Sands, George: George Sands Ropes ©2009 Alan Sands Entertainment Softcover, perfect-bound, 111 pages With DVD Also available as a download from Alan Sands Entertainment

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Comments: Edited by Alan Sands, Illustrated by George Sands and Ed Mishell

Contents (courtesy Evan Shuster, magicbooks.be):

ix Quotes
xiii Preface by George Sands
xv Preface by Alan Sands
xvii Introduction by Alan Sands

2 Book 1 - Sandsational Rope
2 Part 1 - Nomenclature of a Rope
2 Part 2 - Is There No End?
3 Part 3 - Nor A Center?
6 Part 4 - Restoration
6 Part 5 - The Lure
7 Part 6 - It's a Long Stretch
10 Part 7 - Casual Restoration
10 Part 8 - Around and Around
12 Part 9 - Merry-Go-Round
12 Part 10 - Sliding Knot
14 Part 11 - Dissection
14 Part 12 - Sleight-of-Leg
15 Part 13 - Finger Cut
15 Part 14 - Classical Restoration
16 Part 15 - Shoelace Knot
19 Part 16 - Give a Magician Enough Rope
21 Part 17 - Comedy Ending by Alan Sands

25 Book 2 - Sands' Ropesational
25 Sands' Ropesational
25 Preface - 1962
26 Preface - 1975, 1983
27 Introduction - 1962
28 Requirements
28 Effects
29 Nomenclature
29 Bundle Setup
30 Normal Rope
30 Abnormal
30 Stage Presentation - One Rope Illusion
30 Pull Apart
31 For Close-Up - Acquitment
32 For Close-Up - Pocket Setup
33 Sliding Knot Tie
34 Deceiving Rotation
34 Finger Cut
34 Stretching a Rope
35 To Count Four As Four
36 For Those Who Want It
36 Twist Knot
38 Figure Eight Restoration
38 Sam Schwartz's Delivery
39 Sleight-of-Foot Restoration
39 Jumping Ends - Setup 1
40 Jumping Ends - Setup 2
41 Jumping Ends
42 Modified Jumping Ends
43 Continuous Circle - No Ends
44 Finger Cut
44 Sliding Knot Tie
44 Slipknot
45 Finger Razor Cut
46 Karate Chop
46 Accordion Pleat Restoration
47 Jumping Knot - Setup
48 Jumping Knot
48 Sliding Knot - Setup
50 Sliding Knot Illusion
51 Vanishing Knot - Addition
51 Jumping Knot - Addition
51 Mountain Climbing Knot
51 Dissolving knot
52 Nick Van Setten's Knot Production
53 Slydini Untying Knot
54 Vanishing Knot
54 Life Saving Knots
56 Setup Before Spectators and Repeat
57 Setup 2 - For Repeat
57 Examination of the Rope
57 Conclusion
57 Suggestions - Advice - Afterthoughts

59 Book 3 - Needless Threading
59 Preface
60 Effect
60 Setup
62 Presentation
64 Rope Warp
66 More Rope Warp

69 From 50 Years Of Magic Series
69 Silk Handkerchief Through Rope
71 Rope Through Arm (and Reverse Rope Through Arm)
75 String Handcuff Escape (Honeymoon String Game)
79 Sun and Moon - Comedy Tie and Rope Routine
83 William Tell Knot, With a Variation

87 Conclusion
87 Epilogue by George Sands
89 Autobiography by George Sands
91 Epilogue by Alan Sands