New Tops Volume 10 (1970)

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 Jig Saw Card Trick - Johnny Ould
      • The Ad-Libber's Handbook - Robert Orben
      • Television Puppet Magic - Ian Adair
      • Hex - Bill Madsen
      • Miracle Wallet - Dave Robbins
      • 2 Fantastic Card Tricks - Dave Robbins
        • Tel-A-Card
        • Change-O-Cards
      • Telegram Card Trick - Dave Robbins
      • Miracle Coin Routines - Dave Robbins
      • Entertaining Mental Miracles - Dave Robbins
      • Magic Collectors Reprint Series, No. 2
      • Warlock's Way - enlarged edition - Peter Warlock
      • The Art of Close-Up Magic, Part 2 - Lewis Ganson
      • The Golden Egg Bag - Tommy Windsor & George McAthy
      • Cheaper by the Dozen - silks - Philip Jamison III
      • Add to last month's listing of magazines - The Hierophant
      • Houdini Magic Trick-a-Month Club - Al Flosso
      • The Perfect Bottomless Glass - Supreme
19. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
22. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • orthodontists rubber bands for coins - Paul Fishman
23. Selling Safety Magic - Walter Wilson
    • Cut and Restored Rope Trick
24. In Memoriam - Jack Gwynne
25. Mentalism and Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
26. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
27. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Double Revelation with Dice and Cards
28. It's Magic! It's Magic! - reviewed by Gordon Miller
30. The Thinking Rings - cartoon - Ed Eckl
31. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
34. photo - Tommy Windsor
34. Poetess' Corner - Marie Antoinette Dornfield
    • Happiness is Being with Friends
    • Happy New Year
35. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • Coin Change
    • Chain Knot
37. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
40. photos - John Daniel's mystery revue ShaZzam!
42. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Starting In Magic (Part One of a Series)
    • Magician of the Month - James Hagy
43. Duke's Crazy Page - Duke Stern
    • Impromptu Penetration
44. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
46. Ventopics - George McAthy
    • Money Talks - John Bogorae
47. Final Curtain
    • Judge Frank Carter
48. On The Spot - Ed Mishell
    • Trick of the Month - Six Card Repeat - Arun Bonjeree

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1. The New Tops - Volume 10, Number 2 - February 1970 - 52 pages
1. Cover - Sheldon Atterbury
3. Contents
4. Cover Portrait - Sheldon Atterbury - by Neil Foster
5. Poetess' Corner - Marie Antoinette Dornfield
   • It's a Lovely Idea
6. Unanimous in Choice - Eddie Joseph
9. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
13. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
16. Goodnight Ladies - Peter Warlock
19. The Sudden Jump - John Sherwood
20. The Last of the Great Showmen - re: Memorial to Jack Gwynne - by Frances Marshall
22. Twenty-Five Years Ago in "Tops"
    • Cut A Ribbon Gag - Gene Gloye
    • Coin in Ball of Wool - Karlin
23. Mentalism and Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
24. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • reviews
      • Moon Rock - Sid Lorraine
      • Sparky's One Balloon Menagerie
