Bruce Smith: Great Rope and Ring Tricks
Smith, Bruce: Great Rope & Ring Tricks
©1995 Bruce Smith, Arcturus Publishing Limited
Hardcover, no dj, 160 pages
ISBN 0-8069-7181-9
Bruce Smith: Great Rope & Ring Tricks
Image courtesy eBay seller Chazz4621

Comments: Illustrations by Colin Woodman. Consulting magicians Anthony Owens and Marc Paul. Includes a lot of "top tips for tricksters" with additional hints, tips and magician bios. There is a shorter edition of this book, Rope & Ring Tricks, that I believe includes just the first half of this book, before the Advanced section. 

Contents:

4 Glossary of Terms

5 Basics
6 One Handed Knot
9 Another One Handed Knot
12 Quick Knot
15 Quick Slip Knot
20 The Pop Off Knot
23 The Simple Sliding Knot
26 The Equal Unequal Ropes

30 Rings and Rope
31 The Magic Bangle
34 Appear-Ring
37 Ring Off Rope
41 Knotty Bracelet

45 Knotty Tricks
46 Triple Knots
48 Throwing a Knot
50 Lots of Knots
53 The Sliding Knot
59 The Shoelace Rope Tie
62 Through the Tunnel

65 Simple Escapes
66 Scissor Escape
70 Buttonhole Release
73 Double Escape
76 Sack Escape

79 Advanced Rope and Ring Tricks

80 Cut and Restored
81 The String and the Straw
85 Ring Restoration
89 Easy Cut and Restored Rope
92 Cut and Restored Rope

99 Escapes
100 Rope Escape
104 Bangle Release
108 The Captive Knot
112 Bandle From Rope
116 Polo

120 Penetration and Animation
121 The Magic Needles
123 Linked Ropes
128 The Magic Pencil
132 Through the Thumb
136 Highly-Stung Hand
140 Magic Washing Line
144 Second Wash
147 Cutting a Girl In Two
150 Threading the Needle
155 Ring and Band
157 Rigid Rope

159 Index


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