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New Tops Volume 20 (1980) by Gordon Miller
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681 pages

  1. The New Tops - Volume 20, Number 1 - January 1980 - 54 pages
  2. Cover - Three New Features
  3. Contents
  4. Sampler
    • The Vicious Triangle - Eddie Joseph - reprinted from "Coin & Money Magic"
  5. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
  6. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
  7. Vent Views - Colonel Bill Boley
    • Down on the Farm - John J. Bogorae
  8. It's Never Too Late - Frances Marshall
  9. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
  10. Clownin' Aroun' - Daren Dundee
    • Center Ring
    • Prop Trunk
      • Rare Fruit Collection
    • Clown Alley
      • Bobby The Clown (Robert pope)
  11. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
  12. El Maravilloso Mundo de la Magia - Arlene Louie - continued
  13. Pets 'N Prestidigitation - Hal Diamond
  14. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Getting Started (Part Five)
  15. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • A Startling Revelation
  16. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • Trik-A-Tapes
  17. TrendSetter - Phil Goldstein
  18. Press Release - re: Proclamation of "Magic Week" in Oregon
  19. Magic-Up-Date - Richard Greeno
  20. Magic for the Gospel Magician - Ralph C. Mills
    • Key-R-Rect effect
  21. Out of My Mind - Looking Into Things Mental and Psychic - Micky Hades
    • Mental Marriage - Stephen Skomp
  22. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • miscellaneous
      • lists - Ron Allesi, Robert Nelson, Steve Spain, Micky Hades International, Meyer Books, Tannen, Karl Fulves
      • News and Notes - Busby Corin, Inc.
      • Supreme Super News
      • Magic, Inc. - book catalogs Nos. 1 thru 4 & Catalog No. 21
      • Bev Bergeron - list of Burling Hull books and props
    • Books, Tricks, Tapes 'N Things
      • Another Book - Karrell Fox
      • Troublewit Simplified, Ideas, Routines and Patter - Herb Morrissey, compiler
      • Sleight Unseen - Martin Nash
      • 2500 Jokes - Robert Orben
      • The Close-Up Magic of Danny Tong - Magic Art Book Co.
      • Variations - Earl Nelson
      • Lecture Notes by Cy Keller
      • Creation - Bob Mason & Gen Grant
      • Prediction - Bob Mason
      • Simplicity, Audacity and Bluff - Val Andrews
      • Marcom Presents Magic - Magic, Inc.
      • Cycle - Phil Goldstein
      • Snow - Phil Goldstein
      • Tearable - Phil Goldstein
      • Polish Poker - Nick rost
      • Bunny Topper - Alan Kennaugh
      • Terry Seabrooke, Vol. 2 - Magicassette
      • Abracassetta, October
      • Abracassetta, November
  23. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
    • Comparing
  24. Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
  25. Tipsy Turvy Production Box - Joel Ross
  26. Flashback!
    • Karrell Fox's Korny-Bill-Kollection
  27. Gimmicks, Gadgets & Optical Illusions - Robert E. Olson
    • The Checker Cabinet
    • The Haunted Cabinet and Blocks of Quong Hi
    • In Defense of Gospel Magic - Robert J. Zoerman, Jr.
    • Letter From The Editor - Gordon Miller
    • Changing of the Editor - poem - Esther Olson
    • S.B.I [Special Bonus Insert] Vol. 1 No. 1
      • Hindu Ring Mystery - Eddie Joseph

  1. The New Tops - Volume 20, Number 2 - February 1980 - 54 pages
  2. Cover - features
  3. Contents
  4. Presenting
    • Real Gone Aces, Method No. 9 - Ed Marlo
  5. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • bit of business for Cups and Balls - Paul Fishman
  6. On the Road ... with the Amazing Conklins
  7. New Arrival
    • Bellamie Gay Blackstone born to Harry and Gay Blackstone
  8. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
  9. Out of My Mind - Looking Into Things Mental and Psychic - Micky Hades
  10. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Starting Out (Part Six)
  11. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
  12. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • The Phantom Fifth!
  13. Magic for the Gospel Magician - Ralph C. Mills
    • Abbott's Botaniette effect - Dan Matter
  14. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
  15. Final Curtain
    • Millie Bouton
  16. It's Never Too Late - Frances Marshall
  17. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
  18. Flashback!
    • The Linking Clips - Tom Osborne
  19. Sampler
    • Walking Thru A Keyhole - Ormond McGill - reprinted from "21 Gems"
  20. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • miscellaneous
      • Paul Diamond's Magic Shop - catalog
      • La Wain - used magic list
    • A Glance at the New Tricks, Books, Tapes 'N Things
      • Ventriloquism: Magic with Your Voice - George Schindler
      • How to Make $ Clowning - Kibbey the Clown
      • Dewey's Gospel Balloon Routines - Ralph Dewey
      • Dewey's New Balloon Animals - Ralph Dewey
      • A Guide to Increasing Your Money Magic Power - Mariano Palhinha - Publicity and Promotion Series No. 17 - Lee Jacobs Productions
      • Willard thee Wizard - poster - Lee Jacobs Productions
      • Genillusions - Micky Hades International
      • From Mephisto's Notebook - C. W. Vermeys
      • O-I-C-U-F-E-S-P - Howard Adams
      • O-I-C-U-F-E-S-P - Volume 2 - Howard Adams
      • The Houdini Birth Research Committee's Report - Larry Arcuri
      • Ibidem 36
      • Aziz - periodical
      • A New Look at Card Fans - Lewis Ganson - Teach-In Series
      • Werry's Fantastic Thimbles - Lewis Ganson's Teach-In Series
      • above with thimbles - Supreme
      • Mighty Moth - Repro 71
      • Lockets - Repro 71
      • Cash Galore - Peter Kane
      • Floating Lady - Hiroshi Kondo
      • Silks and Drinks - Sam Berland
      • Cards and Coins - Sam Berland
      • Sleeving ... How to Do it ... What to Do with it - Magic, Inc.