      • Remote Control - Supreme
      • Lu Brent's Best Magic Tricks
      • Minds in Close-Up - Jack Yates - reissued
      • Daemons, Darlings and Dopplegangers - Tony Shiels
      • life and travels of P. C. Sorcar
      • Magic for You - P. C. Sorcar
      • More Magic For You - P. C. Sorcar
      • Korda Ra Mayne's Guide to Success and Happiness
      • Crystal Gazing - C. Alexander
      • Add to last month's listing of magazines - Magic Collectors Reprint Series
27. Selling Safety Magic - Walter Wilson
28. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
    • Torn & restored Napkin Patter
31. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • trick with bar swizzle sticks - Bob Logan
32. A Multitude of Mystery - Dave Seebach
33. Twenty-Five Years Ago in "Tops"
    • Drink Your Milk - Gene Gloye
34. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • The Prediction and Location of Four Matching Cards
34. The Thinking Rings - cartoon - Ed Eckl
35. When it Rains - It Pours! - Tony T. Kardyro
35. Change of Pace - Tony T. Kardyro
35. TK's Pent-Thru Coin Supreme - Tony T. Kardyro
36. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Starting Out (Part Two of a Series)
    • Magician of the Month - Carl Jarboe
37. photo - re: Philip Morris
38. An Appreciative Salute to a Departed Friend [re: Jack Gwynne] - Clarke C. Crandall
40. On The Spot - Ed Mishell
    • Trick of the Month - trick with a large Lincoln penny - Morty Rudnick
42. Ventopics - George McAthy
    • Sick Humor - David Ray
44. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • Egg Vanish
45. Duke's Crazy Page - Duke Stern
    • The Sorcerer's Spelling Lesson

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1. The New Tops - Volume 10, Number 3 - March 1970 - 52 pages
1. Cover - Fabulous Mr. Lyle
4. Cover Portrait - Fabulous Mr. Lyle
5. Contents
6. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
   • Not-So-Innocents Abroad
10. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
13. Poetess' Corner - Marie Antoinette Dornfield
    • New Trick
13. The Thinking Rings - cartoon - Ed Eckl
14. Slate - Peter Warlock
15. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
    • Chicago I.B.M.-S.A.M. Show
18. Magic Circle of Chile Honors The New Tops
18. The Winners - At the Second Annual Academy of Magical Arts Awards Banquet
19. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • magic dealers booklets, lists and news bulletins
      • LaWain's House of Magic
      • Supreme Magic Company
      • Magic, Inc. - 1969-1970 Year Book
      • Guest Magic Service Chat No. 5
      • Norm Osborne
      • Robert Nelson (N.C.)
      • Top Hat Topics
      • Horace Marshall
    • magazines
      • Abracadabra
      • The Magigram
      • The Gen
      • M-U-M
      • [New] Pentagram
      • Genii
      • Magic Around the World, No. 2
      • Magical Bookie
      • The Magic Cauldron
        • reprint - 1985 edition of Vaudeville
      • Mystics
      • Cooper's Hero Hobby
      • Pallbearers Review
      • Calliope
    • reviews
      • Cabaret Capers - Sam Dalal
      • Locked-Out-Chance - Jeffrey Atkins
      • Pop Eyed Pete - Guest Magic Service
      • Smart Stuff [Smart Talk, Smart Business, Smart Tricks & Smart Comedy] - George McAthy
      • Magic to Delight - J. G. Thompson, Jr.
