Dayton, Ronald: Hung Up On Ropes / Off the Beaten Path ©1986 Tannen's Magic Manuscript, Ltd., NY Softcover, perfect-bound, 5.5x8.5", 150 pages

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Comments: Illustrated by Joseph K. Schmidt. Two books in one (flip over for the other book).

Contents (from book; descriptions added Feb 2023):

3 Hung Up on Ropes

5 On-N-Off: ring on ribbon
7 Ring Changer: Rope color changes, Three Methods
9 Jittering: Four Variations; ring off rope
11 Bang-O-Knot: exploding knot, two Methods
13 Poppy: vanishing Bow knot
15 Rainbow Twirl: knot vanishes while rope is twirled; Five Methods
19 Nu-Way Knot: knot is plucked from a rope
20 Van Bow: cut and restored rope
22 Shoelace Silk: silk becomes knotted on rope
24 Magic Shoelace & Ring: ring release from rope
26 Better Bow:  another ring release
30 Sue-Z's Rope: stage cut and restored rope
32 Transpost Tubes: silks change places in cylinders
34 The Liquid Knot: knot vanishes in a glass of liquid
36 Phantom Link: two knotted ropes link
38 The Body Knot: knot vanishes around the arm
40 Half Twist Slip Knot
43 Autoknot: stageworthy when used with vanishing knot
45 Knotted Silk Plus: silk appears in knot, then knot vanishes
47 Ribbon & Knot Plus: variation of above
48 Traveloop: two ropes become a single tied loop when tossed
51 Thumb Knotted: traveling knots
53 Double Stretch: impromptu rope stretch
56 Easy Stretch - Sliding Knot Variation
58 Master's Degree: lead into Professor's Nightmare
61 Equal-Unequal Ropes Manipulation
66 Conclusion

3 Card Tricks Off The Beaten Path

5 Compression Cards: three selections meld into a single card, with the others becoming blank
9 Flipper Monte: a black Ace transposes with a red
12 Bandit Cull: wrong card appears to be magically removed from deck, but turns right
17 Collected Thoughts: selections become trapped between the Aces
23 The Propeller Card: card spun on propeller looks round, then becomes round
27 Fasten-ation: card penetration with paper fasteners
31 The Corner Round Card: squared card changes to cylindrical tube
34 Card Stretch: card is rolled, stretched, and unrolled to Jumbo size
39 Simplex Diminishing Card Case
41 In-Circled: rubber band around deck penetrates half the deck, revealing selection
44 Roto-Rise 1: rising card solution
48 Dimnished: held card shrinks in size
52 Knife Throw Card: knife thrown into selected card
54 Alternating Cards: full size and miniature cards produced from empty hand
57 Jumbo Fan Finale
60 Janus Corner: torn corner instantly restored
62 Acetrix: a Four Ace effect also confuses magicians
64 Creased Confusion: uses cards from a "crooked" deck
67 The Tight Fisted Gambler: visibly changing a regular card to a crooked card
68 Shake Up: another use for a crooked card
71 The Refracted Card: regular card is handled to form a twisted shape
73 Side Sweep Changing Card: another twisted card
75 Bounder: Ace jumps partway out of the deck revealing the selection
77 The Penciled Card: pencil penetrates a card
81 Hole Card Prediction: wrong prediction is made right
83 Conclusion