      • Sid Lorraine - Magicassette
      • The Patter of Magic Feats by John Wade - Magicassette
  21. Trend Bender! - Phil Goldstein
  22. Pets 'N Prestidigitation - Hal Diamond
  23. This Business of Magic - Thomas Zoss
    • Considering How to Modernize Your Act or ... Are You Out of Date?
  24. Final Curtain
    • Vic Torsberg
  25. Magic-Up-Date - Richard Greeno
  26. Vent Views - Colonel Bill Boley
    • Blazing Arrows - Richard Oden
  27. So You Want to be an Escape Artist! - John Novak
  28. Tom-Foolery - Tom Mullica
  29. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
  30. Abbott's Magic Talent Contest - Neil Foster
  31. Opinion
    • Dr. Larry Kettlehake
  32. Tenko - by Geoffrey Hansen
  33. S.B.I [Special Bonus Insert] Vol. 1 No. 2
    • Milk-Glass-Coins - Eddie Joseph

  1. The New Tops - Volume 20, Number 3 - March 1980 - 54 pages
  2. Cover - cartoon by R. Smith
  3. Contents
  4. Tom-Foolery - Tom Mullica
  5. Doty? - poem - Gordon Miller
  6. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Color-Eureka - Improved
  7. Magic for the Gospel Magician - Ralph C. Mills
    • Abbott's Squaring the Circle effect
    • My Sins Are Gone
  8. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
    • Mysto the Magician Likes ...
  9. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
  10. Dear Neil, Thank You!! M- George B. Anderson
  11. Flashback!
    • T-3 Multiple Prediction - Tom Batchelor
  12. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
  13. This Business of Magic - Thomas Zoss
    • Catching Up with Your Act
  14. Sampler
    • impromptu lit cigarette thru handkerchief and then rises - reprinted from "Cigarette Tricks & Gags"
  15. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Getting Started (Part Seven)
  16. Pets 'N Prestidigitation - Hal Diamond
  17. Out of My Mind - Looking Into Things Mental and Psychic - Micky Hades
    • MENTALmorphosis - Bob Brethen
  18. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • easy DIY table - Mark J. Brown
  19. Abbott's Magic Talent Contest - Neil Foster
  20. cartoon
  21. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
  22. cartoon
  23. On the Road ... with the Amazing Conklins
  24. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • miscellaneous
      • Lists - Show-Biz Services, Ron Allesi, Hank Lee, Tannen, Magic Methods, Byron Walker, O'Dowd, Lewis Kohrs & Tad Wre
    • Books, Tricks, Tapes 'N Things
      • Magic from the Parade - Phil Wilmarth Lecture Notes
      • Bernard's Lessons in Dice Stacking - Lewis Ganson - Teach-In Series
      • The Lecture Notes of Bill Nagler, M.D.
      • Lines, Quips and Ad Libs - Bill Nagler, M.D.
      • The Children's Nightmare - Bill Nagler, M.D.
      • Final Call - Roy Johnson
      • Val Evan's Stop Trick of Tomorrow - Chas. Eastman & Lee Jacobs
      • Cottontail Capers - Walt Hudson
      • Coffee, Tea, or Magic - Larry Brodahl & Walt Hudson
      • New Thoughts for Old - T. A. Waters
      • Clowning Around for Children - Jack Collins (Weedy the Clown)
      • Charlie Miller on the Card Index - Magic, Inc.
      • How to Give a Magic Lecture - Val Andrews
      • Strangest of the Strange - Jerry Masters' Magic
      • Deja Vu - Jerry Masters' Magic
      • Mental Miracle - Jerry Masters' Magic
      • Sixth Sense - Jerry Masters' Magic
      • Real ESP - Jerry Masters' Magic
      • Mephisto's Gloves to Silks to Dove - Perfect Magic
      • Improved Stung Cards - Robbins Magic
      • Cloned - Ronnay
      • Lop-Sided Leader - Ronnay
      • Lewis Ganson, Vol. 1 & 2 - Magicassette
      • Abracasetta, December
      • Abracasetta, January
  25. Metamor-Faces - Phil Goldstein
  26. A Tribute to Howard Thurston - Series 13, Part 4 - Robert E. Olson
    • The Show goes On
    • Kellar
  27. Gimmicks, Gadgets & Optical Illusions - Robert E. Olson
    • Mysto Magic Revisited Part 3 - Topsy-Turvy Match
  28. So You Want to be an Escape Artist! - John Novak
  29. Magic Becomes Theatre - Neil Foster
  30. Viewpoint! - Mark Brandyberry
    • Magic - As Never Before
  31. Vince Carmen - Robert E. Olson
  32. Magic-Up-Date - Richard Greeno
  33. Gimmicks, Gadgets & Optical Illusions - Robert E. Olson
    • REO's Checker Cabinet
  34. Magic of Cabot Street - poem - Nancy Greeno
  35. S.B.I [Special Bonus Insert] Vol. 1 No. 3
    • The "Drop-See" Ring Mystery - Stewart James

  1. The New Tops - Volume 20, Number 4 - April 1980 - 54 pages
  2. Cover - Trevor Lewis
  3. Contents
  4. Kardyro's Klose-Up Konjuring
    • Kardyro on Klose-Up
    • Opening Remarks & Close-Up Views
    • Table Invitations
    • Close-Up Quickies
    • Getting Tips - Fees, Tips, Etc.