      • Rink's Magic from Holland
      • Comedy Funnel Magic - The Amazing Maurice
      • Portfolio of More Exclusive Tricks - Sam Berland
23. Final Curtain
    • Clarence Borts - by Ray Beffel
    • Walter E. Slasor - by Hal Steele
    • Jack Herbert - by Joe Scott
    • Dr. Benjamin J. Pressman - by Lawrence Arcuri
    • Goolette Dodson - by Philip Craig
24. Silks, Ball & Salt - Dr. John C. Lund
25. Patter & Presentation - Gene Gordon
    • Aldini Salt Shaker
    • The Comedy Show of Shallmar
    • Do These Things
27. Irving Desfor's Magic Touch!
28. Duke's Crazy Page - Duke Stern
    • Cheater-Reader-Cards
29. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Predicting One Out of Twenty
29. Ward Thomas in Grand Finals [Ted Mack's Original Amateur Hour]
29. Tops Congratulates
    • Bonnie L. Castel & Michael J. Schirmer on their marriage
30. Kaptain Karl's Kandy Factory - Karl J. Wagner
31. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Starting In Magic (Part Three of a Series)
    • Magician of the Month - Janet Oppenheimer
32. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
35. Ventopics - George McAthy
    • Buzzy the Bee - David Ray
37. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • "4 Floating Sponge Balls"
38. On The Spot - Ed Mishell
    • Trick of the Month - twist on Wild Card - Morty Rudnick
40. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
42. Mentalism and Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
43. Selling Safety Magic - Walter Wilson
    • Routine for Hospital Trick - Walter Wilson
45. Twenty-Five Years Ago in "Tops"
    • Mind Power - Eddie Joseph

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1. The New Tops - Volume 10, Number 4 - April 1970 - 60 pages
1. Cover - Benjamin J. Kleinman
3. Contents
4. Cover Portrait - Benjamin J. Kleinman - by Neil Foster
6. Are You Ready - Back There? - Harvey E. Bair
7. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
   • Ace, Deuce or Try?
9. Patter & Presentation - Gene Gordon
   • The Comedy Show of Shallmar - continued
11. In Appreciation - from Anne Gwynne
12. Ventopics - George McAthy
    • Money Isn't Everything - Philip Morris
13. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Starting In Magic (Part Four of a Series)
    • Magician of the Month - Mike Caveney
15. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
    • Acts in Europe
18. On The Spot - Ed Mishell
    • Trick of the Month - Somersault Florish - Bob Little
20. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
23. Magic from the Second Annual Academy of Magical Arts Awards Banquet - Jerry Blount
24. Final Curtain
    • Peter F. Kwok - by A. R. Thompson
25. John Mulholland - In Memoriam
26. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • review
      • P. C. Sorcar - Presidential Address to the Magic Congress at Bhopal
    • Magic club publications
      • Magicol No. 20
      • The Christian Conjurer, Sept.-Oct. & Nov.-Dec.
      • The Houdini-Gram
      • The Spotlight
      • Bog Bob's Magic Club News
      • Boston Barnstormer
      • Top Hat
      • The Pentacle
      • Yogi-Gram
      • The Spellbinder
      • Magicana
    • more reviews
      • Rink's Magic from Holland
      • Berland's Portfolio of More Exclusive Tricks - Sam Berland
      • Comedy Funnel Magic - The Amazing Maurice
      • It's Not What You Do ... - Bruce Posgate
      • Flower Power - Supreme
      • Sausages Plus - Supreme
      • Perplexing Pepper Pot - Supreme
      • I Am Color Blind - Tony Kardyro
1. New Tops Index 1969 - Volume Nine - Dale Salwak, compiler
30. Moon Rave - Eddie Joseph
34. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • Tambor
    • Divine Love
35. Tops Sends Its Best Regards To
    • Russ Walsh
36. Mentalism and Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
37. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
    • The Florida Magic Scene
40. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
43. Poetess' Corner - Marie Antoinette Dornfield
    • What Price Talent?
44. Four Stars - Gordon Miller
    • untitled coin routine
    • Simple Surprise
    • Ham on Rye [coin sandwich]
    • No Deposit!
    • Porous
46. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • rolling paper trees - Ted Colteaux
47. Twenty-Five Years Ago in "Tops"
    • Ring-Egg-Walnut - Eddie Joseph
48. The Thinking Rings - cartoon - Ed Eckl

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1. The New Tops - Volume 10, Number 5 - May 1970 - 58 pages - including a 6 page advertising insert
1. Cover - Robert Mason
4. Cover Portrait - Robert Mason - by Neil Foster
5. Contents
6. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
   • It's Not What You Do ... !
