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New Tops Volume 15 (1975) by Neil Foster
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Neil Foster, Editor

633 pages

  1. The New Tops - Volume 15, Number 1 - January 1975 - 52 pages
  2. Cover - 'Monk' Watson & Bob Hope
  3. Contents
  4. My Pal, Bob Hope - by 'Monk' Watson
  5. A Tribute to Howard Thurston - Series 8, Part 3 - Robert E. Olson
    • A Great Revolutionary
    • An Eight Hour Show
    • Only Hypnotized Women
    • Crushing a Woman - P. T. Selbit
  6. Final Curtain
    • John J. DeVries
  7. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
  8. New Ways With Old Magic - Dr. Edmund E. Evans
  9. Final Curtain
    • James E. Gemin
  10. Magi-Go-Round
  11. Golden Wedding Anniversary - Mr. & Mrs. Fred Merrill
  12. Billy Russell's Legacy
    • Russell's Silk Production
  13. Twenty-Five Years Ago in "Tops"
    • Tewforce - George F. Wright
  14. In Remembrance - Donna V. Bordner
  15. Tops Salutes Sid Lorraine on the Start of His 36th Year of - Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • reviews
      • The Magic Magazine - new periodical
      • Mark Wilson Course of Magic
      • The Complete Hypnotic Act - Jules Lenier
      • Comedy Cut & Restored Neckerchief - David Ginn
      • Comedy Linking Rings - David Ginn
      • Comedy Card on Back - David Ginn
      • Magic in the Morris Manor
      • Invocation - Nos. 1 & 2
      • The New Make-Up of Magic - Micky Hades
      • The Book of Thoth - Stephen Minch
      • The Conjuror's Book of Stage Illusions - Micky Hades International
      • Sixth Thot - Nick Trost
      • The Duece You Say - Nick Trost
      • Flim Flam Cards - Nick Trost
      • Klip Joint - Nick Trost
      • Jumbo Two-Way Split - Nick Trost
      • Table Hopping - Bruce Posgate
      • Pentertain - Ken de Courcy
      • Beery-Bleary - Supreme
      • Four Dragons Folder - Supreme
      • Dove Deceptions - Supreme
      • The Trick You Can See Through - Joe Riding
      • Odd Ball - Royden Products
      • Perky Penny - Royden Products
  16. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • "Fred Bear Bowstring Wax" - Danny Turley
  17. Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
  18. Out of My Mind - Looking Into Things Mental and Psychic - Micky Hades
  19. This Business of Magic - Thomas Zoss
    • Weekend Vacations - 10 Miles from Home? Yep, and with Magic Too! Happy New Year!
    • Another Year Has Gone!
    • Correspondence
  20. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
  21. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • The Glide Ace Trick
  22. Poetess' Corner - Marie Antoinette Dornfield
    • Happy New Year
  23. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
  24. Safely Speaking - Karl Wagner
    • Hippity Hop Rabbits
  25. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
    • A Happy New Year to You!
  26. Vent Views - Colonel Bill Boley
    • Laugh Riot - John J. Bogorae
  27. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Tops' 'Young Guy' Magician of the Month - Michael Babit
    • E.S.P. Ghost Writer
  28. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
  29. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • Grant's Secret Service
      • 1 - Aerial Fishing
      • 3 - Nu-Question Answering
      • 6 - Giant Fish Production

  1. The New Tops - Volume 15, Number 2 - February 1975 - 56 pages
  2. Cover - John Thompson
  3. Contents
  4. Cover Portrait - John Thompson - The Polish Prince - by Karrell Fox
  5. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • A Variation of Kane's Jazz Aces
  6. " ... it sure beats law or politics!" - a review [of "The Magic Show"] by Stephen Fernandes
  7. Poetess' Corner - Marie Antoinette Dornfield
  8. Out of My Mind - Looking Into Things Mental and Psychic - Micky Hades
    • Zodiaccent - North Bigbee
  9. Gene Gordon's Gallimaufry
  10. Billy Russell's Legacy
    • Russell's Slate Changing Cabinet
  11. Vent Views - Colonel Bill Boley
  12. This Business of Magic - Thomas Zoss
    • To Clip, Or Not to Clip ... That is the Question!
