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MAGIA CON CANDELE E OROLOGI di Salvatore Cimò è l'undicesimo volume della collana. All'interno di questo libro, composto da 136 pagine, troverete un ampio numero di effetti magici con le candele (apparizioni, sparizioni, cambi di colore ecc.) e con gli orologi (mentalismo, orologio distrutto e risanato, apparizione di sveglie ecc.) così suddivisi:

• Candele (68 effetti)
• Orologi (22 effetti)

• CANDELE
  • LATTE DA UNA CANDELA
  • LA CANDELA IMPERTINENTE
  • NON C'È PIÙ! (Magic Kim)
  • LA CANDELA FANTASMA (Geraldy)
  • CLEAR CANDLE TUBE (Fabyance)
  • AL CENTRO DI...

The New Tops magazine was the successor to Tops Magazine. Abbott's printed and bound both Tops and New Tops itself at its own location, achieving an international circulation via mail delivery.

Greg Bordner, Publisher
Gordon Miller, Editor

729 pages

1. The New Tops - Volume 34, Number 1 - January 1994 - 56 pages
1. Cover - "Obie" O'Brien
5. Contents
6. Geoffrey Hansen's Magic Quiz
11. Counter Intelligence - reviews
    • Out Of This Galaxy - Tom Daugherty
    • Misdirection Seque - Tom Daugherty
    • Utterly Blown Away - Tom Daugherty
    • But Four Wrongs Do! - Tom Daugherty
    • The Sefalaljia Twins - Tom Daugherty
    • Camera Magic - The Magician's Guide To Exceptional Publicity Photos - Anne White
    • Mark Allen's 1994 Catalog
    • Abracadabra - weekly
    • The Quest For The Ultimate Secret - Bob...

Greg Bordner, Publisher
Gordon Miller, Editor

677 pages

1. The New Tops - Volume 33, Number 1 - January 1993 - 52 pages
1. Cover - Hal Diamond
5. Contents
6. Cover Story - re: Hal Diamond
7. Men of Magic - Robert Olson
   • D'Alvini I
10. Magic - Madness and Merriment - Dean Montalbano
    • Goldi-Bear and the 36 Locks
11. Riddle Rebus - Ed Harris
12. Clowning with Dune Buggy [Col. Jim Russell]
14. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
15. cartoon - Chalk Talk - Ed Harris
16. Vent Views - Bill Boley
    • Girlfriends - Ed Cherney
18. Subject: Illusions - David Seebach
22. Pets 'N Prestidigitation - Hal Diamond
23. Comic Trickartoon...

Greg Bordner, Publisher
Gordon Miller, Editor

661 pages

1. The New Tops - Volume 32, Number 1 - January 1992 - 56 pages
1. Cover - Carter the Great (poster)
5. Contents
6. Counter Intelligence - reviews
   • Secrets of a Hollywood Fire Eater - videotape - Jack Stevens
   • Owen Moore's Almanack
   • Entertaining with Puppets - Russell J. Hall
   • The Table-Hopper's Source Book - Paul Hallas
   • The Blushing Joker - Brother John Hamman
   • Hal-Deuce-Ination - Brother John Hamman
   • Final Ace Routine - Brother John Hamman
   • Micro Macro - Brother John Hamman
   • Strange Stuff - Volume One - Mike Strange...

Greg Bordner, Publisher
Gordon Miller, Editor

679 pages

1. The New Tops - Volume 31, Number 1 - January 1991 - 56 pages
1. Cover - James Dimmare & Lisa
5. Contents
6. Counter Intelligence - reviews
   • Turtles & Ninjas and More ... Oh My! - Frank Thurston
   • Impossibila - Video - John Bannon
   • Letter from hades - periodical
   • Imagication - T.G. Murphy
   • Edward A. Schurman - list
   • Sell Your Act With Letters - audio tape - Samuel Patrick Smith
   • Robert Nelson [NC] - list
   • Hind-Sight - Bob Solari
   • Symbol Sensory - Bob Solari
   • Magicana - periodical
   • Cabot St. Cinema Theatre News - periodical ...

Greg Bordner, Publisher
Gordon Miller, Editor

661 pages

1. The New Tops - Volume 30, Number 1 - January 1990 - 56 pages
1. Cover - Melanie [actually Melinda - see February Issue]
5. Contents
6. Pets 'N Prestidigitation - Hal Diamond
8. Subject: Illusions - David Seebach
11. Counter Intelligence - reviews
    • Laugh-Makers Magazine
    • Club 71, Autumn 1989
    • Magickal Childe, Inc. - catalog
    • The Usborne Complete Book of Magic - C. Evans & I. Keable-Elliott
    • The Anthology of Card Magic - Gordon Miller, editor - re-issued
    • The Cabot St. Theatre News Sheet
    • Randy Wakeman Presents
    • Floating Bill - Michael Ammar
    • refill packet...

