More than 75 nodes and their uses. Amateurs, the decorators and the cheaters will be treasures of this collection of useful, decorative nodes and of magic. Attachments simple with complex lassos, nodes trick and easy ways twists with stage by stage of the illustrations and the instructions. Illustrations throughout. In step-by-step illustrations, the book presents more than 75 of the most common knots, ranging from the simplest to the most bizarre and rare. The last chapters of the book are devoted to magic tricks and special tricks with a rope. The book has survived many editions since 1961.