Best Rope Trick Book available?!

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Ernesto Pacifico
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Best Rope Trick Book available?!

Postby Ernesto Pacifico » April 1st, 2008, 5:32 pm

If you could have only one? Which one would it be?
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Re: Best Rope Trick Book available?!

Postby Bob Postelnik » April 3rd, 2008, 12:29 am

"Abbott's Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks for Magicians," compiled by Stewart James
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Re: Best Rope Trick Book available?!

Postby Pete Biro » April 4th, 2008, 10:44 pm

All 3 volumes for sure. Then the Tarbell course.
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Re: Best Rope Trick Book available?!

Postby David Devlin » June 10th, 2008, 1:36 pm

Karl Fulves book, Self-Working Rope Magic is also a good resource.
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Re: Best Rope Trick Book available?!

Postby Richard Kaufman » June 10th, 2008, 1:59 pm

The Frances Tabary book is good. The best rope magic is Jean Merlin's--he is the real genius of rope magic but he has published very little in English.
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