9. Ventopics - George McAthy
   • Choice Cuts - John Bogorae
10. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • billiard ball holder from wire cage from wine bottle - Brant Clements
    • "Pam" for cleaning dove pans - Brant Clements
11. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • Suspended Jap Box
    • Block Penetration
12. The Thinking Rings - cartoon - Ed Eckl
13. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • reviews
      • Wonderful Routines of Magic - Ellison Poland
      • The Cent Sational Lincoln Penny - Roy Kissell
      • Rip-It - Jack Chanin
      • Triks - periodical from Holland
      • The Victorian Book of Magic - or Professor Hoffman's curious & Innocent Diversions for Parlour & Refined Gatherings - replica
      • A La Zombie Plus - Ian Adair
      • Raise Your Glasses - Ravelle and Andree
      • Dizzy Dominoes - Supreme
      • Handbook of Horror - Charles W. Cameron
      • Magic Collectors Reprint Series Vol. 1 No. 4 - Old Time Programs
      • Abbott's Catalog No. 18
      • Ireland Year Book 1969/70
17. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
18. Patter & Presentation - Gene Gordon
    • The Comedy Show of Shallmar - continued
20. photo - Paul Fidler and Patti
21. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • The Lone Stranger
24. Mentalism and Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
24. Poetess' Corner - Marie Antoinette Dornfield
    • Chicago
25. Sparky the Clown Entertains at the White House - re: William Van Almen
25. England's Harold Taylor Produces New Show for 1970 Bookings - re: The Harold Taylor Party Show
26. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Starting In Magic (Part Five of a Series)
    • Magician of the Month - Brad Stahl
27. Abbott's 1970 Vent-O-Rama - August 20, 21 & 22 - Paul Stadelman
28. Duke's Crazy Page - Duke Stern
    • The Free & Easy Force
29. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
33. Invisible Penetration of Coins Through Silk Into Glass - Benjamin J. Kleinman
34. The Eggs in the Glasses or "Inertia" - A Joe Scott Classic described by Bob Parrish
37. Selling Safety Magic - Walter Wilson
    • Stop-Look-Wait-Walk [Karrell Fox - see December Issue]
    • Michigan Magic Day
38. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
1. advertising insert

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1. The New Tops - Volume 10, Number 6 - June 1970 - 52 pages
1. Cover - Spurlock
3. Contents
4. Cover Portrait - Spurlock - by Jack LaWain
6. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
9. Patter & Presentation - Gene Gordon
   • My Dusty Invention - Tony Chaudhuri
   • The Comedy Show of Shallmar - continued
11. Mentalism and Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
12. Poetess' Corner - Marie Antoinette Dornfield
    • Is It Nostalgia Or Is It Spring?
12. Tops Congratulates Bro. John Hamman
12. The Thinking Rings - cartoon - Ed Eckl
13. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
    • The Haywood Soap Box - Glenn Haywood
16. On The Spot - Ed Mishell
    • Four Half Dollar Assembly - Great Presto [Everett Johnson]
    • Trick of the Month - balloon balls
20. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Transformation with Four Deuces
21. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • felt pin cushions for cops Z& balls loads - Jerry Fulton
    • green felt stickers - Jerry Fulton
24. Another Get-Together First! - To Vaudeville With Love - A Trip Down Memory Lane with Monk Watson
25. A Tribute to Howard Thurston - Part 1 - Robert E. Olson
27. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • reviews
      • A Helping of Punch - Neville Wiltshire
      • Loop-La-La - Supreme
      • Middle-Fiddle - Ken de Courcy
      • Exciting Experiments - Fred Kolb
      • Wahoo - Carl Wentworth & Gordon Miller
      • Tricks You Can Count On - Verne Chesbro - second printing
      • Tricks for Today and Tomorrow - Sam Berland
    • magazines
      • Abracadabra, no. 1260
      • The Magic Cauldron No. 35
      • M-U-M, February, March & April
      • Genii, January
      • Vent-O-Gram
      • Triks, February & March
      • The Gen
      • Magicol
      • Velki
      • The Magic Net
      • Calliope
      • New Pentagram
      • Mystics
      • Magical Bookie, 10th Anniversary Issue
      • The Pallbearers Review
      • Magicgram
      • The Puzzler Magazine
      • The Hierophant, No. 2
    • club papers
      • The Spirit Trumpet
      • The Spellbinder
      • The Barnstormer
      • Yogi-Gram
      • The Christian Conjurer
      • A.I.M.C. Bulletin
      • Houdini-Gram
      • The Pentacle
      • The Spotlight
      • Bob's Magic Club
    • lists
      • LaWain
      • Norm Osborn
      • Top Hat Topics
    • another review
      • L S P - Let's Stop Pollution - Sid Lorraine
31. Final Curtain
    • Roland Travers
32. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • Cup and Ball Move
33. Magic Carpet Trip 1970
34. Selling Safety Magic - Walter Wilson
    • Finding a Friend in the Rain!
