★★★ ★★ $ 4
New Tops Volume 8 (1968) Neil Foster Recil Bordner, Publisher
682 pages
The New Tops - Volume 8, Number 1 - January 1968 - 56 pages
Cover - Edward Marlo
Cover Portrait - Edward Marlo ... The Man - by Jimmy Nuzzo
Harold Martin Testimonial - J. Gary Bontjes
Contents
It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
Deep Sleight Technique - Edward Marlo
Double Stop (Marlo Drop Sleight)
The Four Ace Stop
An Observation
Tops Sends Get-Well Wishes To
Don Sweet
Thomas P. Molloy
Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
5 to 2 & 3 Dollar Bills gag
For Women Only - Frances... ★★★ ★★ $ 8
New Tops Volume 7 (1967) Neil Foster Recil Bordner, Publisher
639 pages
The New Tops - Volume 7, Number 1 - January 1967 - 56 pages
Cover - John Daniel
From the Editor's Desk - Neil Foster
Tops Picture Museum (See Back Cover) - The Great Blackstone
Contents
Cover Portrait - Jon Daniel's World of Fantasy - by Neil Foster
It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
Patter & Presentation - Gene Gordon
Patter for Die Box
From the Stuart Cramer Notebook
Patter for Torn & Restored Newspaper
Patter for the Money Maker
Letter to the Editor - by Windy Higgins... $ 8
New Tops Volume 6 (1966) Neil Foster Recil Bordner, Publisher
631 pages
The New Tops - Volume 6, Number 1 - January 1966 - 56 pages
Cover - Toreno & Guro
Cover Portrait - Toreno & Guro - by Finn Huger
From the Editor's Desk - Neil Foster
Contents
It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
The Collector's Page - poster - Kar-Mi - Selma
Entre Nous - Dorny (Werner Dornfield)
Dear Professor - Prof. S. C. Uttlebutt
Tops Photo Quiz & Answer to Last Month's Photo Quiz
Poet's Corner - Marie Antoinette Dornfield
Happiness ... Is Being... $ 8
New Tops Volume 5 (1965) Neil Foster Recil Bordner, Publisher
637 pages
The New Tops - Volume 5, Number 1 - January 1965 - 48 pages
Cover - Walter Zaney Blaney and Joyce
Contents
Cover Portrait - Walter Zaney Blaney - by Dave Hoy
Magic on Today - Neil Foster
The Al Wheatley [Chop Chop] I Knew - Jay Marshall
Final Curtain
The Collector's Page - photo - Cardini
Entre Nous - Dorny (Werner Dornfield)
Final Curtain
Toots from the Calliope - L. E. Roba Collins
Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
Poet's Corner - Marie Dornfield
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
... ★★★★ ★ $ 8
New Tops Volume 4 (1964) Neil Foster January 1964 - December 1964
659 pages
The New Tops - Volume 4, Number 1 - January 1964 - 44 pages
Cover - Robert Orben
Tribute Page for John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Tops Silver Anniversary
Tops Anniversary Contest
Contents
Cover Portrait - Robert Orben - by Jack Bolter
It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
The Collector's Page - poster - Harry Houdini - King of Cards
Entre Nous - Dorny (Werner Dornfield)
Prestidigitorial Pot Pouri
Poet's Corner... ★★★★★ $ 4
New Tops Volume 3 (1963) Neil Foster January 1963 - December 1963
597 pages
The New Tops - Volume 3, Number 1 - January 1963 - 44 pages
Cover - Miss America and James Steele
Routines & Ideas - Neil Foster
Poet's Corner - Marie Antoinette Dornfield
Tops Photo Quiz & Answer to Last Month's Photo Quiz
Contents
Cover Portrait - James Steele
Final Curtain
Ben Chavez - by Neil Foster
Subtle Problems You Will Do - John Braun & Stewart Judah
It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The... ★★★★★ $ 4
New Tops Volume 2 (1962) Neil Foster January 1962 - December 1962
605 pages
The New Tops - Volume 2, Number 1 - January 1962 - 48 pages
Cover - Werner "Dorny" Dornfield
Letters to the Editor
From the Editor's Desk - Neil Foster
Contents
Cover Portrait - "Dorny" Werner C. Dornfield - by Frances Ireland Marshall
Subtle Problems You Will Do - John Braun & Stewart Judah
The Matches, The Silk, and Poof!