    • More Letters
  13. New Arrivals
    • Robert Freeman Taylo, III born to Robert and Betty Taylo
    • Kathi Leigh Schirmer born to Mike and Bonnie Schirmer
  14. The International Magicians Hall of Fame - C. S. Island
  15. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • reviews
      • Ilusionismo [Spain] - periodical
      • Best Magic Tricks, Vol. 2- Lu Brent
      • Comedy Magic - George Blake
      • Magic Touch - Imperial Products
      • Repeat-Reverso - Walter Gibson
      • Rapid Transit - Phil Goldstein
      • Rainbow Premonition - Aldini
      • Boxes from Hat - Edward Ritchell
      • David Hemingway - catalog
      • The Two-Way Stretch - Joe Riding
      • Smoke Bombs - Supreme
      • Whally's Impromptu Card Rise - Ken de Courcy
      • rabbit hand puppet by O'Reilly
      • Magic in the Morris Manor - Bud Morris & Sam Dalal - new edition
      • Table Hopping - Bruce Posgate
      • Surprise Comedy and Magic - Ray Turner
      • Blank Surprise - Sid Lorraine
      • list of magazines and dealers - Sid Lorraine
  16. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
  17. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
  18. Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
  19. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
  20. Final Curtain
    • Gerald Heaney
  21. A Tribute to Howard Thurston - Series 8, Part 4 - Robert E. Olson
    • Macao
    • A Bamboo Theater
    • Stretching a Woman - P. T. Selbit
  22. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
  23. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • "Ultra Ban 5000" to add to Zombie effect - Steve Ryder
  24. Magi-Go-Round
  25. Tops' 'Young Guy' Magician of the Month - Marsh Magoon

  1. The New Tops - Volume 15, Number 3 - March 1975 - 56 pages
  2. Cover - Jerry Cassel
  3. Contents
  4. Cover Portrait - Jerry Cassel - "Cassel's Magic Castle" - by Neil Foster
  5. A Tribute to Howard Thurston - Series 8, Part 5 - Robert E. Olson
    • Surabaja, Java
    • A Maharajah's Nuptials
    • The Vanishing Piano
    • Flags of All Nations
  6. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Looking at the Mail
    • Tops' 'Young Guy' Magician of the Month - Ted Moyer
  7. Poetess' Corner - Marie Antoinette Dornfield
    • Magic Merry-Go-Round
  8. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • In Print
      • Super-Psychic-The Incredible Dr. Hoy - John Godwin
      • Practical Contact Mindreading - Dr. Edward R. Schatz
      • Gambling Tricks with Cards, Vol. 1 - Nick Trost
      • Gambling Tricks with Dice - Nick Trost
      • Windows to the Mind - Paul Siegel
      • Doorway to Delusion - Paul Siegel
      • Mentalism a'La Mode - Paul Siegel
      • Tommy Windsor's Magic Clip Art - Tommy Windsor
      • How to do Instant Impressions - Frank Herman
      • Misc. Magic - Paul Diamond
      • Membership Certificate in the Ancient and Mystical Order of the Silver Key
      • The Right Way to do Wring - Harry Houdini
      • Expanded English Penny Shell - Johnson Products
      • Expanded Kennedy Half [Shell] - Johnson Products
      • Impress-X - Johnson Products
      • Multiplying Chromium Billiard Balls - Accent Products
      • Super Epic Slate - Supreme
      • Bang Gun - Supreme
      • Master Mental - Walter Gibson
      • Guiness-Castella Trick - Joe Riding
      • Tipsy Bag - Sam Berland
      • list of magazines and dealers - Sid Lorraine
  9. [two] Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
  10. This Business of Magic - Thomas Zoss
    • The Suburban Back Yard Fence?