    • Items at the Close-Up Table
  5. Flashback!
    • Continuous Card Fans - Percy Abbott
  6. Sampler
    • A Matchless Packet - reprinted from "Between Cocktails"
  7. Abbott's Magic Talent Contest - Neil Foster
  8. Magic for the Gospel Magician - Ralph C. Mills
    • Sword Thru Neck routine Dr. Jerry Burgess
  9. On the Road ... with the Amazing Conklins
  10. Darwin's Dove Creation #1
  11. Darwin's Dove Creation #2
  12. Darwin's Changing Dove - Darwin & Wharton
  13. Gimmicks, Gadgets & Optical Illusions - Robert E. Olson
    • The Repeat Vanishing and Appearing Candle
    • The Repeat Vanishing and Appearing Candle Part 2
    • The Repeat Vanishing and Appearing Candle Part 3
    • The Repeat Vanishing and Appearing Candle Part 4
  14. So You Want to be an Escape Artist! - John Novak
  15. A Tribute to Howard Thurston - Series 13, Part 5 - Robert E. Olson
    • Thurston's Wife Dies and Their Daughter Gives Their Act
    • Shot from a Gun
  16. [two] Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
  17. Eggs-actly - poem - Esther Olson
  18. Gwynne Memorial Fund
  19. Magic-Up-Date - Richard Greeno
  20. Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
  21. Pets 'N Prestidigitation - Hal Diamond
  22. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • Capsule Comment on Magazines Received
      • The Blue Print, Sept. '79 thru Feb. '80
      • Magic Info, Jan-Aug '79
      • The Chronicles, Nos. 19 & 20
      • Interlocutor 35 & 36
      • Magic Sounds, Nos. 28 & 29
      • Magick, Nos. 236 thru 243
      • The Journal of Magical History, No. 3
      • The New Pentagram, Nov. to Feb.
      • Magigram
      • Invocation, Issues 1-3
      • Legerdemain, Issue 25
      • Magicol, No. 53
      • Genii, January
      • Top Hat
      • Iliusionismo Brasil, October
      • The Magician Again, Christmas Issue
      • The New Oracle, Vol. 4, No. 5
      • The Hav-A-Laff Bulletin
      • Boston Barnstormer
      • Center Stage
      • Magic Manuscript, Nos. 3 & 4
      • Yogi-Gram
      • The Spellbinder
      • Magicteen's Minizene
      • Magico Magazine
      • The Numismatic Newsletter
    • From the Advertisers
      • Abbott's Magic CO. - folder
      • Magic Collector's Bulletin
      • Hade-E-Memo
      • Busby-Corin, Inc. - lists & catalog
      • The Raven Report - Anthony Raven
      • Lists - Lloyd Jones, Tannen's & Supreme
    • New Books, Tricks and Tapes
      • Instant Aces - Dick Goldshot
      • Shot in the Dark - Master Magic Co.
      • Just Another Magician? Hell No! [magic of Don Hudson] - Bill Nagler
      • M-2-3-4 - Bill Nagler
      • Close-Up Magic of the Masters - Jack Flosso, compiler
      • Buff's Leaflets - R. C. Buff
      • Super Unnatural - David Davis
      • Diamond's Aren't a Girl's Best Friend - Ken de Courcy
      • Bingo Divination - Marco DeMilo & Ken de Courcy
      • Modern Handcuff Secrets for Magicians - Dick Norman
      • The Bold Face Book Test - Samuel Gringras
      • clip art booklet - Ed Harris
      • Key Bending - Mark Walker
      • Dynamite Mentalism - George B. Anderson
      • Dizzy Dominoes - D. Robbins & Company
      • Magic Mike's Wizard Wands D. Robbins & Company
      • Solid Steel Blindfold - Micky Hades International
      • Harry Stanley - four Magicassettes
  23. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
  24. It's Never Too Late - Frances Marshall
  25. This Business of Magic - Thomas Zoss
    • Adding that Touch of Class to Your Public Image
  26. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • The Jack Comes Back
  27. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Starting Out (Part Eight)
  28. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
  29. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • hockey player shoe laces instead of rope - Jerry Fulton
  30. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
  31. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
  32. S.B.I [Special Bonus Insert] Vol. 1 No. 4
    • Scoop 'Em - Stewart James

  1. The New Tops - Volume 20, Number 5 - May 1980 - 62 pages
  2. Cover - Caldwell, Page & Biro
  3. Contents
  4. Kardyro's Klose-Up Konjuring - continued
    • T.K.'s Brain Dazzler Supreme
    • T.K.'s Flip Move
    • The Ambitious Card
    • T.K.'s Count Move
    • Mentally Select One Card, Please
  5. Pin-Promptu!!! - A Haunted Deck - Tom Gagnon
  6. Sampler
    • Cigarette from Nowhere - William S. Houghton - reprinted from "The Magic 36"
  7. Vent Views - Colonel Bill Boley
    • Hospital Daze - John J. Bogorae
  8. Presenting
    • Choice of Oil or Water - Ed Marlo
  9. Flashback!
    • Fold-Up Fooler - Duke Stern
  10. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • miscellaneous
      • Nickel Saver - Scott York
      • Larry Jennings Card in Envelope Wallet - Busby- Corin, Inc.