35. Ventopics - George McAthy
    • Jest Talking - John J. Bogorae MSGT USA (Ret)
36. Duke's Crazy Page - Duke Stern
    • The One That Got Away
38. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
42. Sorcar's Flying Carpet Illusion - P. C. Sorcar
44. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall

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1. The New Tops - Volume 10, Number 7 - July 1970 - 52 pages
1. Cover - Bob Kramer & Judie
7. Contents
8. Cover Portrait - Bob Kramer & Judie - by Earl Ray Wilcox
9. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
   • reviews
     • Encyclopedia of One-Line Comedy [seven booklets] - Robert Orben
     • Victorian Book Series - Steven Green Press
       • The Great McGonagall
       • The Art of Letter Writing
       • The Victorian Book of Dreams
       • The Ladies' Oracle - Cornelius Agrippa
     • Novel Concepts With Cards - Aldini
     • New Concepts in Magic - Aldini
     • Lowe Coin Cylinder - Fred Lowe
     • Christened Reverse - Fred Lowe
     • Magic Chat No. 6 - Guest Magic Service
     • Moon Money - Guest Magic Service
     • Eyes of Argamasilla - Guest Magic Service
     • Leat Leaflet No. 56 - reprint
     • Color-Matic - Supreme
     • Pop Parade - Supreme
     • Bamboozling Beer Mats - Supreme
     • Moon Rock - Sid Lorraine
13. Something New and Something Blue - Sheldon Atterbury
15. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
19. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
23. Mentalism and Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
23. In Loving Memory of Dr. Zina Bennett - Suzy Wandas Bennett
26. Selling Safety Magic - Walter Wilson
    • Forever Amber - Eric J. Pearson
27. The Thinking Rings - cartoon - Ed Eckl
28. A Tribute to Howard Thurston - Part 2 - Robert E. Olson
    • Opening Numbers for Various Thurston Shows
    • The Book of Master Magicians
31. Patter & Presentation - Gene Gordon
    • The Comedy Show of Shallmar - continued
33. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • hair roller covers for ball holders - Paul Fishman
34. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • The Pat-Hand Poker Deal - Nick Trost & Frank Starinieri
35. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • Coins Through the Table
36. Philip Morris Enlarges Show - 30 in Cast
37. The Saginaw Mystics Honor Dr. Zola
37. Poetess' Corner - Marie Antoinette Dornfield
    • New Trick
38. Sorcar's Wonderful Transposition - P. C. Sorcar
39. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
42. Two of the Five Get-Together Lectures - re: Bud Dietrich & Henry L. Moorehouse
43. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Starting In Magic (Part Six of a Series)
    • Magician of the Month - Daryl Hurst
45. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall

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1. The New Tops - Volume 10, Number 8 & 9 - August & September 1970 - 72 pages
1. Cover - Monk Watson
5. Contents
6. On The Spot - Ed Mishell
   • First Trick of the Month - Ace-Place - Joseph DeStafano
   • Trick of the Month - Volcanic Eruption! - silk effect - Liko Pang
10. Mentalism and Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
10. Poetess' Corner - Marie Antoinette Dornfield
    • Where?
11. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
15. Ken Griffin in Hospital
16. Duke's Crazy Page - Duke Stern
    • The Almost Ten Count
    • Quint-A-Quiz
    • Block Cord
19. In Memory of Percy Abbott
20. A Simple Production - P. C. Sorcar
21. Patter & Presentation - Gene Gordon
    • The Comedy Show of Shallmar - continued
23. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
24. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
    • rhyming patter for the Salt Trick - Bob Logan
28. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
31. Selling Safety Magic - Walter Wilson
    • Afghan Bands for adults - Jimmie Harrison
32. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • Humor in Gospel Magic
    • Paper Cutting
33. Final Curtain
    • Harry Francis Willard
34. A Tribute to Howard Thurston - Part 3 - Robert E. Olson
    • Card Passes
    • Rising Cards
    • Letters to Robert E. Olson Concerning the Howard Thurston Series
38. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • milk cartons as dove feeders - Everette Mires
39. Ventopics - George McAthy
    • Corny Stuff - John Bogorae
    • Tell Me More - John Bogorae
42. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Starting In Magic (Part Seven of a Series)
    • Magician of the Month - Ron Jaecks
45. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • advertising lists
      • Top Hat Topics
      • Norm Osborn
      • Philip Jamison III
      • Robert Harbin - re: Magic of Robert Harbin book
    • From the Dealers
      • Warren's Tricky Rope - Warren Stephens
      • Insta-Silk - Warren Stephens
      • Dovnette - Warren Stephens
      • Conjuring As A Craft - Ian Adair
      • The Magic of Allan Lambie - Tony Taylor & Micky Hades, compilers
      • The Last Book of Nelson No. 45 - Robert Nelson
      • Brews and Potions - reprint
      • How to Read Character - reprint
      • Magic Mafia Effects - Allen Ackerman
      • How Sweet It Is - Paul Diamond's Magic
      • ESP effect - Paul Diamond's Magic
      • Music, Music, Music - Supreme
      • Paddle Waggle - Supreme
      • Showmanship Out of the Hat - The Great Masoni
      • The Shy Card - Ken Afredson
50. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
52. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • The Odd-Colored Back
    • Automatic Lie Speller
54. The Thinking Rings - cartoon - Ed Eckl
55. Cover Portrait - Monk Watson Headed for College at 76 - by Virginia Gust

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1. The New Tops - Volume 10, Number 10 - October 1970 - 56 pages
1. Cover - Micky Hades
5. Contents
6. Cover Portrait - Micky Hades - by Elizabeth Warlock
7. Sparky the Magic Clown Wins Gold Banana
8. Abbott's 33rd Magic Get-Together - John Braun
   9. photos - Wednesday Night
   11. photos - Thursday Night
   13. photos - Friday Night
   15. photos - Saturday Night
17. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • The Magic Magazines
      • Magigram
      • Abracadabra
      • Magic Collectors Reprint Series, June (Vaudeville, Nov. 23, 1895)
      • M-U-M
      • The Pallbearers Review
      • Third Folio (Hofzinser) - Karl Fulves
      • Puzzler Magazine No. 2, Summer
      • New Pentagram
      • Magic Around The World No. 3
      • The Gen, March & April
      • The Genii, July & August
      • The Magic Times
      • The Magic Net
      • Mystics
      • Hero Hobby
      • Top Hat
      • At Ease
      • Calliope
      • The Christian Conjurer
      • The Magic Cauldron No. 36
      • Houdini-Gram
      • The A.I.M.C. Bulletin
      • Spellbinder
      • Big Bob's Magic News
      • Magirama
      • The Pentacle
      • Magicana
      • Yogi-Gram
      • The Spotlight
    • From The Dealers
      • Ken Brooke's Magic Place - lists
      • La Wain House of Magic - list
      • salt and pepper routine for the Salt Shaker - Bob Gunther
      • Slate of Mind - improved - Aldini
      • E.S.P. According to Hoy - David Hoy
      • Professional Outlook - David Hemingway
      • Magick - periodical
    • Books, Manuscripts and Things