  11. The Great Melvin Presents Simplified Bottom Pass- Thomas Jorgenson
  12. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Gathering of the Court Cards (Improved Version) - Charles Hudson
  13. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • florist's wire instead of fishing line to hold loads - John E. Stetson
    • putting a bill into a cigarette - Jerome C. Fox
  14. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
  15. "Senator" Crandall in Hospital - Editor
  16. Gene Gordon's Gallimaufry
  17. Billy Russell's Legacy
    • A New Fish Bowl Table
  18. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
  19. Monk Watson Sees Doug Henning Show
  20. Center Deal Effects - Edward Marlo
  21. Should You Go First - poem
  22. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
  23. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
  24. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • Nu-Knot in Silk or Hanky (Secret Service #7)
  25. Card of Thanks - Family of Donna V. Bordner
  26. Magi-Go-Round
  27. Final Curtain
    • Mr. Ralph Bordner [father of Recil Bordner]
  28. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
  29. "Vernet" Method for Turning Around One or Several Cards - Vernet
  30. "The Magic Man" - re: David Copperfield - reviewed by Larry Valentine
  31. Vent Views - Colonel Bill Boley
    • The Luscious Lush - John J. Bogorae
  32. photo - Tommy Windsor gets Magician of the Year at Magi-Fest

  1. The New Tops - Volume 15, Number 4 - April 1975 - 56 pages
  2. Cover - Wandi the Magician
  3. Contents
  4. Twenty-Five Years Ago in "Tops"
    • That Chick-A-Dee Pan
  5. Cover Portrait - Jimmy Wilkins as Wandi the Magician - by Col. Bill Boley
  6. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Tri-umph
  7. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • What's New? Department:
      • Berland's Tipsy Bag - Sam Berland
      • Instant Impressions - Frank Herman
      • Magic Memo Notes - Mariano Palhinha
      • The Magic of Marcom - Ralph A. Marcom
      • Black Ball - Supreme
      • Norman's Improved Card Go - Supreme
      • Top Chop - Supreme
      • Magic is an Art - Tristan
      • second series of gambling books - Nick Trost
      • Watch Bag - Sam Berland
      • Reference List (of magazines and dealers) - Sid Lorraine
    • Dealers Bulletins and Ad Sheets
      • LaWain House of Magic List #131
      • Top Hat Topics #9
      • Newsletter from The Magic Shop of Los Alamitos
      • Special Customer List #12 - Magic Methods
      • Magicalo Trading Post
    • In the Magazines
      • Abracadabra
      • Current Comedy
      • Magic Info
      • Magic Cauldron Nos. 53 & 54
      • Magical Bookie
      • Magick, now up to #119
      • Invocation
      • Swami, December - final issue
      • The New Pentagram
      • The Magician
      • The Pallbearers Review, August thru October
      • Ibidem
      • Epilogue
      • Genii, June & August
      • New Image L'Majik Satirica, November
      • Magigram
      • Magicol, November & December
      • India Ring Bulletin
      • Maya Manchia
      • Magicana
      • Chaos
      • Calliope
      • M-U-M
      • Barnstormer
      • The Silent Messenger
      • Houdini-Gram
      • The Spirit Trumpet
      • The Christian Conjurer
      • Bog Bob's Magic Club News
      • Top Hat
  8. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • "One-Wipe" to remove glare from chrome - Mark J. Brown
  9. Poetess' Corner - Marie Antoinette Dornfield
    • Chicago
  10. New Card Add - Edward Marlo
  11. In Memoriam - Howard Thurston
  12. This Business of Magic - Thomas Zoss
    • The Coloring Contest
    • Correspondence
  13. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Tops' 'Young Guy' Magician of the Month - Mike Senser [and Linda Maleno]
  14. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
  15. [two] Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
  16. advertising pages
  17. New Tops Index 1974 - Volume Fourteen - Dale Salwak, compiler
  18. "Vernet" Method for Separating a Certain Number of Cards - Vernet
  19. New Ways With Old Magic - Dr. Edmund E. Evans
  20. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
  21. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
  22. Vent Views - Colonel Bill Boley
    • Cute Talk - John J. Bogorae
  23. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
  24. A Tribute to Howard Thurston - Series 8, Part 6 - Robert E. Olson
    • Why Worry?
