bottle Section Eight - Coin Capers 113 Articles / Chapter Heading Ken Brooke K.B. Coins Through Table six coins with three in each hand, multiple phases, jumbo coin climax Also published here Münzen durch den Tisch (Ken Brooke, 1990) 114 Coin / Effect Themes / Penetration / Table / All at once Coin / Effect Themes / Jumbo Coins Han Ping Chien 115 Coin / Sleights / Transfers / Han Ping Chien Ken Brooke Okito Box Routine multi-phase routine Also published here Meine Okitobox-Routine (Ken Brooke, 1996) 121 Coin / Effect Themes / Coin Box Routines / Okito Box / Miscellaneous Ken Brooke The Master Move Also published here Der Meistergriff (Ken Brooke, 1996) 121 Coin / Sleights / Coin Box Moves / Turnovers False Transfer 125 Coin / Sleights / Vanish / Single Coin Vanishes / False Transfers - Put Ken Brooke Tea for Two six coins put in German Box (Boston Box without lid) and covered with cup, coins travel underneath a second cup Also published here Tea for Two (Ken Brooke, 1990) 127 Coin / Effect Themes / Coin Box Routines / German Coin Box Turnover Move tabled 127 Coin / Sleights / Coin Box Moves / Turnovers Ken Brooke The Ken Brooke Routine For The Cap And Coins Also published here Der Kragenknopf-Trick (Ken Brooke, 1990) 129 Coin / Effect Themes / Penetration / Spectator's Hand (Stack of Coins) Coin / Gaffed / Stack Gaffs Section Nine - Packet and Other Card Tricks 133 Articles / Chapter Heading Ken Brooke The Dutch Looper routine with multiple phases Also published here The Dutch Looper (Ken Brooke, 1991) 134 Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Step gaff Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Three Card Monte / Packet Trick with Monte theme Ken Brooke, Corvello The Blonker Cards of Ken Brooke eleven-card packet, spectator names number up to ten, card at that position is removed, performer finds mate, all other cards are blank Also published here Carte Blanche (Ken Brooke, Corvello, 1990) 140 Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Off-beat Predictions Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks Ken Brooke "L'Estrange" cards turn over in nine-card packet 142 Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Miscellaneous Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Step gaff Ken Brooke The Faulty Follower Also published here The Faulty Follower (Ken Brooke, 1959) Die ungehorsame Karte (Ken Brooke, 1990) 144 Cards / Effect Themes / Do as I Do / Packet Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Backer / Same Color Ken Brooke "Knock-Out" spectator and performer each take two cards from a deck and put it into inside jacket pocket, they match 146 Cards / Effect Themes / Do as I Do / Two Decks Ken Brooke Pocket Gimmick fake inside pocket which swings to back of the body 146 Pocket Techniques / Miscellaneous Block Slip Shuffle 147 Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Partial Ken Brooke Ricochet Cards card travels from one pile reversed into rest of the deck sitting in card case 148 Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Packet to Packet Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Rough and Smooth (not full deck) Ken Brooke Edward Victor's E-Y-E Trick letter cards Also published here Errare Humanum Est! (Ken Brooke, 1990) 150 ABC Cards / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks Move "A" double lift from three-card packet Also published here Griff A (1990) 151 Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / from small Packet Ken Brooke A Clip of a Climax for Edward Victor's "EYE" Also published here Errare Humanum Est! (Ken Brooke, 1990) 154 Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks Cards / Effect Themes / Paper Clip & Cards Oliver Mackenzie, Ken Brooke Drink Trick story presentation, design cards Also published here Mackenzie's Päckchentrick (Ken Brooke, Oliver Mackenzie, 1991) 155 Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks Picture & Symbol Cards The Buckle Count 158 Cards / Sleights / Break / Buckling Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there) Push Off False Count 159 Cards / Sleights / False Count / Undercounts (as less than are there) Section Ten - Sponges 161 Articles / Chapter Heading Ken Brooke The "K.B." Sponge Ball Routine Also published here Meine Schwammball-Routine (Ken Brooke, 1990) 162 Spongeball / Routines Ken Brooke The Pass false transfer Also published here Die "Scheinübergabe" (Ken Brooke, 1990) 169 Spongeball / Sleights / Vanish Ken Brooke The Wrist Transfer hand grabs wrist and hides sponge ball Also published here Der "Handgelenk-Transfer" (Ken Brooke, 1990) 169 Spongeball / Sleights / Palming Section Eleven - Ken Brooke's Card Act 171 Articles / Chapter Heading Ken Brooke Ken Brooke's Card Act end strippers First Effect (Aces produced from shuffled deck, lost in packet and dealt out again, spectator choses Ace packet) Second Effect (Triumph with fair shuffle) Third to Seventh (routine with twenty-four duplicates, stripper Svengali, all alike display, switching duplicates in and out) Also published here Mein Kartenakt (Ken Brooke, 1991) 172 Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind/Aces Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Stripper Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Things