Posgate, Bruce: Necklace Trickery ©1982 Bruce Posgate, Toronto, Canada Softcover, comb-bound, 8.5x11", 66 pages

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Contents:

3 Foreword (Sid Lorraine)
6 Introduction: Bruce's discovery of beads and their potential for magic
10 Handy Hints about Beads: beads, threads, split beads, etc.
12 When Is A Knot Not A Knot?: Instant knot in a necklace is then pulled off
14 Sequels To "Knot-On-Necklace" Routine
14 - First Effect: separate knot is slapped back on the necklace, and pulled off again
15 - Second Effect: another version
16 A Different Instantaneous Knot: knot forms as necklace picked up from table
17 Thumb Tie Release: string of beads is pulled through the thumb
20 The Spider And The Fly: hand is released from being tangled in the beads
22 "Four-Times-Around-The-Wrist" Release: another escape
24 Instantaneous Linking Of Two Necklaces (Dick Jarrow): two different colored necklaces appear linked
26 Looping The Loop: quick puzzle where two loops change places
27 Boy Meets Girl - A Romantic Tale With A Happy Ending: two necklaces become intertwined and produce tiny loops
29 A Pretty Tying Effect With Three Necklaces: a flourish
30 How To Untie Knotted Necklaces — Artistically: untying loops with a flourish
31 How to tie Three Necklaces together - with one hand — Instantaneously!: comedy routine
36 How to REALLY tie Three Necklaces together- with one hand - Instantaneously!
38 The Falling Knot: a fourth necklace falls through three others to become knotted at the end
39 The Throw-away Knot
42 Tug o' War: one necklace comes from from a bottle, while the other does not, a version of the old pricking the garter scam
44 Spectacular!: Six separate necklaces are tied together - instantaneously
49 Bangle 'n' Beads: a full routine where a metal bangel becomes hitched and unhitched from three necklaces
56 A Showy Sequel To Bangle 'N' Beads
58 Sam Lord's Castle: a flashy production of a long string of beads
60 - How to Build Sam Lord's Castle
64 Good Night Banner: how to end your bead show