    • Hong Kong
    • Japan
    • Free Rent
    • Rangoon
    • The Vanishing Trunk
    • The Film of Life
  25. In Memoriam - Joseph Dunninger
  26. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
  27. "Senator" Crandall - in hospital
  28. Gene Gordon's Gallimaufry
  29. Billy Russell's Legacy

  1. The New Tops - Volume 15, Number 5 - May 1975 - 48 pages
  2. Cover - Verne Bloch
  3. Sittin' In - Jack Barrows
  4. A Memo from Sid Lorraine - re: Canadian postal strikes
  5. Contents
  6. Cover Portrait - by Bill Baird
  7. The Invisible Lodge - Bill Pitts
  8. Letter to the Editor - from John Cooper
  9. Convention Plus - Hank Moorehouse
  10. You Can Win a Prize - Clettis V. Musson
  11. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
  12. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
  13. "The Magic Show" - Tommy Windsor
  14. Out of My Mind - Looking Into Things Mental and Psychic - Micky Hades
  15. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • recipe for flesh paint - John Justice
    • idea for Abbott's Spurting Rice Bowls - Dick Williams
  16. Harold Taylor - Press Release
  17. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
  18. Gene Gordon's Gallimaufry
  19. A Tribute to Howard Thurston - Series 8, Part 7 - Robert E. Olson
    • Vanishing a Plurality of People
  20. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
  21. This Business of Magic - Thomas Zoss
    • The Psychology of Color
  22. Houdini Grave Vandalized
  23. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • Cut Off from God - Restored to His Fellowship
  24. Vent Views - Colonel Bill Boley
  25. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • miscellaneous
      • S.A.M. Houdini Committee's Birth Research Folio
      • A Guide to Magic Literature - Robert Gill - work in progress
      • Herb Morrisey Products News Bulletin #6
    • New Tricks, Books 'N Things
      • Jumbo Stretch - Joe Riding
      • Left - Joe Riding
      • The Trick You Can See Through - Joe Riding
      • Almost Opposite - Joe Riding
      • The Celeste Evans Fingertip Silk Cascade
      • Berland's Watch Bag - Sam Berland
      • Tommy Windsor's Super Silhouette
      • Milk-Stout - Supreme
      • Haunted Hanky - George Blake
      • Magic as an Art - Tristan
      • Gambling Tricks with Cards, Part 2 - Nick Trost
      • Expert Gambling Tricks - Nick Trost
      • The Way I Do It - Jimmy Lake
      • Magic in Mind - Bill Severn
      • Sid Lorraine's Reference File - Sid Lorraine
  26. Final Curtain
    • Orlando Bagley - by Jim Callen
    • Frances Marshall's Mother
    • George L. Boston
    • Alvy Brill
    • Joseph Dunninger
  27. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Significator Cards
  28. Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris

  1. The New Tops - Volume 15, Number 6 - June 1975 - 56 pages
  2. Cover - Vince Carmen & Co.
  3. From the Editor's Desk - Neil Foster
  4. Poetess' Corner - Marie Antoinette Dornfield
    • June
  5. Contents
  6. Cover Portrait - Vince Carmen - by Robert E. Olson
  7. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
  8. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Surprise Revealment!
  9. "Magic World '75" - review by Joe Palen
  10. [two] Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
  11. Chicago I.B.M. & S.A.M. Show - review by Robert K. Miller
  12. Out of My Mind - Looking Into Things Mental and Psychic - Micky Hades
    • A Matter of Color - Bob Brethen
  13. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
  14. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • cheap silk pull - Kenny Crosby
    • "Dinosaur Coins" from cereal boxes as palming coins - Kenny Crosby
    • eggs from Crystal Silk Cylinder - Keith Baldinger
  15. photo - re: Robert Taylo family
  16. This Business of Magic - Thomas Zoss
    • Magic as an Art ... and Using Arts Councils
    • Correspondence
    • Last but not Least
  17. It's Never Too Late! - Frances Marshall
  18. Magi-Go-Round
  19. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • miscellaneous
      • The Magic Shop of Los Alamitos - catalog
    • New Tricks and Books
      • Multiplying Pipes - Accent Products
      • Bountiful Budget Bouquet - Accent Products
      • Miracle Count - Walter Berlin
      • Australian Gambling Game of 31 - Supreme
      • Miracle Coins - Supreme
      • Cash In - Check Out - Supreme
    • Looking for Books?