      • Current Comedy
      • Pin-Credible - Ronald J. Dayton
      • John Machniak - catalog
      • Gems with Jumbo Cards - Harry Stanley
      • The Chinaman's Paper Caper - Howard A. Adams
      • The Chop Cup - Mark Wilson
      • Lovecraftian Ceremonies - Tony Raven
      • Thayer Catalog Instruction Sheets, Volume 2 - [Glenn Gravatt]
      • The Magic of Mike Bornstein - Magico Magazine
      • The Uncanny Power - Will Dexter
      • O-I-C-U-F-E-S-P - Volume 3 - Howard Adams
      • Slow Change Plumes - Sam Dalal
      • Big Magic for Little Kids - Joe "Micro" White
      • Magic with Feather Bouquets - Gene Gloye
      • Magical Puppeteer - Walt Hudson
      • Masque - Phil Goldstein
      • Rule of Thought - Arthur Setterington
      • Tell The You Saw Dante - Val Andrews - Magicassette
      • Abracasetta, February
  11. A Tribute to Howard Thurston - Series 13, Part 6 - Robert E. Olson
    • The Nest of Trunks
  12. On the Road ... with the Amazing Conklins
  13. It's Never Too Late - Frances Marshall
  14. cartoon - math - Ed Harris
  15. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • transformation of coins to tiny coins - Bill Barvin (Bomby the Clown)
  16. Letter From The Editor - re: Caldwell, Page & Biro - Gordon Miller
  17. photos - Abbott's First Annual Close-Up Convention
  18. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
  19. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Getting Started (Part Nine)
    • Magician of the Month - Brian Jay Robinson
    • Important Note to Readers - re: Transition to Trying Times Magic
  20. Out of My Mind - Looking Into Things Mental and Psychic - Micky Hades
  21. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
  22. Pets 'N Prestidigitation - Hal Diamond
  23. The Siamese Billet - Phil Goldstein
  24. The Siamese Dealer - Phil Goldstein
  25. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Fast Aces
  26. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
  27. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
  28. Viewpoint! - Mark Brandyberry
    • Close-Up - For the Masses
  29. Abbott's Magic Talent Contest - Neil Foster
  30. Magic-Up-Date - Richard Greeno
  31. Magic for the Gospel Magician - Ralph C. Mills
    • Abbott's Travelling Block effect - Art Zachman
  32. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
  33. This Business of Magic - Thomas Zoss
    • There's No Free Lunch But There are Still Free Shows!
  34. Tom-Foolery - Tom Mullica
  35. S.B.I [Special Bonus Insert] Vol. 1 No. 5
    • Grand Finale Ribbon Cut - U. F. Grant

  1. The New Tops - Volume 20, Number 6 - June 1980 - 54 pages
  2. Cover - Masters of Illusion ... Divad & Kramien
  3. Contents
  4. Kardyro's Klose-Up Konjuring - continued
    • T.K.'s Magapaddle
    • T.K.'s Copper & Silver Routine Supreme
  5. Vent Views - Colonel Bill Boley
    • A Ghost of a Chance - Richard B. Oden
  6. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
  7. Sampler
    • Cut and Restored Rope - Loring Campbell - reprinted from "This is Magic"
  8. Flashback!
    • Omnipresent Half-Dollar
  9. Abbott's Vent-O-Rama
  10. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • Looking at the New Tricks, Books ad Tapes
      • Hoe to Make Your Own Trick Handcuffs (and use them) - John Novak
      • follow-up on Val Evans Stop Trick of Tomorrow
      • Australian Torture Crib Escape - Mariano Palhinha
      • The "How To" Book of the Chop Cup - Merlyn T. Shute
      • Sure-Fire Magic - David Ginn
      • Keep It a Secret - David Ginn
      • The A.B.C. of Magic Sets - Hans Witt - quarterly
      • Two in the Hand and One in the Pocket - Lewis Ganson Teach-In Series
      • The Immaculate Card Magic of Walt Lees - Lewis Ganson, editor
      • Gardyloo - Ed Eckl
      • Bill Severn's Guide to Magic as a Hobby
      • Just for Starters - Val Andrews
      • Mindbending Magic - Richard Mark
      • 75 Ways to Use Your Clip Board John Philip Machniak & Stephano E. Jasperson
      • John Kennedy's Floating Dollar Bill
      • Nu-Way Cut and Restored Bill - Magico Magazine
      • Mental Heat - Micky Hades International
      • Floating Gimmick - A. D. Robbins
      • Improved Tipsy Bag - Sam Berland
      • Premonition Outdone - Stan Lobenstern
      • Flight of the Aces - Stan Lobenstern
      • Mentalmania - Stan Lobenstern
      • It's Easier Than You Think, Volume 3 - Geoffrey Buckingham
      • John Calvert's Torn and Restored Magazine - Magicassette
  11. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
  12. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Getting Started (Part Ten)
    • Magician of the Month - Bruce Johnson
    • Special Notice - re: John C. Cox
    • Very Special Notice - re: Transition to "Lost in the Forest" containing "Trying Times Magic"
  13. Magic for the Gospel Magician - Ralph C. Mills
    • Tithing is Right and Rewarding - Art Zachman
  14. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • picking up objects with your magic wand
  15. It's Never Too Late - Frances Marshall
  16. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
