New Tops Volume 15 (1975)

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 - Mr. & Mrs. Fred Merrill
21. Billy Russell's Legacy
    • Russell's Silk Production
22. Twenty-Five Years Ago in "Tops"
    • Tewforce - George F. Wright
23. In Remembrance - Donna V. Bordner
24. Tops Salutes Sid Lorraine on the Start of His 36th Year of - Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • reviews
      • The Magic Magazine - new periodical
      • Mark Wilson Course of Magic
      • The Complete Hypnotic Act - Jules Lenier
      • Comedy Cut & Restored Neckerchief - David Ginn
      • Comedy Linking Rings - David Ginn
      • Comedy Card on Back - David Ginn
      • Magic in the Morris Manor
      • Invocation - Nos. 1 & 2
      • The New Make-Up of Magic - Micky Hades
      • The Book of Thoth - Stephen Minch
      • The Conjuror's Book of Stage Illusions - Micky Hades International
      • Sixth Thot - Nick Trost
      • The Duece You Say - Nick Trost
      • Flim Flam Cards - Nick Trost
      • Klip Joint - Nick Trost
      • Jumbo Two-Way Split - Nick Trost
      • Table Hopping - Bruce Posgate
      • Pentertain - Ken de Courcy
      • Beery-Bleary - Supreme
      • Four Dragons Folder - Supreme
      • Dove Deceptions - Supreme
      • The Trick You Can See Through - Joe Riding
      • Odd Ball - Royden Products
      • Perky Penny - Royden Products
29. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • "Fred Bear Bowstring Wax" - Danny Turley
29. Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
30. Out of My Mind - Looking Into Things Mental and Psychic - Micky Hades
31. This Business of Magic - Thomas Zoss
    • Weekend Vacations - 10 Miles from Home? Yep, and with Magic Too! Happy New Year!
    • Another Year Has Gone!
    • Correspondence
33. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
35. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • The Glide Ace Trick
35. Poetess' Corner - Marie Antoinette Dornfield
    • Happy New Year
36. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
39. Safely Speaking - Karl Wagner
    • Hippity Hop Rabbits
40. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
    • A Happy New Year to You!
42. Vent Views - Colonel Bill Boley
    • Laugh Riot - John J. Bogorae
44. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Tops' 'Young Guy' Magician of the Month - Michael Babit
    • E.S.P. Ghost Writer
45. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
47. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • Grant's Secret Service
      • 1 - Aerial Fishing
      • 3 - Nu-Question Answering
      • 6 - Giant Fish Production

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1. The New Tops - Volume 15, Number 2 - February 1975 - 56 pages
1. Cover - John Thompson
11. Contents
12. Cover Portrait - John Thompson - The Polish Prince - by Karrell Fox
13. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • A Variation of Kane's Jazz Aces
14. " ... it sure beats law or politics!" - a review [of "The Magic Show"] by Stephen Fernandes
16. Poetess' Corner - Marie Antoinette Dornfield
17. Out of My Mind - Looking Into Things Mental and Psychic - Micky Hades
    • Zodiaccent - North Bigbee
19. Gene Gordon's Gallimaufry
20. Billy Russell's Legacy
    • Russell's Slate Changing Cabinet
22. Vent Views - Colonel Bill Boley
23. This Business of Magic - Thomas Zoss
    • To Clip, Or Not to Clip ... That is the Question!
    • More Letters
24. New Arrivals
    • Robert Freeman Taylo, III born to Robert and Betty Taylo
    • Kathi Leigh Schirmer born to Mike and Bonnie Schirmer
26. The International Magicians Hall of Fame - C. S. Island
29. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • reviews
      • Ilusionismo [Spain] - periodical
      • Best Magic Tricks, Vol. 2- Lu Brent
      • Comedy Magic - George Blake
      • Magic Touch - Imperial Products
      • Repeat-Reverso - Walter Gibson
      • Rapid Transit - Phil Goldstein
      • Rainbow Premonition - Aldini
      • Boxes from Hat - Edward Ritchell
      • David Hemingway - catalog
      • The Two-Way Stretch - Joe Riding
      • Smoke Bombs - Supreme
      • Whally's Impromptu Card Rise - Ken de Courcy
      • rabbit hand puppet by O'Reilly
      • Magic in the Morris Manor - Bud Morris & Sam Dalal - new edition
      • Table Hopping - Bruce Posgate
      • Surprise Comedy and Magic - Ray Turner
      • Blank Surprise - Sid Lorraine
      • list of magazines and dealers - Sid Lorraine
35. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
38. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
41. Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
42. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
44. Final Curtain
    • Gerald Heaney
45. A Tribute to Howard Thurston - Series 8, Part 4 - Robert E. Olson
    • Macao
    • A Bamboo Theater
    • Stretching a Woman - P. T. Selbit
48. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
50. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • "Ultra Ban 5000" to add to Zombie effect - Steve Ryder
50. Magi-Go-Round
51. Tops' 'Young Guy' Magician of the Month - Marsh Magoon