      • Magic in Mind - Bill Severn
      • The Mazda Mystic Ring Magic Book
      • Magic with Cards - Garcia & Schindler
      • What's Next - Tommy Tucker
      • Bring on the Kids - Walt Hudson
      • 12 Illusionettes - William W. Larsen
      • Dove, Silk & Flower Magic - John D. Pomeroy
  20. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
  21. The Magic Contests
  22. Instant Coin Assembly - Edward Marlo
  23. Final Curtain
    • Eddie Clever
    • John Grdina
  24. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
  25. Vent Views - Colonel Bill Boley
    • Man's Best Friend, or, The Finest of Rescuers - John (Barley Corn) Young
  26. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Tops' 'Young Guy' Magician of the Month - Tom Ogden
  27. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson

  1. The New Tops - Volume 15, Number 7 - July 1975 - 56 pages
  2. Cover - John Todman & Betty
  3. Contents
  4. Cover Portrait - John Todman & Betty - by Gordon Miller
  5. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • miscellaneous
      • Kabbala - 4 issues to come - Tannen to publish in hard cover
      • Heirophant 7 - to be released by Tannen's
      • The Conjurer, Nos. 1-3 - periodical
      • Mantra, April
    • Looking Over the Magazines
      • Invocation
      • Abracadabra
      • Chaos Number 35
      • Magic Info, Nov/Dec
      • Magick
      • The New Pentagram, March, April & May
      • Genii
      • Magic Cauldron No. 55
      • The Pallbearers Review, November thru January
      • Magigram
      • Current Comedy
    • Among the Club Papers
      • Yogi-Gram
      • The Wand
      • The Pentacle
      • Maya Manchia
      • Magic Net
      • Bog Bob's Magic Club News, Spring
      • CEMA
      • Houdini-Gram
      • The Bulletin
      • Magicana
      • Top Hat
      • Majik Satirica
      • The Doodlebug
      • The Magician
      • The Christian Conjurer
      • The Levitator
      • Boston Barnstormer
      • The Silent Messenger
      • The Spellbinder
    • Glancing at the Ads
      • The Magic Shop, Los Alamitos - ad sheet
      • Magic Methods - ad sheets
      • The Magic Shop, Syracuse - listing
    • New tricks and Books
      • Repeat Color Change Card Trick - The Magic Shop [CA]
      • Midget Pea Can - Herb Morrissey
      • Domi-mento - Roy Baker
      • Jailbreak - Roy Baker
      • The Koran Newspaper Prediction - Ken de Courcy
      • Sequacious Aces - Ken de Courcy
      • Just Card Magic - Chas. C. Eastman, compiler
      • Additional Deceptions from Derek Dingle, Lecture Notes #2
      • The L.W. Card Mysteries - Larsen & Wright
      • Sid Lorraine's Reference File - Sid Lorraine
  6. Final Curtain
    • Chris Kirkham
    • Dick Sheehy
  7. Out of My Mind - Looking Into Things Mental and Psychic - Micky Hades
    • A Proposition in Precognition - Bob Brethen
  8. This Business of Magic - Thomas Zoss
    • Hello Out There ... And Some Ideas
    • A Reminder
  9. Vent Views - Colonel Bill Boley
    • All in Fun - John J. Bogorae
  10. Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
  11. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
  12. photo - re: Max Hapner and Salli photographed by Irving Desfor
  13. Poetess' Corner - Marie Antoinette Dornfield
    • New Trick
  14. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
  15. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
  16. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Tops' 'Young Guy' Magician of the Month - Tom Kirkpatrick
  17. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • hooks from socks - Dennis R. Loomis
  18. photos - "Salute to Magic"
  19. The Presto Pitch - Tommy Windsor
  20. Finger Ring Escape - U. F. Grant
  21. My Card - Card Trick - U. F. Grant
  22. In Memoriam - Zina Bennett - from Suzy Wandas Bennett
  23. What Happened? - Tom Wolf
  24. Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
  25. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • silk and Ellis Ring
  26. Twenty-Five Years Ago in "Tops"
    • Glass Go - I. W. Roberts
  27. Convention Plus - 1975 [MDA] - Jack Barrows
  28. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Coincidence of Two Numbers and a Prediction - Stewart James
  29. The Magic Contests - Abbott's 38th Magic Get-Together
  30. A Tribute to Howard Thurston - Series 8, Part 8 - Robert E. Olson
    • The Witch's Cauldron
  31. Magi-Go-Round
  32. photo - Irving Desfor Entertains Associated Press
  33. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
  34. New Arrival
    • Georgia De Ann Stoner born to Dick and Deanne Stoner

  1. The New Tops - Volume 15, Number 8 & 9 - August & September 1975 [mis-labeled as 1974] - 76 pages
  2. Cover - Fernandez
  3. Contents
  4. Cover Portrait - Ed Fernandez - by Sid Lorraine
  5. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
    • Headless Woman
  6. Final Curtain
    • Don Sweet
  7. A Tribute to Howard Thurston - Series 9, Part 1 - Robert E. Olson
    • Miss Jane
    • Magic Tubes
  8. Showmanship goes a long way ... and you have to go a long way to be a Showman - Brian Zimbler
  9. [two] Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
  10. It's Never Too Late - Frances Marshall
  11. Final Curtain
    • John D. Jones, Jr.
