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Abbott’s Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks for Magicians
by Stewart James

ISBN: 0486232069
Dover Publications Price: $12.95
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Legendary encyclopedia for magicians contains over 150 tricks: Loop the Loop, Jamison's Severed Rope, The Tarbell Rope Mystery, The Encore Rope Trick, Eddie Clever’s Triple Cut Routine, Bachelor's Needle and many more. Step-by-step instructions and over 500 illustrations show you how to master these dazzling feats.


Table of Contents for Abbott’s Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks for Magicians
Publisher's Foreword
Dedication
CHAPTER ONE. KNOTS
 G.W. Hunter's Puzzle Knot
 The One Hand Knot
 The Flip Knot
 The Lightning Knot
 Two At a Time
 The Knot of Enchantment
 Any Number of Knots
 Guarding the Line
 Adolph Ferber's Spectre Tie
 The Vanishing Square Knot
 The Captive Knot
 The Magic Shoe Laces
 John Braun Combination Knot
 Wholesale Knot Removal
 Gone Again
 Visibility
 C.T. Jordan's Mystifying Knot Trick
CHAPTER TWO. PENETRATIONS (Two Ropes)
 Ropes Through the Neck
 Venable's Improved Ropes Through Neck
 The Ropes and Rings Mystery
 S. Collins' Ropes and Rings Release
 Relue's Ropes and Cups
 Oriental or Simplicity Rope Release
 Walking Through Ropes
 The 3-in-1 Ropes
 Adolph Ferber's Mimi-Cords
CHAPTER THREE. PENETRATIONS (One Rope)
 Loop the Loop
 The Leg Tie
 Nevil Maskelyne's Leg Tie
 Tenkai's Rope Through Neck
 New Rope Through Neck
 The Handkerchief Release
 Jay-Bee's Undistributed Knot
 The Vest Turning Trick
 The Ring on the Rope
 The Ring Knotted on the Rope
 Puzzling Ring on the Rope
 The New Ring on Rope
 Slater's Ring on the Rope
 Borrowed Ring on the Rope
 "The "Cheeky" Rope and Ring Trick"
 E.S. Rope and Ring Trick
 The Dropping Ring
 Wholesale Ring Removal
 Leedy's Ropo Ringo
 Jordan's Psychic Ring Release
 Eddie Joseph's Ringed
 Adam's Rope and Ring Experiment
 The Rope Through the Stick
 Grant's Witch's
 Cutting a Woman in Half
CHAPTER FOUR. CUT AND RESTORED CORD.
 Famous Kellar String Trick
 Germaine's String Restoration
 Berg's Japanese Paper String Restoration
 Figure Eight Restoration
 Simple String Restoration
 Twyno
 Impromptu String Restoration
 Eddie Joseph's Restored String
 Ovette's Supreme String Mystery
 Christianer's Favorite String Trick
 Master Cut and Restored String
 Blodgett's Double Restoration
 T.P. Wright's Variation
 Rupert Slater's Variation
 Baffling String Restoration
 Wisenheimer String Restoration
 Kolar's Straw and String Trick
 Hahne's Version
 George Wright's Version
 Thayer's Wizzo
 L. W. Restoring the String
CHAPTER FIVE. CUT AND RESTORED ROPE (Impromptu)
 "Figure "8" Rope Restoration"
 "The "Hindoo" Rope Restoration"
 Bluey-Bluey's Method
 Impey's Impromptu Method
 Dr. Ervin's Rope Restoration
 Sterling's Short and Long Rope Trick
 R. Hull's Stretching Rope
 Sharpe's Rope Repaired
 Goodrum's Sleight of Hand Method
 Adam's Cut and Restored Rope
 Verheyden's Method
 "Tarbell's "Many-Cut" Rope Mystery"
 Zenith Impromptu Rope Restoration
 Grant's Sleight of Hand Rope Trick
 Heisey's Hindu Rope Trick
CHAPTER SIX. CUT AND RESTORED ROPE (Unprepared Rope)
 L. W. Simplicity Rope Restoration
 L. W. Tug O' War
 L. W. Vinculum
 L. W. Gloved Deception
 L. W. Restoring the Rope
 Bert Douglas' Magic Skipping Rope
 Ringing the Bull
 Jamison's Severed Rope
 Baffleso!
 Grant's Stage Rope Restoration
 Scotty Lang's Sucker Rope
 Aladdin Oriental Gimmick
 Liddle's Phenomenal Rope Trick
 L. W. Chased
CHAPTER SEVEN. CUT AND RESTORED ROPE (Prepared Rope)
 L. W. Marking the Center
 R. Hull's Marked Rope and Thumb Tack
 Grant's Super Rope Trick
 Clarke's Little Rhody Rope Trick
 The Tarbell Rope Mystery
 Captain Jones' Rope Trick
 Nowroji's Restoration
 Ball Them Up
 Nichol's Nu-Cut Rope Trick
 Doc Nixon's Rope Mystery
 The Encore Rope Trick
 Douglas Variations
 Asbury's Variation
 Dr. Cairy's Follow Me Rope Routine
 Winston Freer's Suggestion
 Reilly's Rope Trick
 Eddie Clover's Triple Cut Routine
 Jeudevine's Rope Routine
 The Baker Takes a Cut
 L.W. The Great Divide
 Gessing-Gordon Rope Trick
 Bjorklund's Slow Motion Restoration
 Marvel Cut and Restored Rope
 "The "J.M." Rope Trick "
 Burling Hull's Miracle Restoration
 Flemming's Cut Yourself a Piece of Rope
 L. W. Double Restoration
 L. W. Zenith Rope Restoration
 Maxam Triple Cut Rope Trick
CHAPTER EIGHT. MISCELLANEOUS ROPE TRICKS
 Stabbing the Loop
 The Bachelor's Needle
 Same Ring - Same Finger
 "Davis' "Sinbad's Rope"
 Berson's Miracle Rope
 Freer's Alagen Rope
 Freer's Master Muscle
 Freer's Tug-of-War Rope
 Grant and Maillow's Ropes 0f Bengal
 Hanson's Climax Rope Trick
 "Percy Abbott's "Easy-Do" Rope Trick"
 Grant's Amazing Rope Secret
CHAPTER NINE. THE HINDOO ROPE TRICK
 Slater's Moth and Rope
 The Pocket Hindoo Rope Trick
 The Vanishing Boy
 Dunninger's East Indian Rope Trick
 Svengali's Rope Climbing Trick of
  Wright's Indian Rope Trick
  Devant's Hindoo Rope Trick

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