  17. Tom-Foolery - Tom Mullica
  18. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
  19. Viewpoint! - Mark Brandyberry
  20. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Jazz Aces - Revised
  21. A Tribute to Howard Thurston - Series 13, Part 7 & 8 - Robert E. Olson
    • The Crusader Bit
    • Thurston Agrees to Face Spiritualist
    • Objection Upsets Spiritism Debates
    • Police Called, No Arrests
    • The Inexhaustible Cocoanut
    • Water Fountains
  22. Elevator Faces - Phil Goldstein
  23. Opinion
    • Would You Like to Come Up and Help Me? - Tom Hubbard
  24. Pets 'N Prestidigitation - Hal Diamond
  25. Magic-Up-Date - Richard Greeno
  26. Out of My Mind - Looking Into Things Mental and Psychic - Micky Hades
    • Paddle Proof - Henrique
  27. New Arrival
    • Emily Ann Zoss born to Thomas and Bernadette Zoss
  28. Abbott's Magic Talent Contest - Neil Foster
  29. [four] Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
  30. S.B.I [Special Bonus Insert] Vol. 1 No. 6
    • Grant's Ring Off Ribbon

  1. The New Tops - Volume 20, Number 7 - July 1980 - 62 pages
  2. Cover - Dennis & Peg Metz & Tom & Sherrie
  3. Contents
  4. Kardyro's Klose-Up Konjuring - continued
    • T.K.'s Three Shell Game Supreme
    • The Punch Ending Supreme
    • Kardyro's Klose-Up Konjuring Rules - Advice, Rules & Words of Wisdom
  5. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • pouring a glass of wine which could be set on fire
  6. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
  7. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • miscellaneous
      • lists - Mike O'Dowd, Mario Carrandi, Steve Spain. Robert Nelson & Anthony Vander Linden
    • New Books, Tricks, Tapes and Things of Interest
      • Houdini poster - Lee Jacobs Productions
      • French Pasteboards - Bernard Bilis
      • Magic with a Smile - Ralph Dell
      • 25 Miniature Miracles (with miniature cards) - Supreme
      • Warren Stephens' Lecture Notes
      • Coins - Scott York
      • Cups and Balls - Scott York
      • Scott Your Lecture
      • The M.C. Bit Book - Algonquin McDuff
      • Fun with Cards - John Yeager
      • The Silver Passage - Gary Ouellet
      • The Hound of the Baskervilles - force book - Magico Magazine
      • Search for the Soul - Milbourne Christopher
      • Masters of the Ring - Gerald Edmundson
      • Bamboozle Sticks - Accent Products
      • Super Needled Balloon - Accent Products
      • Hid-A-Color - Accent Products
      • New Improved Color Changing Records - Chu's Magic Shop
      • Billy McComb, Volume 5 - Magicassette
      • A Traveller's Tale - Percy Press - Magicassette
      • Abracassetta, March & April issues
  8. Cocktail Magic - re: show at Lawrry's restaurant
  9. Sampler
    • a thimble effect - Duke Stern - reprinted from "Latest Thimble Magic"
  10. Opinion
    • Henry B. Valleau
  11. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • It's A Joke(r)!
  12. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
  13. Padding the Deck Switch - Tom Gagnon
  14. Senior Citizen's Brunch and Party
  15. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
  16. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
  17. Magic for the Gospel Magician - Ralph C. Mills
    • Super Needled Balloon effect - Jim Payne
  18. Tom-Foolery - Tom Mullica
  19. Viewpoint! - Mark Brandyberry
  20. On the Road ... with the Amazing Conklins - Jerry Conklin
    • On The Road - Kevin Lowery
  21. Final Curtain
    • Bob Downey (Robert McEldowney)
  22. Flashback!
    • A Mental Problem - Harry A. Canar
  23. School Assembly Shows - David James White II and Mitzi
  24. Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
  25. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Getting Started (Part 11)
    • Magician of the Month - Fred L. Walker
    • Important Note - re: Transition in November to "Lost in the Forest"
  26. Vent Views - Colonel Bill Boley
    • I Love Looney - Richard Oden
  27. Gimmicks, Gadgets & Optical Illusions - Robert E. Olson
    • Wooden Okito Box
    • Sleight-of-Thumb Move
  28. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
  29. Magic-Up-Date - Richard Greeno
  30. A Tribute to Howard Thurston - Series 13, Part 9 - Robert E. Olson
    • The Vanishing Automobile
    • The Great Automobile Surprise or, Mystery of the Abbott-Detroit "30"
  31. Presenting
    • Cards and Signature Transpo - Edward Marlo
  32. Letter from Bob Nelson - re: Eskimo Effect - Muk Aluuk
  33. New Arrival
    • Drew Gregory Bordner born to Greg and Debbie Bordner
  34. So You Want to be an Escape Artist! - John Novak
  35. Side by Side - Phil Goldstein
  36. Pets 'N Prestidigitation - Hal Diamond
  37. Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
  38. It's Never Too Late - Frances Marshall
  39. [two] Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
  40. Silver Replacement - Ron Bauer
  41. Letter From The Editor - re: Second Tom-Fooolery Bash - Gordon Miller
  42. New Arrival
    • Sarah Jane Nagel born to Jim and Timi Nagel
  43. S.B.I [Special Bonus Insert] Vol. 1 No. 7
    • Ribbon Rise