  12. Final Curtain
    • Paul Connolly - by Irv Weiner
  13. Final Curtain
    • Clarke "The Senator" Crandall - by Frances Marshall
  14. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
  15. A Radical Departure - Edward Marlo
    • The Second Departure
    • Last Minute Departure - Using Top of Deck
  16. Box of the Future - Joel Ross
  17. This Business of Magic - Thomas Zoss
    • Getting Newspaper Space in the 1970's
  18. Force, Force and Another Force - Tom Hubbard
  19. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Deck-Mate
  20. Poetess' Corner - Marie Antoinette Dornfield
  21. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
  22. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
  23. Magi-Go-Round
  24. In Memoriam - Percy Abbott
  25. Ken Booth - Magic's Good Samaritan
  26. Magic Collectors Association Celebrates Anniversary - Jim Alfredson
  27. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • What's New
      • Blarney Die - Bud West
      • Berland's Bill Tear - Sam Berland
      • Nutshell Monte - Nick Trost
      • Lotsaknots - Warren Stephens
      • Ribpenring - Warren Stephens
      • Penny Tration - Hank Lee's Magic Factory
      • Line-Up - Jim Vetter
      • Royal Runaway - Hank Lee's Magic Factory
      • Tom Mullica's Miracle Card in Wallet
      • DIY advertising flyer - Ed Harris
      • Do As I Do Plume Trick - Supreme
      • Candy Andy - Supreme
      • Magic with Faucett Ross - Lewis Ganson, editor
      • Notes on the Magic of Frank Shields - Jeff Busby
      • Offbeat Mentalism - Arthur Setterington
      • Golden Years Album [Thurston] - Bud Morris
      • More Magic with Electronics - Bud Morris - in process
  28. Safely Speaking - Karl Wagner
    • Seasonal Problems
  29. cartoon - Bill Kitchen of the Miami Herald
  30. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
  31. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • tip for the Miracle Cage Vanish - Dave Mueller
    • use for disposable lighters - Dave Eagan
    • kitty litter for animal effects - Rev. Wm. Skidmore, Jr.
  32. Out of My Mind - Looking Into Things Mental and Psychic - Micky Hades
    • Blood and Fire - North Bigbee
  33. Tipsy Turvy Production Box - Joel Ross
  34. Tom Wolf's One-Hand-Restoration
  35. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Tops' 'Young Guy' Magician of the Month - Kent Anthony St. John
  36. [two] Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
  37. New Ways With Old Magic - Dr. Edmund E. Evans
  38. Vent Views - Colonel Bill Boley
    • Questions, Questions, Questions - John J. Bogorae
  39. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall

  1. The New Tops - Volume 15, Number 10 - October 1975 - 60 pages
  2. Cover - Peter DePaula
  3. Contents
  4. Cover Portrait - Peter DePaula - by Walt Hudson
  5. Letter from Mrs. Clarke Crandall
  6. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • Red Like Crimson
  7. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Two-Color Mental Selection
  8. From Paul LePaul's Notebook - Joe Scott
  9. Vent Views - Colonel Bill Boley
  10. George J. Becker Entertains Vietnamese Refugees at Camp Pendleton
  11. Final Curtain
    • J. G. Patterson - by Philip Morris
  12. Edward Victor Material - Rae Hammond
  13. Out of My Mind - Looking Into Things Mental and Psychic - Micky Hades
    • Think-A-Number - Bob Brethen
  14. Magi-Go-Round
  15. [two] Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
  16. Safely Speaking - Karl Wagner
    • Some More Seasonal Problems
  17. Abbotts Get-Together 1975 - poem - Esther J. Olson
  18. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
  19. The Magic Contests - Neil Foster
  20. Notice - safety precautions at the Get-Together - Editor
  21. Clown Alley '75 - Vincent Fabek
  22. Nicolet Magic Revue
    • Purpose and Organization of the Nicolet Magic Revue - David Johnson
  23. New Arrivals
    • Miss Frances Mai-Ling Loo born to De Yip and Arlene Loo
    • Master Jerald M. Burgess, Jr. born to Dr. and Mrs. Jerald Burgess
  24. photo - re: Dale Salwak
  25. Carmen's Block Production
  26. Marlo's Wrist Turn Pass - Edward Marlo
    • The Basic Pass Move
    • A Platform Pass
    • As a Table Pass
    • As a Drop Cover Pass
    • As a Half Pass
  27. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
  28. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Psychokinesis
    • Tops' 'Young Guy' Magician of the Month - John E. Jones
  29. Bannerlines - Walt Hudson
  30. Abbottcadabra! Homecoming Colon '75 - Frances Marshall
    1. photos - Wednesday Night
    2. photos - Thursday Night
    3. photos - Friday Night
    4. photos - Saturday Night
  31. The "Senator" Crandall Trophy
  32. Poetess' Corner - Marie Antoinette Dornfield
    • Indian Summer
  33. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
    • Tommy Windsor Awarded Another Trophy
  34. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • miscellaneous
      • A Session of Tricks, Tips and Patter - Sid Lorraine
      • American Museum of Magic News Letter
      • five folders on magic - Warren Paper Company [Boston]
      • Clever ... Like a Fox - Karrell Fox
    • What's New?