      • The Great Blackstone - Neil Foster, compiler
      • Close-Up Capers - Lou Derman, compiler
      • The Flapping Bird - periodical
      • The Roy Johnson Experience
      • Teleportation - Ned Rutledge
    • Newsbits
22. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • "Stayfast" hair clips - Paul Fishman
    • perforate folds for paper tearing - F. Bruce Fowler
23. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
26. photo - re: Bob Lynn
27. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Spelling Effect with the Si Stebbins Set-Up
28. On The Spot - Ed Mishell
    • Trick of the Month - watch winder gag - Morty Rudnick
29. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
    • An Un-Authorized Report on the 1970 Abbott Get-Together
32. Ventopics - George McAthy
    • Things Are Tough All Over - John J. Bogorae
34. A Tribute to Howard Thurston - Part 4 - Robert E. Olson
    • Bowl of Fire
    • Duck Transposition
36. Final Curtain
    • Chester A. Chylinski
37. The International Congress - Benjamin J. Kleinman
38. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Starting In Magic (Part Eight of a Series)
    • Magician of the Month - Steve Rodman
39. A New Star is Born
    • Miss Shelly Annette Fisher to Mr. & Mrs. Duane Fisher
40. Duke's Crazy Page - Duke Stern
    • Thimble Through Hand Routine - Bob Rydeen
41. Mentalism and Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
42. photos - The New Houdinys - Star Attraction, Tower Circus, Blackpool, England
43. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
44. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • A Lively Lemon
    • Foo Can or Escaping from Egypt
45. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
47. Selling Safety Magic - Walter Wilson
    • Professor's Nightmare - Tommy Windsor
48. Final Curtain
    • Al Snyder - by Tommy Windsor
49. Tops Sends Get-Well Wishes To
    • Sam Sterns
49. Ken Griffin Recovers - by Roberta Griffin
49. Poetess' Corner - Marie Antoinette Dornfield
    • October Anniversary

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1. The New Tops - Volume 10, Number 11 - November 1970 - 56 pages
1. Cover - Dale Salwak
5. Contents
6. The New Houdinys - Bayard Grimshaw
8. Cover Portrait - Dale Salwak - by Steve Kelly
10. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • reviews
      • Prediction - periodical
      • The Mad Book of Magic
      • The Real Thing - Ned Rutledge
      • Pixie Pen - Jim Herpick
      • Sid Lorraine's Memory test 1-2-3
      • Nu-Way Wool-It - Jack Chanin
      • Amorphous Ace - Brother John Hamman
      • Peripatetic Fours - Brother John Hamman
      • Chinese Ring on Stick - Ken de Courcy
      • Talisman - periodical
      • Magic and Spells Quarterly - periodical
      • J S Magic Circle - periodical
      • The Swami Speaks - periodical
    • New Books
      • My Kind of Magic - Alan Shaxton
      • Off Color Card Tricks - Milton Kort
      • Bibliography of Ventriloquism - George McIntyre
      • Ten on Deck - Ian Baxter
15. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
    • All Power to the Audience or Report it Like it Was
19. The Portable Prediction - Tom Hubbard
20. A Tribute to Howard Thurston - Part 5 - Robert E. Olson
    • 1921 Program - Lyric Theater
    • Aerial Fishing
    • Birds From the Air
23. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Revelation on One Mentally Selected Card
    • The Biddle Move
24. The Thinking Rings - cartoon - Ed Eckl
24. The Marked Card - Tom Hubbard
26. The Magic of the Second Mile - Sermon in Memory of the Great Blackstone - Captain Robert Kirkwood Spencer
29. Poetess' Corner - Marie Antoinette Dornfield
    • Thanksgiving Tune
    • Sudden Thought
30. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
34. Final Curtain
    • M. S. "Doc" Mahendra
35. Duke's Crazy Page - Duke Stern
    • Phantosphere - Percy Abbott
36. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • "Mug Tree" - for silks
37. Mentalism and Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
39. On The Spot - Ed Mishell
    • Some Enchanting Evening!
