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An essential title for every magician, The Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks is the only book of its kind. Packed full of stunning miracles, the Encyclopedia of Rope Magic is considered among many the FINAL word on all things magical that use rope.

Magical genius Stewart James was a master of the creative thought process. Give him a problem, and he would return with at least a dozen solutions, all completely different from the previous, and each just as workable as the last. Over the course of 40+ years, he compiled three volumes of the Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks. Now, for the first time, these classic works have been collected, newly edited, and combined in a single hardbound volume.

Over the course of nearly 450 large-format pages, James describes every nuance of this fascinating branch of conjuring. Hundreds of effects are described. Puzzles share the pages with stage-filling illusions, legendary feats (like the fabled Indian Rope Trick), escapes, spirit effects, cut and restored tricks, penetrations, trick knots, suspensions, and James' famous Sefalaljia, to name but a few.

The Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks is an invaluable reference work. Hardbound, 7x10. 456 pages, with over 1500 illustrations.