      • Gambling quarterly, Autumn 1975
      • Brain Washed - Royden
      • The Vanishing Ghost - Royden
      • Instant Analysis - Sheldon Conn
      • Kola-Across - Jay Marlbrough
      • Spray Flesh Color Paint - Morrissey Magic
      • Blarney Die - Bud West
      • Bill Nagler effect
      • colored Trouble-wit - Jim Reilly
      • mini Trouble-wit - Jim Reilly
      • The ESP Quotient Test - Tommy Tucker
      • Ice Dice - Phil Goldstein
      • Ding Dong - Supreme
      • Topsy Turvy the Magic Clown - Supreme
      • Tannen's - catalog
      • Wit Kit - Wilbur Kattner
      • Houdini Vanishes - Wilbur Kattner
  35. In Memoriam - Harry Houdini

  1. The New Tops - Volume 15, Number 11 - November 1975 - 56 pages
  2. Cover - Dr. Edmund E. Evans
  3. Contents
  4. Cover Portrait - Dr. Edmund E. Evans - by Neil Foster
  5. In Memoriam - Cardini
  6. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • What's New
      • Marvellous Mysteries of Marvillo - Arnold Liebertz
      • S'Komplimentary Mentalism - Stephen Skomp
      • Manipulative Magic - Chas. Eastman reprint
      • Collected Mental Mysteries - Lester Watts
      • This Business of Magic - Thomas Zoss
      • Confessions of a Psychic - Uriah Fuller
      • Be a Clown - Donald M. Dunaway
      • A Further Card Session with Peter Kane - Peter Kane
      • Al Schneider on Coins - Al Schneider
      • The Rope & Ring Book, Vol. 1 - Philip Wilmarth
      • Magic with a Ring and Rope - Philip Wilmarth
      • Build Your Own Illusions - Magic, Inc.
      • Card in Envelope Prediction - Bob Mason
      • Just Think - Bob Mason
      • Red Square - Supreme
      • Shanghai Shackle - Frank Pazel
      • Berland's Progressive Coin Routine - Sam Berland
      • Variations with a Shot Glass - Sam Berland
      • Charles T. Jordan Collected Tricks - Karl Fulves
  7. Poetess' Corner
    • Marie Antoinette Dornfield - September 16, 1975
  8. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Tops' 'Young Guy' Magician of the Month - Steve Skomp
  9. photo - re: David James White III
  10. Safely Speaking - Karl Wagner
  11. Vent Views - Colonel Bill Boley
    • Facts, Fleas and Fun - John J. Bogorae
  12. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
  13. Final Curtain
    • William Henry Pershing
    • O. Henry Hertzler
    • Forrest F. Samnple
  14. Marie Antoinette Dornfield - obituary
  15. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
  16. In Memoriam - Harry Blackstone
  17. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • The "Baby Hummer" Four-Ace Opener
    • Reversing Aces
  18. Out of My Mind - Looking Into Things Mental and Psychic - Micky Hades
  19. Variations of a Palm - Edward Marlo
    • Basic Start Position
    • To Palm Off the Top Card
    • Into Other Palm Positions
    • Throwoffs and Replacements
    • Tabled Bottom Placement
  20. [two] Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
  21. A Tribute to Howard Thurston - Series 9, Part 2 - Robert E. Olson
    • Thurston Halts Career - Magician Ill - Asks Daughter to Conduct Show
    • Stacks of Gold Fish Bowls and Water
    • Old Glory
  22. photo - re: Professor and Lady Peller of Nigeria
  23. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • Magi-Ministers Get-Together
    • Sin is Gone
    • Pulling Through
    • Sin Flees
    • Straw and String
    • Pick a Color
    • Obedient Silk
    • Trip to Heaven
    • How Man Looks at Man
    • A Firm Foundation
  24. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • "Stretch & Seal" for water loads - Tom Jorgenson
  25. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
  26. Bob Lewis Get Well
  27. It's Never Too Late - Frances Marshall
  28. Get-Together Photos
  29. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
    • Variedades, Issue No. 1 [Brazil]

  1. The New Tops - Volume 15, Number 12 - December 1975 - 60 pages