Greg Bordner, Publisher
Gordon Miller, Editor

673 pages

1. The New Tops - Volume 29, Number 1 - January 1989 - 56 pages
1. Cover - Geoffrey Hansen
5. Contents
6. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
   • miscellaneous
     • Seance - new magazine
     • Current Comedy
     • Morrissey Magic Ltd. - catalog
     • Perfect Magic - catalog
   • Books, Tricks, and Things I've Seen
     • My Latest Book - Karrell Fox
     • package of mailing pieces - Irv Weiner
     • Bizarre with Maskelyne ye Mage - Tony Andruzzi - Video tape
     • Conjurer's Psychological Secrets - S.H. Sharpe
     • Signed Bill...

Greg Bordner, Publisher
Gordon Miller, Editor

672 pages

1. The New Tops - Volume 28, Number 1 - January 1988 - 52 pages
1. Cover - Philip Morris
5. Contents
6. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
   • miscellaneous
     • Epoptica, October
     • Spirited Pasteboards - Leo Boudreau
     • Almost Unpublished - David Ginn
     • John Calvert and Adventures Around the World - William V. Rauscher
     • Inspirations - Jerry Sadowitz & Peter Duffie
     • Bookishly Yours - J.B. Findlay
     • How Much Are You Worth - Ron London
     • Ponsin on Conjuring - S.H. Sharpe - reprint
     • lecture notes - Abel...

Greg Bordner, Publisher
Gordon Miller, Editor

697 pages

1. The New Tops - Volume 27, Number 1 - January 1987 - 60 pages
1. Cover - Happy New Year
5. Contents
6. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
   • Among the New Books, Tricks, Tapes and Things
     • Riffling the Pasteboards - Ken Simmons
     • Illusion Systems Book Four - Paul Osborne
     • Spirit Theater - with phonograph record - Eugene Burger
     • Quirks and Enodations - Daniel McCarthy
     • Sleight of Lips - Harry Allen
     • Word of Mind - Terri Rogers
     • Psychomancy - David Britland
     • Floating Golden Stick - Mike Danata ...

Greg Bordner, Publisher Gordon Miller, Editor

681 pages

1. The New Tops - Volume 26, Number 1 - January 1986 - 52 pages
1. Cover - Happy New Year!
7. Contents
8. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
   • In the Mail
     • magic themed Christmas cards - Golden Gate Magic
   • From the Dealers
     • David Ginn - Autumn's Leaflet #15
     • Antiquariat Peter Hackhofer - two German advertising booklets
     • Piatnik Card Compnay - folder
     • Ken Baker MAgicland - catalog
     • Mario Carrandi, Jr. - catalog
   • Glancing at the Magazines
     • Top Hat
     • The Christian Conjurer ...

Greg Bordner, Publisher
Gordon Miller, Editor

633 pages

1. The New Tops - Volume 25, Number 1 - January 1985 - 52 pages
1. Cover - 1985
7. Contents
8. Invitation to Mystery, 3rd Series - Stewart James
   • Topside
9. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
9. Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
10. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • Books, Tricks, Tapes 'N Things
      • Strange Secrets Volumes 1 & 2 [3 just released] - Abbott's
      • The Bobo Magic Show - Magic, Inc.
      • The Master Illusionists - Mark Walker
      • Spirit Cloth Book - Rhett Bryson, Jr., Dexter Cleveland & Algonquin McDuff
      • A Fragment of...

Greg Bordner, Publisher
Gordon Miller, Editor

642 pages

1. The New Tops - Volume 24, Number 1 - January 1984 - 56 pages
1. Cover - Tommy Wonder [Jos Bema]
5. Contents
6. Sawdust-Sorcery - Clown Magic For Professionals - Gerald Burns - continued
10. Forum - Bruce Posgate
12. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
14. Magical Mexican Weekend - Frances Marshall
16. Jeanne Vernon - A Remembrance - Frances Marshall
17. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
17. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • "Amazing 6-Second Solder"
18. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • Books, Tricks, Tapes and Things
      • Gary Oullet's...

Greg Bordner, Publisher
Gordon Miller, Editor

631 pages

1. The New Tops - Volume 23, Number 1 – January 1983 – 52 pages
1. Cover – Terry Seabrooke
7. Contents
8. This Business of Magic – Thomas Zoss
   • Another Working Pro Who Deserves Attention – re: Danny Orleans
9. More Information on Marlo’s Controlled Table Riffle Faro – Ed Marlo
15. Sucker Jap Box – Earle J. Coleman
15. cartoon – The Costumer - Philip Morris & David Lady
16. Sid Lorraine’s Chatter – Sid Lorraine
    • miscellaneous
      • Martin Breese’s Convention Special No. 9 News Letter
      • Catalog No. 32...

