New Tops in Magazines & Journals

• Contents
• Thoughtography - Sid Lorraine
• Danger - Men at Work - Bert Douglas
• Hangman's-Noose Escape - North Bigbee
• Jiggery-Pokery Joe - Eddie Joseph
• Diapiresis - Jimmy Nuzzo
• The Passing of the New Hoodoo - Stewart James
• Borrowed Thoughts - Joseph K. Schmidt
• Magical Hints - Mercer Helms, Jr.
  • "Acrysol" - cleaner-degreaser
  • "Classic Car Wax" for slick ace effects
• The Cigar Bottom Deal - Edward Marlo
  • Full Grip Deal
  • The Pseudo Method
  • Push Pull Bottom Deal
• Bell's Box - Peter Warlock
• Zombanner - Carlos H. Colombi ...

• Contents
• Don't Shoot Until You See the Whites of Their Eggs! - George McAthy
• An Experiment in Magic - Hiohn C. Sherwood
  • Addendum
• Ideas & Patter For Some New & Old Ones - John C. Sherwood
  • The Commercial
  • The Torture Cabinet of Goldtoe
  • Addendum
  • The Floating Thief
• The Oriental Mystery Cage - Jack La Wain
• Karrell's Bloomers - Karrell Fox
• Variation on "The Wonderful Vanish" - T. E. Westcott
• A Snakey-Routine - Joseph M. White
• Giant Color Change With Silk - Robert E. Olson
• More "Batty" Ideas - Dale Salwak
  • Hippity...

• Index
• Be An Entertainer - Mercer Helms
• Tangle Trickery - Sid Lorraine
• Stickshift - Harry George & Tom Reitze
• Faro Slough Offs - Jimmy Nuzzo
  • A Variation
• Lighting a Cigarette by Magic - Eddie Joseph
  • Self-Lighting Cigarette
• Mentalist Question Cards - Gerald Kosky
• The Bill and Nail - H. P. Albright
• Flame-Butterfly Illusion - North Bigbee and Paul J. Siegel
• Korny Bill Collection - Karrell Fox
• The Z-A-N-E-Y Lights - Walter Zaney Blaney
• Abbott's Vanishing Cage & Girl Illusion
• Hippity-Hop Skeletons - Dale Salwak
• Chink Can Comedy...

• A Bog O' Balls - Sid Lorraine
• G. A. G. - Howard Fingert
• Lunar Probe - Colin Smith
• Much Ado About Nothing - A Whole Act - Everett Lyda
• The Golden Spike Cabinet Illusion - Malcolm Campbell
• A Fish Story - Herb Runge
• Instant Vanish Illusion - North Bigbee
• Cartoon - Blake
• Flip Tear Dove Vanish - Don Kellar
• The Fantastic Ribbons - Clettus V. Musson
• Beauty and the Least - Karrell Fox
• Ink to Flowers - A. D. Banarjee
• Tape Recorder Prediction - Gerald Kosky
• China Lingo - Fedko
• Rope Acto - Fedko
• Hanko - Fedko
• Colombi's Card Prediction - Carlos H. Colombi ...

36 pages

1. Dr. Harlan Tarbell 18590-1960 - memorial/dedication
2. Contents
3. Phonovision - Tom Palmer
6. The Magic Mirror - Sid Lorraine
8. Repeat Vanishing Silk Routine - Percy Abbott
9. Abbott's Short and Sweet
10. Bird Cage to Silk - Bob Lewis
11. Flash Appearance Of Two Bouquets
11. Feather Bouquets - Various Methods Of Production
12. Rice's Sympathetic Silks E-Z Knot Release - Harold R. Rice
14. Walking Thru a Steel Plate Illusion
15. Louine's Egg Bag Routine - Harry Louine
16. Rajah Turban Mystery
17. Club Performer's Spook Act
18. Eddie Joseph's Original Conception For The Hindu Cups
20. Travel...

3. dedication page
4. Contents
1. Lift Off! - Ren Fetzer
2. Divination and Coincidence With ESP Cards - Stewart Judah
3. Kid Show Trick - George McAthy
4. Original Homing Card Routine - Edward Marlo
6. Five Plus One For The Magical Connoisseur - 'Mr. Mack'
   • Watch the Birdie
   • The Manchurian Termite
   • The Stool Pigeon
   • 16" Sunflower Production
   • Performing Fleas
   • Hole in Fore
8. Silk, Cage & Coil Canister - Tommy Windsor
9. 2 cartoons - O. Blake
10. The Sympathetic Kings and Queens Reworked - John Braun
11. cartoon - O. Blake
12. The Tieless Tie - Eddie Joseph
13. Tribute to Okito - Dennis R. Loomis
14. "Pogo Ball" Explained and Explored - Norman...

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...