  2. Cover - The Rev. Robert E. Olson
  3. Contents
  4. Cover Portrait - The Rev. Robert E. Olson - by Neil Foster
  5. One-Hand Flip-Flop Shuffle - Robert W. Wicks
  6. Magi-Go-Round
  7. Back Home Again in Indiana - Indiana Magic Day - Jack Barrows
  8. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • Coin Through Handkerchief
  9. In Memoriam - Jack Gwynne
  10. Miraculous Four Queens - Tom Wolf
  11. Remember When
  12. Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
  13. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • From the Dealers
      • K. B. [Ken Brooke] Magic - catalog
      • Perpetu-List No. 24 - Mickey Hades
      • Magic Books by Post - listing
      • Magic Methods - listing
      • Johnson Products - catalog & price list
      • Robert Nelson
      • The Magic Shop of Los Alamitos - newsletter
      • Mak-Magic - new illusion - Belly-Buster
      • Sandro's Magic Workshop - list
      • Top Hat Topics, Vol. 2, No. 1
      • Guaranteed Magic - catalog
    • magazines
      • Abracadabra
      • Invocation No. 5
      • The Magician
      • Magic Info
      • The Pallbearers Review
      • The New Pentagram
      • Magick
      • The Magic Cauldron Nos. 56 & 57
      • Mantra
      • Orben's Current Comedy
      • The Conjurer, Nos. 4 & 5
      • M-U-M, June
      • Genii
      • Magigram
    • Magazines from the Clubs
      • S.O.B., Jr.
      • The Spellbinder
      • Top Hat
      • CEMA Noticias
      • The Wand
      • The Spirit Trumpet
      • All India Magic Circle
      • Bog Bob's Magic Club News
      • The Magic Fly
      • Magical #36
      • Houdini-Gram
      • The Christian Conjurer
      • The Silent Messenger
      • Magic Net
      • Magic Wand
      • Magicana
      • The Bulletin
      • Yogi-Gram
      • Boston Barnstormer
      • Wizard's Words, first issue
    • Among the New Tricks and Books
      • Marcom's Leprechauns
      • Bicentennial Card Trick - Nick Trost
      • Dealer's Choice - Nick Trost
      • Multiplying Wild Card - Marv Long
      • Gag Bag - Van Cleve
      • The Wiz - Bob Little
      • A Conjurer's Reminiscences - John Booth - Supreme
        • Forging Ahead in Magic - John Booth
        • Marvels of Mystery - John Booth
      • Comedy Warm-Ups for Children's Shows - David Ginn
      • Comedy Lunch Box - David Ginn
      • Jan Torell - lecture notes
  14. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Improved Cardman's Puzzle
  15. Magical Musings - Esther Francis Olson
    • Christmas is "Magic"
  16. Magic Club of Greater Kalamazoo Cavalcade of Magic - review by Neil Foster
  17. Tips of the Month - Sid Lorraine
    • Zip-lok bags for silks - Greg Schultz
    • sandpaper to burst balloons - U. F. Grant
  18. Presto! - To Open on Broadway for a Limited Engagement
  19. Philip Morris' "The Magical Land of Oz" - Robert E. Olson
  20. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
    • photo of Carol Channing
  21. Gen Grant Presents
    • A Trick from Battle Creek
    • Zella Mind Reading Prop
  22. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
  23. Magic Collector's Weekend
  24. Out of My Mind - Looking Into Things Mental and Psychic - Micky Hades
    • Clairvoyant Vibrations - Bob Brethen
  25. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Mental Probe / Math Probe
    • Tops' 'Young Guy' Magician of the Year - Ted Moyer
  26. This Business of Magic - Thomas Zoss
    • A Moving Article on Professionalism, Etc.
  27. A Tribute to Howard Thurston - Series 9, Part 3 - Robert E. Olson
    • Jane Thurston
    • The Flight of Time
    • Black Art
  28. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
  29. Vent Views - Colonel Bill Boley
    • Funny Questions, Funny Answers - John J. Bogorae
  30. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
  31. It's Never Too Late - Frances Marshall

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