    • Trick of the Month - Side Peek
43. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • The Church
44. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
46. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Starting In Magic (Part Nine of a Series)
    • Magician of the Month - Rondell (Robert Young)
48. Patter & Presentation - Gene Gordon
    • The Comedy Show of Shallmar - continued
50. Ventopics - George McAthy
    • Figures and Things - John Bogorae

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1. The New Tops - Volume 10, Number 12 - December 1970 - 60 pages
1. Cover - Mike Caveney
5. Contents
6. Cover Portrait - Mike Caveney - The Thimble Trickster - by Neil Foster
8. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
12. Changeable Jokers - Roy Kissell & Wayne Burchell
    • Counting Four as Four or The Elmsley Count
14. A Tribute to Howard Thurston - Part 6 - Robert E. Olson
    • Enchanted Flower Pots
    • The Barrel of Diogenes
    • Rooster and Duck
    • Health Card giveaway
17. Bangaloon - Wally Reid
18. Avadon Black - The Hitchhiking Troubadour 1970 Style - Monk Watson
20. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • An Out for the Vernon Force
21. Subject: Contracts - Dave Seebach
22. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
25. Thank You - from Ken and Roberta Griffin
25. Santa's Tricks - poem - Marie Antoinette Dornfield
26. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
    • An Open Letter to a Fellow Columnist
28. News Release - Dick Ryan Triple Threat on Ed Sullivan Show
29. Duke's Crazy Page - Duke Stern
    • card trick gag - Jerry Lubin & Al Stevenson
30. Brad Lowe & Tom Lyons Present Magic
30. RossKams Return from Europe
31. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
33. Patter & Presentation - Gene Gordon
    • Kleen-Kut Milko
    • The Comedy Show of Shallmar - continued
    • The Power of Hypnosis
35. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Starting In Magic (Part Ten and Last of a Series)
    • Magician of the Year - Mike Caveney
36. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • modifying safety pins for holding loads - Mark Seiler
37. On The Spot - Ed Mishell
    • Trick of the Month - card reveal - Morty Rudnick
38. Bob Hogan's Magic 7
39. Mentalism and Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
40. Final Curtain
    • Nelson C. Hahne
41. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • Here, There, and Everywhere
    • Saint Louis, Missouri
    • Monmouth, Illinois
    • Detroit, Michigan
    • The Magic Capitol of the World
43. Selling Safety Magic - Walter Wilson
    • opening effect - Eric Pearson
44. Sandy Marshall Takes a Bride
44. In Memoriam - Jack Gwynne
45. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • Annual List of Magical Magazines
      • Abracadabra
      • A.I.M.C. Bulletin
      • At Ease
      • Boston Barnstormer
      • Bog Bob's Magic Club News
      • Calliope
      • Cooper's Hero Hobby
      • The Christian Conjurer
      • The Flapping Bird
      • The Gen
      • Genii
      • The Hierophant
      • Houdini-Gram
      • Ibidem
      • J S Magic Circle
      • The Linking Ring
      • Magick
      • Magic Around the World
      • Magicana
      • The Magic Cauldron
      • Magicol
      • The Magic Lamp
      • The Magic Net
      • Magical Collectors Reprint Series
      • Magical Bookie
      • The Magigram
      • M-U-M
      • Mystics
      • The New Tops
      • Pallbearers Review
      • Magic and Spells Quarterly
      • The New Pentagram
      • The Puzzler
      • The Pentacle
      • The Spirit Trumpet
      • The Spellbinder
      • The Spotlight
      • The Swami Speaks
      • Triks
      • Talisman
      • Vent-O-Gram
      • Velki
      • Yogi-Gram
51. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
53. The Thinking Rings - cartoon - Ed Eckl

word count: 344862 which is equivalent to 1379 standard pages of text

Publisher: Abbott Magic