The Judah "Four Aces"
A Royal Marriage - Joseph M. White
Four Change Cigarettes To Cards - Allen... ★★★★ ★ $ 4
New Tops Volume 1 (1961) Neil Foster January 1961 - December 1961
591 pages
Pre-Publication Advertising sheet
The New Tops - Volume 1, Number 1 - January 1961 - 56 pages
Cover - Sid Lorraine
Cover Portrait - Sid Lorraine
Contents
Sketch of Percy Abbott
In Memoriam - re: Percy Abbott - 1886-1960
Gone, But Never Forgotten ... Howard Melson - by Gene Gordon
From the Editor's Desk - Neil Foster
Doves Doves Doves - Jack LaWain
Oriental Cabinets - W. W. Durbin
Snap It - Mike Miller
Tops & Bottoms - Don Alan
★★★★ ★ $ 88$ 49.95
Tops all Volumes 1-22 (1936-1957) Percy Abbott Tops was the house organ of the Abbott Magic & Novelty Co. Percy Abbott, the company founder and owner, served as the magazine's first editor as well as publisher. In 1940, Howard "Mel" Melson, Abbott's staff artist, began editing Tops , and continued doing so until his death in 1957, when the magazine ceased publication. It was succeeded in 1961 by The New Tops
$ 4
Tops Volume 22 (1957) Percy Abbott January 1957 - December 1957
93 pages - 3 Issues
The "Tops" - Volume 22, Number 1 - January 1957 - 32 pages
With the Editor - Percy Abbott
Contents
Reversed Six card Repeat (111) - Simplified Method - Roxy
Report On Chicago Magigals Assembly No. 9 - Sylvia Smith
re: The Great Levante
Dramatic Living and Dead Test
Thimbles, Thimbles - Again and Again - Roxy
re: Monk Watson
Ring-String - Ray Hutchinson
re: Chami Kkan
Amazing Card Miracles - Mahendra, The Mystic (F. B. Sterling)
Design for Wrist Watch Gimmic
... $ 4
Tops Volume 21 (1956) Percy Abbott January 1956 - December 1956
389 pages
The "Tops" - Volume 21, Number 1 - January 1956 - 32 pages
With the Editor - Mel
Contents
Bank Night Supreme - Roxy
Aero Silks - Bert Douglas
Another Thumb Tie
Canary Asrah - George Jo0hnstone
re: feather flower cleaning
A Rising Card Climax - Bert Douglas
Cards, Nuts and Bill
Rapid Flight Cards - Karson
A Tip, Magi and Hypnotists
Bitzemall Egg Bag - Roxy
Blindfold Magic
All Do As I Do
re: Mrs. Audrey Guido blindfold drive
Encyclopedia... $ 4
Tops Volume 20 (1955) Percy Abbott January 1955 - December 1955
385 pages
The "Tops" - Volume 20, Number 1 - January 1955 - 32 pages
Floating Handkerchief
Perfect Transpo-Card - Rovelli (Tenente Jose Silvestre)
Silks in Chick-A-Dee - Anthony Dunn
Useful Cigarette Sleights - Roxy
Number One
Number Two
Number Three
Another Torn Restored Newspaper - Wilford Hutchinson
Penetra - Roxy
Tricks of East Indian Magicians - Part 3 - Eddie Joseph
The Cups and Balls
The Egg Bag
Handkerchief-Rope... $ 4
Tops Volume 19 (1954) Percy Abbott January 1954 - December 1954
389 pages
The "Tops" - Volume 19, Number 1 - January 1954 - 32 pages
With the Editor - Mel
Contents
Ultra Four-Ace Trick - Billy Bell
Fifty-Fifty - S. Stern
Second Method
Suggestions for Preparing Props
Drum Head Tube Routine - James Reneaux
Simple Memorization
re: Goodliffe
re: Monk Watson
The Spider and the Pips - Lu Brant
Predicto - A Super Mental Card Test - Roxy
Some Patter in Rhyme
Dyeing or Color Changing
For Children's Shows
For Dyeing Other Colors
... ★★★★★ $ 4
Tops Volume 18 (1953) Percy Abbott January 1953 - December 1953
385 pages
The "Tops" - Volume 18, Number 1 - January 1953 - 32 pages
With the Editor - Percy Abbott
Contents
Magical Card Finesse - Jerry Hornak
Sleights with Cards
A Rare Control
A Succeeding Control
Riffle Strip Control
Three Controls
Basic Move
1 - Side Slip Action
2 - Palm Slip Action
3 - The Crimp Action
Ace Control
Remember Twenty-Two - Dr. Maurice
Some Magical Twists - V. C. Kitchen
...
$ 4
Tops Volume 17 (1952) Percy Abbott January 1952 - December 1952
385 pages
The "Tops" - Volume 17, Number 1 - January 1952 - 32 pages
With the Editor - Mel
Contents
A Novel Ring Release - Oswald Harrington
Three Minds and a Card - A Different Working Method - Roxy
Bird Cage in Square Circle - Louis Ward
A Flash Billiard Ball Sleight - Cleveland Miller, Jr.
