James, Stewart (editor): Abbott's Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks Volume Two ©1968 Abbott's Magic Novelty Co., Colon, MI Hardcover, no dj, 305 pages

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Comments: Illustrations by Sid Lorraine. The second of three volumes of rope magic. Later compiled into a single volume.

Contents (from book ToC):

25 Chapter One Knots
25 One Hand And One Knot
25 Cor Dints Double Knot
27 Ketch’s Nonsense Knot
30 Satan's Quicker Than You Think
30 Tan Hock Chuan's Appearing Knot
32 Dr Fries’ The Fastest Knot On Record
34 Martin Gardner's Magic Knot
34 Martin Gardner's Chefalo Release
36 Martin Gardner's Impossible Knot
39 Sander's Phantom Knot
40 Dr Fries’ The Illusive Knot
41 Ungley's Swing-A-Way Knot
43 Loe's Chefalo Developments
44 Loe's “Shoelace” Variations
48 Ovette's Repeat Knots
50 Joseph Keen's Slip Knot
52 Lom Fitzgerald's Take It Off
54 Enrique Solanas' The African Knot
58 Phantini Vanishing Knot
58 Lingley's Omega Square Knot
63 Lingley's Alpha Square Knot
65 Charles Harrison's Perfect False Knot
66 The Invested Knot
68 John Penrose's Setal of the Red Knot
71 Douglas Hood's The Climbing Knot
73 W. Hutton Scobie's The Scobie Knot
75 Knottery
78 Hamilton's Idea
79 Scurti's Jumping Knot
81 U.F. Grant's Spirit Knots

88 Chapter Two Penetrations - Two Ropes
88 Professor Edgar's Rope Hitch
88 Dr. Raymond Stone's Color Wrinkle
90 Rope and Coat Release
92 Bert Douglas' Coffee And Doughnuts
94 U.F. Grant's Comedy Doughnut Trick
95 Albrights Improved Ropes Through Neck
98 Lucier's Psychological Discovery
100 Abbott's Block-It
102 Eddie Joseph's Ijghtn1ng Escape
107 John Thornton's Off The Cuff
110 The Amazing Randi's Houdini's Grandma
112 Abbott's Thru And Thru
113 Abbott's Within The Circle
117 Paul Curry's Linked
118 Elizabeth Warlock's Linklater
122 Jack Avis’ Loops Entwined
124 Peter Warlock's Ringcord

131 Chapter Three. Penetrations - One Rope
131 Jean Hugard's Thumb Amputation
133 Hindu Ring Mystery
135 Jim Ryan's Rope, Ring And Rod
137 Ken De Courcy's Rope-It
138 Jean Hugard's Ringing A Rope
141 Bob Hummer's Hummering
143 Release-O-Ring
146 Peter Warlock's Out Qf The Loop
149 Eddie Joseph's Remarkable Release
151 Arturo's A Ring Between
153 The Talisman Of Hung Woo
156 Blok-Kord
160 P.A. Mcdonald's Houdini Block
164 Norman Rhodes's Post And Ropes Illusion
169 Sid Lorraine's Ribbonifty
170 Dr. Raymond Beebe's Bisect-U
175 Uncanny Rope Mystery
175 Douglas Hood's Cutting A Lady In Halves
180 Abbott's Whirling Dervish
181 Gyro's Super-Duper Rope Trick

188 Chapter Four Cut And Restored Rope
188 Martin Gardner's Scissor Cut No. One
190 Martin Gardner's Scissor Cut No. Two
190 Dr. Wiener's Not At All
193 Eddie Joseph's Sanoj Cut And Restored Rope
196 Arthur Punnar's Perfected Restored Rope
199 Abbott's Double Circle Rope Mystery
201 Abbott's No-Knot Restored Rope
203 U. F. Grant's Perfect Cut Rope Trick
205 William Roylston's Clean Cut
208 Carlo's Ez2do Rope Trick
210 Dr. Fries’ A Sailor's Rope
212 R. H. Parrish's Follow-Up Rope Trick
214 John Gior Dma In E ’ S Comedy Rope Trick
217 Eddie Joseph's Chain Of Penitence
221 R. C. Buff's Together Again
222 Tom Fitzgerald's Cut And Restored Rope To Cigarette

230 Chapter Five Cut And Restored Rope Continued
230 Clayton Rawson's Knots Of Flame
232 R.W. Hull's Cut And Restoredrope
235 John Thornton’S Shaggy Dog Panama.
236 The Rainbow Rope
238 William Boylston’S Restored Rope Routine
240 Ken Allen's If You Like It
243 P.C. Sorcar's Restored Again
246 U.F. Grant's Spectator Rope Trick
248 Larry Becker's Cut And Restored Rope
252 Winston Freer's “54” Rope Trick
256 Duke Stern's Four - To - Two Rope Trick
260 Abbott's Incredible Rope
263 Phoenix Cut And Restored Rope
269 Neff's Miracle Rope

280 Chapter Six Miscellaneous Rope Tricks
280 Torres Straits Lizard
280 The Idiot Rope Trick
283 U.F. Grant's Comedy Rope Trick
287 Bruce Cole's Thumb Tie Extraordinary
290 Abbott's Slick Tie
293 Larry Becker's Knot Effect
295 Tan Hock Chuan's Knot Effect
297 Abbott's Handkerchief And Rope Penetration
301 Mystic Craig's Spooky Rope
303 Abbott's Long Smoke
304 Burton Marks’ Trunk Substitution