  1. The New Tops - Volume 20, Number 8 - August 1980 - 58 pages
  2. Cover - Fantasio & Dale Salwwak
  3. Contents
  4. Introducing
    • Susan B.'s Diminishing Dollar - Ron Bauer
  5. Flashback!
    • A Prize in Every Package - Sid Lorraine
  6. Muk Aluuk Monte - Ed Marlo
  7. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
  8. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • miscellaneous
      • Robert Harbin Memorial Lecture Program - from Barry Gordon
    • A Quick Glance at the Magazines
      • Genii, February thru May
      • Hocus Pocus, Vol. 2, Nos. 1 & 2
      • The Chronicles, Nos. 21-24
      • Interlocutor, Nos. 37-40
      • The Journal of Magical History, April
      • Magigram, March thru June
      • The New Invocation, April
      • The Blue Print, Nos. 9 & 10
      • Magic Sounds, Spring
      • The New Pentagram, March thru June
      • Magick, Nos. 244-257
      • Abracadabra
      • Current Comedy
      • Calliope
      • Washington Wizards
      • Magico Magazine
      • Yogi-Gram
      • Magic Manuscript
      • The Magic Dealer
      • Top Hat
      • Bat Droppings
      • Boston Barnstormer
      • Magicol, No. 54
      • The Spellbinder
      • The National Magic Expansion Circle (India) - magazine
      • The Hav-A-Laff Bulletin
    • Books and Tricks and Tapes and Things
      • O-I-C-U-F-E-S-P - Volume 4 - Howard Adams
      • Lecture Notes - Barry Govan
      • Playmagic #2 - Tony Binarelli
      • The Complete Illustrated Book of Close-Up Magic - Walter B. Gibson
      • Zack Stacks - Jim "Zee" Zachary
      • The Violet Book of Mentalism - Phil Goldstein
      • Doll House Illusion Plans - Dennis Loomis
      • Devil Divination - George Blake
      • Elevator Coins - Tenyo - Hideo Kato
      • An Audio Session with Peter Kane - Two Magicassettes
      • Abracasetta, May
  9. This Business of Magic - Thomas Zoss
    • Catching Up With The Magic World
  10. On the Road ... with the Amazing Conklins
  11. New Arrival
    • Bruce Richard Dean born to Marg and Dicky Dean
  12. Your Pencil - My Ring - Ron Bauer
  13. A Tribute to Howard Thurston - Series 13, Parts 10 & 11 - Robert E. Olson
    • Finale
    • A Health Buff
    • Perfect Sleep
    • Thurston's Kiss Waltz
    • The End of the Act
    • Thurston Halts Career
    • Thurston Soon to Return to the Stage
    • Howard Thurston - July 20, 1869 - April 13, 1936
  14. Sampler
    • Self-Service - Ravelle & Andree - reprinted from "Magic Ala Carte"
  15. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
  16. Out of My Mind - Looking Into Things Mental and Psychic - Micky Hades
    • 8th Annual Magic Fun & Film Festival
  17. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Effective Ace Opener
  18. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Getting Started (last of a series)
    • Magician of the Month - Lou Leventhal
    • Announcement - re: Transition in November to "Lost in the Forest"
  19. Magic-Up-Date - Richard Greeno
  20. In Memoriam - Percy Abbott
  21. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
  22. Magic for the Gospel Magician - Ralph C. Mills
    • Time is Vanishing - Paul T. Walker
  23. It's Never Too Late - Frances Marshall
  24. Pets 'N Prestidigitation - Hal Diamond
  25. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
  26. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • Professor's Nightmare wit ties - Larry Arcuri
  27. 3rd Degree - Phil Goldstein
  28. [four] Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
  29. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
  30. S.B.I [Special Bonus Insert] Vol. 1 No. 8
    • Nite-Club Act - Part One - U. F. Grant

  1. The New Tops - Volume 20, Number 9 - September 1980 - 54 pages
  2. Cover - Special September Spectacular - All Trick Issue
  3. four] Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
  4. Contents
  5. The Blind Magician Does A Trick! - Eddie Joseph
  6. Tom Hubbard's Cupboard
    1. Secret Knowledge
    2. Rope Through Neck
    3. The Double Cross
    4. Linking Ring Notes
    5. Susan
    6. Handy-Dandy Marked Card
    7. Salted
    8. Know It All
    9. Anticipation
    10. The Leaping Rubber Band
    11. Multiply by Three and Add Four
    12. Stunt Show
    13. One Hundred Percent Perfect
    14. Find Two
    15. Five Card Solution
    16. Two Themes
    17. Pet Shop
  7. The Thinking Rings - Ed Eckl
  8. Seeing Through A Girl - Illusion
  9. 50 Ways to Produce a Silk
  10. Presenting
    • Real Gone Aces - Method #10 - Ed Marlo
  11. Black & White - Eddie Joseph
  12. Out of the Smoke - El Ray
  13. Ringastra - Eddie Joseph
  14. Rib-Ring - Kirkpatrick
  15. Magnetic Rice - Eddie Joseph
  16. $1,000,000 Bill MYstery
  17. four] Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
  18. four] Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
  19. S.B.I [Special Bonus Insert] Vol. 1 No. 9
    • Nite-Club Act - Part Two - U. F. Grant

  • The New Tops - Volume 20, Number 10 - October 1980 - 58 pages
  • Cover - Mari Asakaze
  • Contents
  • August 1980 - Abbott's - Colon - photos by Jim Hanning
    1. photos
    2. photos
    3. contest winners
    4. photos
    5. photos
    6. Get-Together Photos - available for purachase
    7. photos
    8. photos
  • Wacky Words - Ed Harris
  • Sampler
    • Point - Eddie Clever - reprinted from "Thought Wings Onward"
  • Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • miscellaneous
      • The Magic Dealer - new magazine
      • Lists - Ron Allesi, Robinson's Mysteries, Hank Lee, Tannen, El Duco, Terry Roses, Jerry Mentzer, Lee Jacobs, Paul Diamond, Supreme Magic, Magic Books by Post, The Ace Place, Micky Hades & Lewis Kohrs
    • Comments on Books
      • Tannen Catalog
      • Richard Himber - The Man and His Magic - Magico Magazine
      • Nine Modern Classics - Merlyn T. Shute
      • A Ray of Magic - Jimmy Ray
      • The Magic of John Cornelius No. 1 - lecture notes
      • Roltair - Genius of Illusions - John McKinven
      • Mental Flashes - Jack Bridwell
      • Blue Spotties - Ken de Courcy
    • Tricks 'N Things
      • Buff's Leaflets - monthly - R. C. Buff
      • mouth coils - David Cresey Products
      • defraction papers - David Cresey Products
      • spring flowers & kits - David Cresey Products
      • spring bills - David Cresey Products
      • Safari SO Good - Mr. Z Enterprises
      • The Know Bill Prize - Zeleta
      • Conjure Ring - Zeleta
      • 15 illusion plans - Paul Osborne and Associates, Inc.