Color Changing Balls - Prince Drakon
Two E-Z Card Sleights - Roxy
Astrologia - Howard P. Albright - continued
Sealed Message Reading Routine No. 2
Prompter-Cards for Use in Connection... $ 4
Tops Volume 16 (1951) Percy Abbott January 1951 - December 1951
385 pages
The "Tops" - Volume 16, Number 1 - January 1951 - 32 pages
With the Editor - Mel
Contents
Lota-Gorda - George F. Wright
Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Good Wishes
Matching the Card - Carl C. Newbold
Spotting the Spot - Eddie Joseph
Envelope and Handkerchief - Augustus Rapp
Coin and Matchbox Effect - Joseph Ovette
[Stewart] James Case Dismissed
So It's Laughs You Want! - Bob Brethen
Fun with Talking Teeth
The Party - A Skit with Talking Teeth
A Card in Balloon Idea - Joseph... $ 4
Tops Volume 15 (1950) Percy Abbott January 1950 - December 1950
385 pages
The "Tops" - Volume 15, Number 1 - January 1950 - 32 pages
With the Editor - Mel
Contents
Wright's Steal Pass - George F. Wright
Sid Lorraine's Chatter
Death of Tom Bowyer
reviews
Origin of the Center Tear
Questions and Answers
cartoon - Otho Blake
A Close-Up Fooler - Clettis V. Musson
Passed Through a Flame - Ken de Courcy
For Vents Only - George McAthy
★★★★ ★ $ 4
Tops Volume 14 (1949) Percy Abbott January 1949 - December 1949
385 pages
The "Tops" - Volume 14, Number 1 - January 1949 - 32 pages
With the Editor - Mel
Contents
An Appreciation! - Percy Abbott - re: Howard Melson
A Toast to the Flag
New Indianapolis Store Open
re: Edgar Bergen & Jim Sherman
Sid Lorraine's Chatter
reviews
new effect from Eddie Joseph
Forbidden Wisdom - Howard Albright
I.O.U. - C. V. Tebbetis
Six Foolers with a Miniature Skull - Eddie Joseph - re; Skullo
Laugh Card
... $ 4
Tops Volume 13 (1948) Percy Abbott January 1948 - December 1948
393 pages
The "Tops" - Volume 13, Number 1 - January 1948 - 32 pages
Cover - Bill Baird
With the Editor - Mel
Contents
Bill Baird - "BB" for Billiard Balls!
Cook Heads Montana Magi
re: Dr. Aaron Weiss
Sid Lorraine's Chatter
Vancouver Magic Circle
re: Herb Antes
re: J. C. Bisbee
Thought Lost (or The Flying Signature) - R. F. Sparks
Features Abbott Effects - photo - re: Tommy Windsor
Panama Rope Trick Idea - Carroll... $ 4
Tops Volume 12 (1947) Percy Abbott January 1947 - December 1947
393 pages
The "Tops" - Volume 12, Number 1 - January 1947 - 32 pages
Cover - Kathryne Campbell
With the Editor - Mel
Contents
Kathryne Campbell - Vent with Loring!
Colorado Magicians Honor [J. B.] Bobo
re: John Musselman
Sid Lorraine's Chatter
reviews
You Don't Have To Be Crazy Bit It Helps - Francis Ireland
Million-Dollar Bridge and Poker Demonstartions - Thompson
Dope Sheet - Tommy Windsor
12 Ways to Use The Comedy Lit Cigar... $ 4
Tops Volume 11 (1946) Percy Abbott January 1946 - December 1946
385 pages
The "Tops" - Volume 11, Number 1 - January 1946 - 32 pages
Cover - Duke Stern
With the Editor - Mel
Contents
Duke Stern - Gay Musicican-Magician
Ideas on "Repeat-It" - J. Milton Crowson
Sid Lorraine's Chatter
reviews
More Tips on Tricks - Milbourne Christopher
Hugard's Magic Monthly, Volumes 1 & 2 - bound volume
My Best - J. G. Thompson, Jr., compiler
The Owl - periodical
Questions and Answers
re:... ★★★★ ★ $ 4
Tops Volume 10 (1945) Percy Abbott January 1945 - December 1945
385 pages
The "Tops" - Volume 10, Number 1 - January 1945 - 32 pages
Cover - Cazan
With the Editor - Mel
Contents
Cazan - The Girl Houdini!
Sid Lorraine's Chatter
reviews
The Trick Brain - Dariel Fitzkee
The Modern Magi, November
Card Mastery - Michael MacDougall
Questions and Answers
Magic Promotes War Drives
Drink Your Milk - Gene Gloye
Stoogeless Tie Trick - Sheldon Levy
Or Would You Rather Be a Dope? - McAthy's... $ 4
Tops Volume 9 (1944) Percy Abbott January 1944 - December 1944
389 pages
The "Tops" - Volume 9, Number 1 - January 1944 - 32 pages
Cover - Joe Ovette
With the Editor - Mel
Contents
The Great Ovette - Nuff Said!
Thanks for Holiday Greetings - Percy Abbott
Sid Lorraine's Chatter
reviews
Tarbell Course, Volume 3
Fleming Book Reviews No. 50
Hugard's Magic Monthly, December
Questions and Answers
re: Bob Haxton
re: John J. Oakes
"Magic on Broadway" - Al Minder
Talk About Philadelphia... ★★★★★ $ 4
Tops Volume 8 (1943) Percy Abbott January 1943 - December 1943
393 pages
The "Tops" - Volume 8, Number 1 - January 1943 - 32 pages
Cover - R. S. Glover
With the Editor - Mel
Contents
Meet Professor Glover, M. M.
Another Milk Vanish Idea - "Hen" Fetsch
Sid Lorraine's Chatter
Tarbell Course, Volume 2
Miracle Methods Number Three - book - Hugrad & Braue
Easy Magic - "Windy Higgins" with Paul Stadelman
Questions and Answers
Karrell Fox Serves Magic
re: Dell O'Dell
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