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Abbott's Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks for Magicians

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
eBook, English, 2012
Dover Publications, 2012
1 online resource
9781306362115, 9780486156552, 1306362113, 0486156559
868966266
Print version:
Dover Books on Magic, Games and Puzzles; Title Page; Copyright Page; Publisher's Foreword; Dedication; Table of Contents; CHAPTER 1
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; RALPH HULL'S FAMOUS VANISHING KNOT; CHEFALO'S VANISHING KNOT; THE CAPTIVE KNOT; THE MAGIC SHOE LACES; JOHN BRAUN COMBINATION KNOT; WHOLESALE KNOT REMOVAL; GONE AGAIN; VISIBLY; C.T. JORDAN'S MYSTIFYING KNOT TRICK. CHAPTER 2
PENETRATIONS (Two Ropes)ROPES THROUGH THE NECK; VENABLE'S IMPROVED ROPES THROUGH NECK; THE ROPES AND RINGS MYSTERY; STANLEY COLLINS NEW ROPES AND RINGS RELEASE; RELUE'S ROPES AND CUPS; ORIENTAL OR SIMPLICITY ROPE RELEASE; WALKING THROUGH ROPES; THE 3-IN-1 ROPES; MIMI-CORDS-Adolph Ferber; CHAPTER 3
PENETRATIONS (One Rope); LOOP THE LOOP; THE LEG TIE; NEVIL MASKELYNE'S LEG TIE; TENKAI ROPE TRICK THROUGH NECK; NEW ROPE THROUGH NECK; THE HANDKERCHIEF RELEASE; JAY-BEE'S UNDISTURBED KNOT; THE VEST TURNING TRICK; THE RING ON THE ROPE; THE RING KNOTTED ON THE ROPE. PUZZLING RING ON THE ROPETHE NEW RING ON ROPE; SLATER'S RING ON THE ROPE; BORROWED RING ON ROPE; THE "CHEEKY" ROPE AND RING TRICK; EDWARD SMITH'S ROPE AND RING TRICK; THE DROPPING RING; WHOLESALE RING REMOVAL; CHARLES LEEDY'S ROPO RINGO; CHARLES T. JORDAN'S PSYCHIC RING RELEASE; EDDIE JOSEPH'S RINGED; GRAHAM ADAMS ROPE AND RING EXPERIMENT; THE ROPE THROUGH THE STICK; U.F. GRANT'S WITCH'S BROOM; CUTTING A WOMAN IN HALF; CHAPTER 4
CUT AND RESTORED CORD; THE FAMOUS KELLAR STRING TRICK; KARL GERMAINE'S STRING RESTORATION; JOE BERG'S JAPANESE PAPER STRING RESTORATION. FIGURE "8" STRING RESTORATIONSIMPLE STRING RESTORATION; TWYNO; IMPROMPTU STRING RESTORATION; EDDIE JOSEPH'S RESTORED STRING; OVETTE'S SUPREME STRING MYSTERY; LOUIS F. CHRISTIANER'S FAVORITE STRING TRICK; THE MASTER CUT AND RESTORED STRING; S.B. BLODGETT'S DOUBLE RESTORATION; L.W. PACKAGE CORD MYSTERY; LE-ROY'S HINDOO YARN MYSTERY; ELLIS STANYON'S STRING RESTORATION; RUPERT SLATER'S VARIATION; BAFFLING STRING RESTORATION; WISENHEIMER STRING RESTORATION; JOSEPH KOLAR'S STRAW AND STRING TRICK; NELSON HAHNE'S VERSION; GEORGE WRIGHT'S VERSION; FLOYD THAYER'S WIZZO; L.W. RESTORING THE STRING. t. PAGE WRIGHT'S VARIATIONCHAPTER 5
CUT AND RESTORED ROPE (Impromptu); FIGURE "8" ROPE RESTORATION; THE "HINDOO" ROPE RESTORATION; BLUEY-BLUEY'S METHOD; ERIC IMPEYS' IMPROMPTU METHOD; DR. ERVIN'S ROPE RESTORATION; THE SHORT AND LONG ROPE MYSTERY (Harold Sterling); R.W. HULL'S STRETCHING ROPE; S.H. SHARPE'S A ROPE REPAIRED; JOHN GOODRUM'S SLEIGHT OF HAND METHOD; GRAHAM ADAMS' CUT AND RESTORED ROPE; FERNAND VERHEYDEN'S METHOD; HARLAN TARBELL'S "MANY-CUT" ROPE MYSTERY; U.F. GRANT'S 1933 ROPE TRICK; CARL BREMA'S KNOTTED ROPE; U.F. GRANT'S SLEIGHT-OF-HAND ROPE TRICK