Jarrow, Emil: Rope Magic ©1941, Plymouth Cordage Company Softcover, saddle-stitched, 8.5x11", 20 pages

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Comments: "Professional secrets exposed for amateur use". Clear B&W photos throughout. Book appears to have been an advertising promotion as it includes advertisements and articles on rope, as produced by the Plymouth Cordage company.

Contents (from book):

2 Photo: B&W publicity photo of Emil Jarrow
3 The Secret of Magic: brief biography
4 Sawing a Woman in Half: assistant's hands are held tight by ropes while sawed through
4 - Saved By Two Knots: explanation of the secret
5 Hindu Rope Trick: rope is thrown into the air where it stays suspended, while small boy climbs up and down the rope
5 - Hindu Rope Trick Exposed: some history of the effect and how Jarrow's version worked
6 Hindu Rope Bottle Trick: a bottle hangs from a rope with no knots
7 - The Hindu Spirit is Made of Rubber: how it works
8 Ring on the Rope: a bracelet sized ring becomes linked on a rope tied between the hands
8 Advertisement: for Plymouth Rope
9 A Pencil, A Piece of Twine and Mystification - How To Do It: the pencil & string through the buttonhole puzzle
9 Advertisement: Plymouth Rope
10 The Rope Through the Neck Illusion: doubled rope passes through assistant's neck
11 - The Secret Is In a Piece of Thread: explained
11 The Romance of Rope: some rope history
12 The Thumbs That Won't Stay Tied: thumb tie release
13 - The Magic Is In the Index Finger
14 Threading the Loop: performer seems to pass the end of a rope througt the loop without letting go
15 Rope Wrist Esape: performer escapes from a rope passed between a handkerchief tying the wrists together
15 Advertisement: on Plymouth rope reputation
16 The Penetrating Rope: One rope pases through another
16 - A Loop Around a Loop: how it works
17 Advertisement: Plymouth rope you can trust
18 Cut and Restored Rope:
19 - It's All In the Loop: how it works
19 Advertisement: Toto swings on a rope
20 Advertisement: Plymouth cordage, On the sea or farm or points beyond