      • Quazy Quik Change - Supreme
      • The Damned Thing - Al Mann
      • Basil Horowitz - 2 Magicassettes
      • The Creative Magic of William P. Miesel
      • Gene Gordon's Magical Legacy
      • P.T. Selbit's Mighty Cheese - poster - Lee Jacobs Productions
      • Ricky Jay's Cards as Weapons - poster - Lee Jacobs Productions
      • Phil Temple - poster - Lee Jacobs Productions
  • Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Magician of the Month - Steve Ballen
  • Pets 'N Prestidigitation - Hal Diamond
  • cartoon - Ed Harris
  • Abbott's Get-Together - poem - Ester Olson
  • Letter From The Editor - Gordon Miller
  • Final Curtain
    • Margaret Bamman - July 14, 1980
    • Fred Kaps - July 23, 1980
  • photos - S.A.M. Convention - Irving Desfor
  • Gimmicks, Gadgets & Optical Illusions - Robert E. Olson
    • REO's Rice Vase
  • Magic-Up-Date - Richard Greeno
  • Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
  • Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
  • Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
  • Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
  • Vent Views - Colonel Bill Boley
    • The Trinity - Richard Oden
  • Tom-Foolery - Tom Mullica
  • Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • tip for using rub-on letters - Brooks Anderson
  • Answers to "Wacky Words" by Ed Harris
  • photo - re: Frances Ireland Marshall admission into the S.A.M. Hall of Fame
  • Magic for the Gospel Magician - Ralph C. Mills
    • Chinese Sticks and Cords effect - Jule L. Miller
  • Out of My Mind - Looking Into Things Mental and Psychic - Micky Hades
    • The Mind-Full Mental Coins
  • My Friend Bess - Hanry B. Valleau
  • Flashback!
    • "The Limit" Production Box - Roxy
  • A Magical I.Q. Test - Geoffrey Hansen
  • Mari Asakaze - Japan's Newest Magical Star - Geoffrey Hansen
  • Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Quadruple Shock Opener
  • Bi-Angle - Phil Goldstein
  • If Houdini Were Alive Today - Geoffrey Hansen
  • Answers to "A Magical I.Q. Test"
  • [two] Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
  • S.B.I [Special Bonus Insert] Vol. 1 No. 10
    • Surprise Thimble Act - Part One - El-Ray

    1. The New Tops - Volume 20, Number 11 - November 1980 - 62 pages
    2. Cover - Silvan
    3. Contents
    4. Klever Kardyro Papers - continued
      • Close Up Views
      • T.K.'s Reverso-Nap Routine
      • I'll Do It Again
    5. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
    6. Magic for the Gospel Magician - Ralph C. Mills
      • God Can Change Things - Art Zachman
    7. A Tribute to Howard Thurston - Series 13, Parts 12 & 13 - Robert E. Olson
      • The Ellison Models
      • The Thurston Wands
      • Thurston - The Man of Mystery
      • True Man of Mystery
      • Howard Thurston Time Chart
    8. Presenting
      • Visual Transposition - Edward Marlo
    9. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
      • Looking Over the magic Books
        • Gene Gordon's Magical Legacy
        • Daemon's Diary - Masklyn ye Mage
        • The Creative Card Magic of William P. Miesel
        • Balloonatrix - Dwight Damon - republished
        • Story Locks - Terry Roses
        • Gilbreath's Principles - Reinhard Muller
        • Decennial Prelection - Scotty York
        • Mind Novas - Stephen Minch
        • Magi - The Magic Circle of Denmark
        • Three Card Monte as Entertainment - Lewis Ganson Teach-In Series
      • Tricks 'N Things
        • How to Make Your Own Trick Cards - D. Grenewetzki
        • Diminishing Card Box - D. Grenewetzki
        • Lo Vision Playing Cards - Cidco Co.