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1. The New Tops - Volume 15, Number 3 - March 1975 - 56 pages
1. Cover - Jerry Cassel
7. Contents
8. Cover Portrait - Jerry Cassel - "Cassel's Magic Castle" - by Neil Foster
10. A Tribute to Howard Thurston - Series 8, Part 5 - Robert E. Olson
    • Surabaja, Java
    • A Maharajah's Nuptials
    • The Vanishing Piano
    • Flags of All Nations
12. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Looking at the Mail
    • Tops' 'Young Guy' Magician of the Month - Ted Moyer
13. Poetess' Corner - Marie Antoinette Dornfield
    • Magic Merry-Go-Round
14. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • In Print
      • Super-Psychic-The Incredible Dr. Hoy - John Godwin
      • Practical Contact Mindreading - Dr. Edward R. Schatz
      • Gambling Tricks with Cards, Vol. 1 - Nick Trost
      • Gambling Tricks with Dice - Nick Trost
      • Windows to the Mind - Paul Siegel
      • Doorway to Delusion - Paul Siegel
      • Mentalism a'La Mode - Paul Siegel
      • Tommy Windsor's Magic Clip Art - Tommy Windsor
      • How to do Instant Impressions - Frank Herman
      • Misc. Magic - Paul Diamond
      • Membership Certificate in the Ancient and Mystical Order of the Silver Key
      • The Right Way to do Wring - Harry Houdini
      • Expanded English Penny Shell - Johnson Products
      • Expanded Kennedy Half [Shell] - Johnson Products
      • Impress-X - Johnson Products
      • Multiplying Chromium Billiard Balls - Accent Products
      • Super Epic Slate - Supreme
      • Bang Gun - Supreme
      • Master Mental - Walter Gibson
      • Guiness-Castella Trick - Joe Riding
      • Tipsy Bag - Sam Berland
      • list of magazines and dealers - Sid Lorraine
18. [two] Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
19. This Business of Magic - Thomas Zoss
    • The Suburban Back Yard Fence?
20. The Great Melvin Presents Simplified Bottom Pass- Thomas Jorgenson
21. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Gathering of the Court Cards (Improved Version) - Charles Hudson
21. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • florist's wire instead of fishing line to hold loads - John E. Stetson
    • putting a bill into a cigarette - Jerome C. Fox
22. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
24. "Senator" Crandall in Hospital - Editor
25. Gene Gordon's Gallimaufry
25. Billy Russell's Legacy
    • A New Fish Bowl Table
26. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
27. Monk Watson Sees Doug Henning Show
28. Center Deal Effects - Edward Marlo
31. Should You Go First - poem
32. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
33. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
35. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • Nu-Knot in Silk or Hanky (Secret Service #7)
35. Card of Thanks - Family of Donna V. Bordner
36. Magi-Go-Round
37. Final Curtain
    • Mr. Ralph Bordner [father of Recil Bordner]
38. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
42. "Vernet" Method for Turning Around One or Several Cards - Vernet
44. "The Magic Man" - re: David Copperfield - reviewed by Larry Valentine
46. Vent Views - Colonel Bill Boley
    • The Luscious Lush - John J. Bogorae
47. photo - Tommy Windsor gets Magician of the Year at Magi-Fest

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1. The New Tops - Volume 15, Number 4 - April 1975 - 56 pages
1. Cover - Wandi the Magician
7. Contents
8. Twenty-Five Years Ago in "Tops"
   • That Chick-A-Dee Pan
10. Cover Portrait - Jimmy Wilkins as Wandi the Magician - by Col. Bill Boley
11. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Tri-umph
12. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • What's New? Department:
      • Berland's Tipsy Bag - Sam Berland
      • Instant Impressions - Frank Herman
      • Magic Memo Notes - Mariano Palhinha
      • The Magic of Marcom - Ralph A. Marcom
      • Black Ball - Supreme
      • Norman's Improved Card Go - Supreme
      • Top Chop - Supreme
      • Magic is an Art - Tristan
      • second series of gambling books - Nick Trost
      • Watch Bag - Sam Berland
      • Reference List (of magazines and dealers) - Sid Lorraine
    • Dealers Bulletins and Ad Sheets
      • LaWain House of Magic List #131
      • Top Hat Topics #9
      • Newsletter from The Magic Shop of Los Alamitos
      • Special Customer List #12 - Magic Methods
      • Magicalo Trading Post
    • In the Magazines
      • Abracadabra
      • Current Comedy
      • Magic Info
      • Magic Cauldron Nos. 53 & 54
      • Magical Bookie
      • Magick, now up to #119
      • Invocation
      • Swami, December - final issue
      • The New Pentagram
      • The Magician
      • The Pallbearers Review, August thru October
      • Ibidem
      • Epilogue
      • Genii, June & August
      • New Image L'Majik Satirica, November
      • Magigram
      • Magicol, November & December
      • India Ring Bulletin
      • Maya Manchia
      • Magicana
      • Chaos
      • Calliope
      • M-U-M
      • Barnstormer
      • The Silent Messenger
      • Houdini-Gram
      • The Spirit Trumpet
      • The Christian Conjurer
      • Bog Bob's Magic Club News
      • Top Hat
17. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • "One-Wipe" to remove glare from chrome - Mark J. Brown
17. Poetess' Corner - Marie Antoinette Dornfield
    • Chicago
18. New Card Add - Edward Marlo
19. In Memoriam - Howard Thurston
20. This Business of Magic - Thomas Zoss
    • The Coloring Contest
    • Correspondence
21. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Tops' 'Young Guy' Magician of the Month - Mike Senser [and Linda Maleno]
23. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
24. [two] Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
1. advertising pages
3. New Tops Index 1974 - Volume Fourteen - Dale Salwak, compiler
25. "Vernet" Method for Separating a Certain Number of Cards - Vernet
26. New Ways With Old Magic - Dr. Edmund E. Evans
28. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
31. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
34. Vent Views - Colonel Bill Boley
    • Cute Talk - John J. Bogorae
35. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
39. A Tribute to Howard Thurston - Series 8, Part 6 - Robert E. Olson
    • Why Worry?
    • Hong Kong
    • Japan
    • Free Rent
    • Rangoon
    • The Vanishing Trunk
    • The Film of Life
41. In Memoriam - Joseph Dunninger
42. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
43. "Senator" Crandall - in hospital
44. Gene Gordon's Gallimaufry
46. Billy Russell's Legacy

