Ayling, Will: Knowing The Ropes (Know-How Series)
©1987 The Supreme Magic Co. Ltd
Softcover, saddle-stitched, 9x10", 34 pages

Available as an e-book from Lybrary.com
Ayling: Knowing the Ropes
Image Courtesy Murphy's Magic Supplies

Comments (Library.com): Featuring the rope magic of Edward Victor, Shigeo Takagi, and Harry Carnegie. This was part of the Supreme 'Know How' series written and edited by Will Ayling, which was the continuation of the famous Teach-In series by Lewis Ganson.

Contents (from book ToC):

2 Contents
4 Cut & Restored Rope
4 - Requirement
5 - And So To Cut
7 - The Extra Piece
7 - The Extra Loop
10 Edward Victor's Original Cut & Restored Rope Routine
10 - The Know How
14 - Harry Carnegie's Patter For The Edward Victor Rope Trick
16 The Off Knot
17 Rope Routine by Shigeo Takagi of Japan
17 - Apparatus
17 - Method
17 - First part - the unequal ropes
21 - Second part - the flying knot
21 - Third part - the real knot
23 - Fourth part - "Do as I do"
24 The Vishnu Rope Mystery
24 - In action
27 A Knotty Magic Routine
27 - Practice and Presentation
30 Stand-up - Scissors Linked Onto Rope
32 The Panama Rope Trick



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