Recil Bordner, Publisher
Neil Foster, Editor

641 pages

1. The New Tops - Volume 14, Number 1 - January 1974 - 56 pages
1. Cover - Gale Martin & Harry Collins
7. Contents
8. In Profound Tribute - Cardini, November 11, 1973
9. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
   • magazines
     • Abracadabra
     • Magick
     • Genii
     • Magigram
     • The Cauldron
     • The Pallbearers Review
     • Necromancer, Vol. 1, No. 2
     • New Pentagram
     • The Magician's Magazine, Nos. 3 & 4
     • M-U-M
     • Orben's Current Comedy
     • Magic Info
     • Calliope
   • Club Papers I Have Seen
     • Houdini-Gram ...

Recil Bordner, Publisher
Neil Foster Editor

666 pages

1. The New Tops - Volume 13, Number 1 - January 1973 - 52 pages
1. Cover - Ed Mishell
7. [two] Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
7. Contents
8. Cover Portrait - Ed Mishell - by Leslie Guest
9. On The Spot - Ed Mishell
11. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • reviews
      • Club 71 - now quarterly
      • Mystics - to cease publication
    • With The Dealers
      • Robert Nelson [NC] - list
      • Norm Osborn's Magical Trading Post
      • Cube in a Tube - Arthur Setterington
      • ring and string trick - Richard Durham
      • Double Feature - Sid Lorraine ...

Recil Bordner, Publisher
Neil Foster Editor

657 pages

1. The New Tops - Volume 12, Number 1 - January 1972 - 52 pages
1. Cover - James Hagy
5. Contents
6. Cover Portrait - James Hagy - by Neil Foster
7. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
   • Color Prediction with Three Spectators
8. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
   • The Value of Vacation Bible School - Part One
9. Out of My Mind - Looking Into Things Mental and Psychic - Micky Hades
   • Mental Mandate
11. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • What's New
      • Another Card Session with Peter Kane - Peter Kane ...

Recil Bordner, Publisher
Neil Foster Editor

657 pages

1. The New Tops - Volume 11, Number 1 - January 1971 - 48 pages
1. Cover - Eddie Joseph
3. Contents
4. Cover Portrait - The Josephs - Eddie and Sarah
6. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
   • nutmeg grinder as cigarette holder - Paul Fishman
7. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
11. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • A Prelude to Oil and Water
12. Subject: Summer Resorts - Dave Seebach
13. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • Squaring the Circle - David Sigaful
    • Silk Caddy or A Changed Heart
14. Sid Lorraine's...

Recil Bordner, Publisher
Neil Foster Editor

627 pages

1. The New Tops - Volume 10, Number 1 - January 1970 - 56 pages
1. Cover - Hans-Gerhard Stumpf
2. Cover Portrait - Hans-Gerhard Stumpf - by Neil Foster
3. Contents
4. Wrist Turn Passes - Edward Marlo
8. Let's Make a Date - re: Combined Chicago I.B.M. and S.A.M. Magic Show - Neil Foster
9. Eddie's Miracle Rollers - Eddie Joseph
14. Academy of Magical Arts Awards
15. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • reviews
      • Colour Tape - Johnny Ould
      • The Sikari Hand Flash Pot - Johnny Ould
      • The Sikari Shooting Wand - Johnny Ould
      • The...

Recil Bordner, Publisher
Neil Foster Editor

609 pages

1. The New Tops - Volume 9, Number 1 - January 1969 - 52 pages
1. Cover - Dick Oslund
3. Contents
4. Cover Portrait - Dick Oslund - by Dennis R. Loomis
   • A Day with Dick Oslund's "Fun and Fantasy" - Rev. Robert Olson
7. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
   • "Hair Rope"
8. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
12. Correction - ad for "The Professional Technique for Magicians"
13. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
    • re: Sorcar
17. Duke's Crazy Page - Duke Stern
    • patter in rhyme for 'Give Away' card - Duke Stern ...

Recil Bordner, Publisher
Neil Foster Editor

682 pages

1. The New Tops - Volume 8, Number 1 - January 1968 - 56 pages
1. Cover - Edward Marlo
6. Cover Portrait - Edward Marlo ... The Man - by Jimmy Nuzzo
1. Harold Martin Testimonial - J. Gary Bontjes
1. Contents
2. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
6. Deep Sleight Technique - Edward Marlo
   • Double Stop (Marlo Drop Sleight)
   • The Four Ace Stop
   • An Observation
7. Tops Sends Get-Well Wishes To
   • Don Sweet
   • Thomas P. Molloy
8. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
   • 5 to 2 & 3 Dollar Bills gag
9. For Women Only - Frances...