Greg Bordner, Publisher
Gordon Miller, Editor

643 pages

1. The New Tops - Volume 22, Number 1 - January 1982 - 52 pages
1. Cover - Mark Sweet
5. Contents
6. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
   • miscellaneous
     • lists - Busby-Corin Inc., Jimmy Lake, Hank Lee, Len Cooper, Eon Allesi, Steve Spain, Robert Nelson, Lewis Kohrs
     • Hade-E-Gram
     • Bat Droppings
     • lithograph of drawing by Salvatore Salla - Lee Jacobs
     • Tannen's Topics
     • Trendy Trix - catalog - Supreme
     • Simplex Magic - James Rainho - catalog
     • Clowns Canada News
     • Len Vintus - various productions ...

Recil & Greg Bordner, Publisher
Gordon Miller, Editor

661 pages

1. The New Tops - Volume 21, Number 1 - January 1981 - 52 pages
1. Cover - The Magic of Le Grand David ...
5. Contents
6. Flashback!
   • The Story of William Tell - Eddie Joseph
7. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine - no column as Sid recuperates
8. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
9. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
9. Phil Chandler & Co. - Robert E. Olson
10. Sampler
    • Clevah - reprinted from "Tops Treasury of Cigarette Magic"
11. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
12. Magic-Up-Date - Richard Greeno
13. Vent Views - Colonel Bill...

Recil Bordner, Publisher
Gordon Miller, Editor

681 pages

1. The New Tops - Volume 20, Number 1 - January 1980 - 54 pages
1. Cover - Three New Features
5. Contents
6. Sampler
   • The Vicious Triangle - Eddie Joseph - reprinted from "Coin & Money Magic"
7. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
8. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
10. Vent Views - Colonel Bill Boley
    • Down on the Farm - John J. Bogorae
11. It's Never Too Late - Frances Marshall
12. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
14. Clownin' Aroun' - Daren Dundee
    • Center Ring
    • Prop Trunk
      • Rare Fruit Collection

Recil Bordner, Publisher
Neil Foster, Editor

593 pages

1. The New Tops - Volume 19, Number 1 - January 1979 - 52 pages
1. Cover - Marian Chavez
7. Contents
8. Cover Portrait - Marian Chavez - by Neil Foster
10. It's Never Too Late - Frances Marshall
11. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
12. The Battles of Hastings [re: 1978 British Ring Convention] - Bruce Posgate
14. Vent Views - Colonel Bill Boley
    • I would Say So - John J. Bogorae
15. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - 40th - Sid Lorraine
    • Browsing Among the New Books and Tricks
      • Just for Laughs - Don Bridwell
      • Magician at the Casino - Sam Dalal
      • Climax Vision - Sam...

Recil Bordner, Publisher
Neil Foster, Editor

597 pages

1. The New Tops - Volume 18, Number 1 - January 1978 - 52 pages
1. Cover - Harry Blackstone, Jr.
7. Contents
8. Cover Portrait - The Blackstone Magic Show - The Torch is Passed - Neil Foster
10. Tops Salutes Sid Lorraine on the Start of His 39th Year of - Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • In the Magazines
      • The New Pentagram
      • Mantra
      • Magic Thesaurus
      • Periodical for Collecting Conjurers
      • New Image L'Majik Satirica
      • The Pallbearers Review, final three issues
      • The Chronicles - new periodical
      • Magicana ...

Recil Bordner, Publisher
Neil Foster, Editor

621 pages

1. The New Tops - Volume 17, Number 1 - January 1977 - 60 pages
1. Cover - Richard & Maria Suey
9. Abbott's Magic Talent Contest
9. Contents
10. Cover Portrait - Richard & Maria Suey - by Neil Foster
12. Out of My Mind - Looking Into Things Mental and Psychic - Micky Hades
    • book test using "Mathematics, Its Magic and Mystery" - Dirk Minnebo
13. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • New Books and Tricks
      • The Original Houdini Scrapbook - Walter Gibson
      • Houdini, The Pictorial Life - Milbourne Christopher
      • Houdini -...

Recil Bordner, Publisher
Neil Foster, Editor

639 pages

1. The New Tops - Volume 16, Number 1 - January 1976 - 54 pages
1. Cover - Kramien
7. Magical Musings - Esther Francis Olson
   • Good Night - The End
7. New Arrival
   • Master Joseph Scott Bialek born to John and Carol Bialey
7. Contents
8. Cover Portrait - Stan Kramien & Co. - No Time for Nostalgia! - by Don Arthur
10. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
11. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Correction to "The 'Baby Hummer' Four-Ace Opener" - November, 1975 issue
    • Five by Five Mental Effect
12. This Business of Magic - Thomas Zoss ...

Recil Bordner, Publisher
Neil Foster, Editor

633 pages

1. The New Tops - Volume 15, Number 1 - January 1975 - 52 pages
1. Cover - 'Monk' Watson & Bob Hope
7. Contents
8. My Pal, Bob Hope - by 'Monk' Watson
9. 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
12. Final Curtain
    • John J. DeVries
13. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
16. New Ways With Old Magic - Dr. Edmund E. Evans
18. Final Curtain
    • James E. Gemin
19. Magi-Go-Round
20. Golden Wedding Anniversary...