        • Don Alan's Great Put-Ons
        • Oscar - Nick Trost
        • Roy Johnson - The Voice of Experience - 3 Magicassettes
    10. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
    11. Flashback!
      • Two Linking Ring Effects - Aldo Colombini
    12. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
    13. Final Curtain
      • Jack Baker
    14. Sampler
      • A Coin Transposition - Tom Sellers - reprinted from "Twenty by Tom Sellers"
    15. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
    16. Out of My Mind - Looking Into Things Mental and Psychic - Micky Hades
      • Calculated with Great Effort - John Philip Machniak
    17. Vent Views - Colonel Bill Boley
      • Go West Young Man - Richard B. Oden
    18. Cover Personality: Silvan - by Geoffrey Hansen
    19. School Assembly Shows - David James White II & Mitzi
    20. In Memoriam - The Great Blackstone
    21. Pets 'N Prestidigitation - Hal Diamond
    22. Tom-Foolery - Tom Mullica
    23. So You Want to be an Escape Artist! - John Novak
    24. It's Never Too Late - Frances Marshall
    25. Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
    26. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
      • One-Pack Secret Knowledge
      • Routine For: 4 Card Do As I Do
    27. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
      • $1.35 with Chinese coin - Franko the Magician
    28. Lost in the Forest - John Sherwood
      • The Secret Groove
      • Trying Times Magic
    29. Magic-Up-Date - Richard Greeno
    30. Gimmicks, Gadgets & Optical Illusions - Robert E. Olson
      • No Gimmick Ball & Vase
      • Split-A-Drink
      • Knotty Fan Revisited (The Added Twist)
    31. The Running Slip Knot - Tom Gagnon
    32. S.B.I [Special Bonus Insert] Vol. 1 No. 11
      • Surprise Thimble Act - Part Two - El-Ray

    1. The New Tops - Volume 20, Number 12 - December 1980 - 52 pages
    2. Cover - Mark Wilson
    3. Contents
    4. Sampler
      • The Knot of Foam - Tenkai - reprinted from "Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks, Volume Three"
    5. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
      • Triumph Ace Opener
    6. Out of My Mind - Looking Into Things Mental and Psychic - Micky Hades
      • Money International - Henrique
    7. cartoon - Ed Harris
    8. New Ways With Old Magic - Dr. Edmund E. Evans
      • Those Intrepid Spy Guys
    9. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
    10. Flashback!
      • Glass Vanish - Ken Allen
    11. Mental Pictures - Edward Marlo
    12. School Assembly Shows - David James White II & Mitzi
    13. Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
    14. Cartoon - Ed Harris
    15. Hydeout - Phil Goldstein
    16. Klever Kardyro Papers - continued
      • Deception with Sponges
      • T.K.'s Magic Dust
      • Keep Your Eye On My Hand
      • T.K.'s Hot Weather Handy Supreme (Miracle Stix)
      • T.K.'s Ball & Tube Routine
        • Alternate Ending
        • T.K.'s Ball & Tubes Routine
    17. Gimmicks, Gadgets & Optical Illusions - Robert E. Olson
      • Napkin Rings Off Cord
    18. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
      • Glancing at the Magazines
        • Magick
        • Genii, August & September
        • Current Comedy
        • The Chronicles, Nos. 25-26
        • Interlocutor, Nos. 41-42
        • Magicana, July & August
        • Magic Info, Sept/Oct '79 & Nov/Dec '79
        • The New Pentagram, July thru Sepetemebr
        • Magigram
        • Hocus Pocus, Vol. 2 Nos. 3 & 4
        • The Cabot Street Cinema Theatre News
        • Calliope
        • Legerdemain, May thru July
        • The Spellbinder
        • The Journal of Magic History, August
        • Magicol, May & August
        • Mystic Quarterly
        • E.S.P. News According to Hoy
      • Among the Club Papers
        • The Christian Conjurer
        • Top Hat
        • The Wizard's Scroll
        • Washington Wizards
        • Boston Barnstormer
        • Yogi-Gram
        • Hade-E-Memo
      • What's New?
        • Fab Features - catalog - Supreme
        • Varied Deceptions - Milbourne Christopher - republished
        • The Leipzig Book - Dai Vernon - republished
        • Pseudonyms - Peter Warlock
        • Stand Up Close - Fr. Cyprian - #8 in his You Are Magic Series
        • Vest Pocket Book Test - Grant
        • Non Pareil Book Mystery - Stanley Collins
        • The Zombie Floating Ball - The Magic Center
        • close-up effect with a clear plastic bottle and a borrowed coin - Accent Products
        • Oh! Wee Gee - Warren Stephens
        • Ultimate Backflips - Joe Farnia
        • Mystery Flight - Ed Alterman
        • Abracassetta, June
        • Bob Ostin - 2 Magicassettes
    19. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
    20. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
    21. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
    22. Lost in the Forest - John Sherwood
      • Mystic Reflections
      • Trying Times Magic
    23. Magic for the Gospel Magician - Ralph C. Mills
      • Professor Nightmare effect - Captain Ed Jarvis II [Salvation Army] aka Jarona & Company
    24. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
    25. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
      • "Superex Convex Mirror"
    26. Pets 'N Prestidigitation - Hal Diamond
    27. Magic-Up-Date - Richard Greeno
    28. It's Never Too Late - Frances Marshall
    29. "Yours Aye-Leslie May" to be published
    30. Cover Personality - Mark Wilson Tours China
    31. Addenda - The Rice Vase - Henry O. Silsbee III
    32. John Shirley's Report on Saudi Arabia
    33. S.B.I [Special Bonus Insert] Vol. 1 No. 12
      • Chinese Chopper
      • Requested Patter - Vampire - Block and Stake

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