happen to the whole deck Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Classic Effect (with or without selections) Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Svengali Principle / Svengali Deck The False Mixing 174 Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Charlier Section Twelve - Some of Ken's Favourites 183 Articles / Chapter Heading Ken Brooke Stuck-Up ideas with double-stick tape Also published here Angeklebt (Ken Brooke, 1997) 184 Articles / Intros & Epilogues Ken Brooke Any Magazine or Book a Switching Tray switch with magazine or book Also published here Das Magazin- oder Buch-Austauschtablett (Ken Brooke, 1997) 184 Cards / Principles / Sticky Coin / Gaffed / Sticky Coin / Gaffed / Tray Coin / Sleights / Switches / With Props Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Props Ken Brooke The Rising Cards wand with sticky end under arm Also published here Der Kartensteiger (Ken Brooke, 1997) 185 Cards / Principles / Sticky Cards / Effect Themes / Animation / Rising Card(s) / Miscellaneous Albert Verity As a Method of Card Control sticky coin attached to card as key card Also published here Eine Karten-Kontrollmethode (Albert Verity, 1997) 185 Cards / Principles / Sticky Cards / Principles / Key Card / Key Card Principles Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card Ken Brooke Tied card sticks to tie Also published here Kravatten-Bekanntgabe (Ken Brooke, 1997) 186 Cards / Principles / Sticky Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Other item Clothing / Necktie Ken Brooke Read "Another" Again ideas with double-stick tape card sticks to bald head Utility Skullocation A Pot Red Tape Also published here Verschiedenes (Ken Brooke, 1997) 186 Body Loading Cards / Principles / Sticky Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Funny Locations Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Card on Rope/Ribbon Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Skullocation Ken Brooke Another deck openly placed against forehead, selection remains there Also published here Die Stirnproduktion (Ken Brooke, 1990) 186 Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Forehead Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Funny Locations Ken Brooke Brain Wave Outdone Also published here Ein neues Brainwave (Ken Brooke, 1997) 188 Cards / Principles / Sticky Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Brainwave type Effects Ken Brooke Ring Off multi-phase penetration routine with ring, safety pin, rope, handkerchief, wand Trick No. 1. "The Wand through the Handkerchief" Trick No. 2. "The Ring on the Rope" Trick No. 3. "The Ring Off the Rope" Trick No. 4. "Ring Off the Wand" 189 Silk & Handkerchief / Penetration of Other Objects Wand & Stick / Penetration of Other Objects Ring / Finger Rings / Penetration / Ring and String Ring / Finger Rings / Penetration / Ring on Stick Ken Brooke A Clean Prediction prediction put in hat, then three items borrowed and one chosen, it is predicted Also published here Eine makellose Vorhersage (Ken Brooke, 1997) 193 Mental Magic / Principles / Index Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous Random Object / Miscellaneous Albert Verity, Malcolm Davison Prediction with Pocket Writing variation Also published here Prediction with Pocket Writing (Albert Verity, Malcolm Davison, 1952) Prediction with Pocket Writing (Albert Verity, Malcolm Davison, 1997) 195 Mental Magic / Principles / Pocket Writing Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous Ken Brooke Spots That Pass blank dice and normal dice with spot, they transpose 196 Dice (small) / Transposition Bill Wagner Three Card Prediction three card prediction, one ahead and last one forced Also published here Drei-Karten-Vorhersage (Bill Wagner, 1997) 198 Cards / Principles / One Ahead Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Forcing Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Multiple Card Prediction Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Memorized / Full Deck Ken Brooke K.B. Pass the Salt salt from hand to hand, glass tube gimmick 201 Salt, Pepper & Sugar / Traveling & Vanish / Hands (mostly) Ken Brooke Routine For Milbourne Christopher's "High Signs" square compass 203 Paper / Chinese Compass Ken Brooke, Cecil Keech The Gozinta Tube two different colored pencils change places, tube and pocket, then both pencils are put into the tube, which should be too small Inspired by Gozinta Pencils (Cecil Keech, 1967) Also published here Die Gozinta-Tube (Cecil Keech, Ken Brooke, 1997) 205 Pen/Pencil / Miscellaneous Pen/Pencil / Traveling / Pen travels Last Section - Three Cups-One Cup 209 Articles / Chapter Heading Ken Brooke Cups and Balls three cups 211 Cup / Cups & Balls / Two & Three Cups Routines / Routines Ken Brooke Routines with the Chop Cup intro 216 Cup / Cups & Balls / One Cup & Chop Cup Routines Ken Brooke My Chop Cup Routine Also published here Routinen mit dem Chop Cup (Ken Brooke, 1997) 218 Cup / Cups & Balls / One Cup & Chop Cup Routines Ken Brooke Bertie the Baseballer Also published here Routinen mit dem Chop Cup (Ken Brooke, 1997) 221 Cup / Cups & Balls / One Cup & Chop Cup Routines
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