Recil Bordner, Publisher
Neil Foster Editor

639 pages

1. The New Tops - Volume 7, Number 1 - January 1967 - 56 pages
1. Cover - John Daniel
5. From the Editor's Desk - Neil Foster
5. Tops Picture Museum (See Back Cover) - The Great Blackstone
5. Contents
6. Cover Portrait - Jon Daniel's World of Fantasy - by Neil Foster
8. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
10. Patter & Presentation - Gene Gordon
    • Patter for Die Box
    • From the Stuart Cramer Notebook
      • Patter for Torn & Restored Newspaper
      • Patter for the Money Maker
11. Letter to the Editor - by Windy Higgins...

Recil Bordner, Publisher
Neil Foster Editor

631 pages

1. The New Tops - Volume 6, Number 1 - January 1966 - 56 pages
1. Cover - Toreno & Guro
4. Cover Portrait - Toreno & Guro - by Finn Huger
5. From the Editor's Desk - Neil Foster
5. Contents
6. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
8. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
10. The Collector's Page - poster - Kar-Mi - Selma
11. Entre Nous - Dorny (Werner Dornfield)
    • Dear Professor - Prof. S. C. Uttlebutt
12. Tops Photo Quiz & Answer to Last Month's Photo Quiz
12. Poet's Corner - Marie Antoinette Dornfield
    • Happiness ... Is Being...

Recil Bordner, Publisher
Neil Foster Editor

637 pages

1. The New Tops - Volume 5, Number 1 - January 1965 - 48 pages
1. Cover - Walter Zaney Blaney and Joyce
1. Contents
2. Cover Portrait - Walter Zaney Blaney - by Dave Hoy
3. Magic on Today - Neil Foster
4. The Al Wheatley [Chop Chop] I Knew - Jay Marshall
5. Final Curtain
   • Edward M. Massey
6. The Collector's Page - photo - Cardini
7. Entre Nous - Dorny (Werner Dornfield)
8. Final Curtain
   • Milt Levy
8. Toots from the Calliope - L. E. Roba Collins
9. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
9. Poet's Corner - Marie Dornfield
   • Merry Christmas and Happy New Year ...

January 1964 - December 1964
& Tops 1964 Trick Annual
Abbott's Magic Manufacturing Company
Recil Bordner, Publisher
Neil Foster Editor

659 pages

1. The New Tops - Volume 4, Number 1 - January 1964 - 44 pages
1. Cover - Robert Orben
2. Tribute Page for John Fitzgerald Kennedy
3. Tops Silver Anniversary
3. Tops Anniversary Contest
3. Contents
4. Cover Portrait - Robert Orben - by Jack Bolter
6. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
8. The Collector's Page - poster - Harry Houdini - King of Cards
9. Entre Nous - Dorny (Werner Dornfield)
   • Prestidigitorial Pot Pouri
10. Poet's Corner...

January 1963 - December 1963
Abbott's Magic Manufacturing Company
Recil Bordner, Publisher
Neil Foster Editor

597 pages

1. The New Tops - Volume 3, Number 1 - January 1963 - 44 pages
1. Cover - Miss America and James Steele
2. Routines & Ideas - Neil Foster
3. Poet's Corner - Marie Antoinette Dornfield
   • Happy New Year!
3. Tops Photo Quiz & Answer to Last Month's Photo Quiz
3. Contents
4. Cover Portrait - James Steele
5. Final Curtain
   • Ben Chavez - by Neil Foster
6. Subtle Problems You Will Do - John Braun & Stewart Judah
   • Judah Monte
8. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The...

January 1962 - December 1962
& Tops 1962 Trick Annual
Abbott's Magic Manufacturing Company
Recil Bordner, Publisher
Neil Foster Editor

605 pages

1. The New Tops - Volume 2, Number 1 - January 1962 - 48 pages
1. Cover - Werner "Dorny" Dornfield
2. Letters to the Editor
3. From the Editor's Desk - Neil Foster
3. Contents
4. Cover Portrait - "Dorny" Werner C. Dornfield - by Frances Ireland Marshall
6. Subtle Problems You Will Do - John Braun & Stewart Judah
   • The Matches, The Silk, and Poof!
7. The Judah "Four Aces"
8. A Royal Marriage - Joseph M. White
9. Four Change Cigarettes To Cards - Allen...

January 1961 - December 1961
Abbott's Magic Manufacturing Company
Recil Bordner, Publisher
Neil Foster Editor

591 pages

1. Pre-Publication Advertising sheet
1. The New Tops - Volume 1, Number 1 - January 1961 - 56 pages
1. Cover - Sid Lorraine
2. Cover Portrait - Sid Lorraine
3. Contents
4. Sketch of Percy Abbott
5. In Memoriam - re: Percy Abbott - 1886-1960
6. Gone, But Never Forgotten ... Howard Melson - by Gene Gordon
8. From the Editor's Desk - Neil Foster
9. Doves Doves Doves - Jack LaWain
12. Oriental Cabinets - W. W. Durbin
14. Snap It - Mike Miller
16. Tops & Bottoms - Don Alan
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