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1. The New Tops - Volume 15, Number 5 - May 1975 - 48 pages
1. Cover - Verne Bloch
9. Sittin' In - Jack Barrows
9. A Memo from Sid Lorraine - re: Canadian postal strikes
9. Contents
11. Cover Portrait - by Bill Baird
13. The Invisible Lodge - Bill Pitts
14. Letter to the Editor - from John Cooper
15. Convention Plus - Hank Moorehouse
15. You Can Win a Prize - Clettis V. Musson
16. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
17. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
19. "The Magic Show" - Tommy Windsor
21. Out of My Mind - Looking Into Things Mental and Psychic - Micky Hades
23. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • recipe for flesh paint - John Justice
    • idea for Abbott's Spurting Rice Bowls - Dick Williams
23. Harold Taylor - Press Release
24. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
26. Gene Gordon's Gallimaufry
28. A Tribute to Howard Thurston - Series 8, Part 7 - Robert E. Olson
    • Vanishing a Plurality of People
30. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
32. This Business of Magic - Thomas Zoss
    • The Psychology of Color
33. Houdini Grave Vandalized
34. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • Cut Off from God - Restored to His Fellowship
35. Vent Views - Colonel Bill Boley
36. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • miscellaneous
      • S.A.M. Houdini Committee's Birth Research Folio
      • A Guide to Magic Literature - Robert Gill - work in progress
      • Herb Morrisey Products News Bulletin #6
    • New Tricks, Books 'N Things
      • Jumbo Stretch - Joe Riding
      • Left - Joe Riding
      • The Trick You Can See Through - Joe Riding
      • Almost Opposite - Joe Riding
      • The Celeste Evans Fingertip Silk Cascade
      • Berland's Watch Bag - Sam Berland
      • Tommy Windsor's Super Silhouette
      • Milk-Stout - Supreme
      • Haunted Hanky - George Blake
      • Magic as an Art - Tristan
      • Gambling Tricks with Cards, Part 2 - Nick Trost
      • Expert Gambling Tricks - Nick Trost
      • The Way I Do It - Jimmy Lake
      • Magic in Mind - Bill Severn
      • Sid Lorraine's Reference File - Sid Lorraine
42. Final Curtain
    • Orlando Bagley - by Jim Callen
    • Frances Marshall's Mother
    • George L. Boston
    • Alvy Brill
    • Joseph Dunninger
43. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Significator Cards
44. Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris

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1. The New Tops - Volume 15, Number 6 - June 1975 - 56 pages
1. Cover - Vince Carmen & Co.
11. From the Editor's Desk - Neil Foster
11. Poetess' Corner - Marie Antoinette Dornfield
    • June
11. Contents
12. Cover Portrait - Vince Carmen - by Robert E. Olson
14. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
16. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Surprise Revealment!
17. "Magic World '75" - review by Joe Palen
18. [two] Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
19. Chicago I.B.M. & S.A.M. Show - review by Robert K. Miller
20. Out of My Mind - Looking Into Things Mental and Psychic - Micky Hades
    • A Matter of Color - Bob Brethen
21. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
23. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • cheap silk pull - Kenny Crosby
    • "Dinosaur Coins" from cereal boxes as palming coins - Kenny Crosby
    • eggs from Crystal Silk Cylinder - Keith Baldinger
23. photo - re: Robert Taylo family
24. This Business of Magic - Thomas Zoss
    • Magic as an Art ... and Using Arts Councils
    • Correspondence
    • Last but not Least
26. It's Never Too Late! - Frances Marshall
27. Magi-Go-Round
29. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • miscellaneous
      • The Magic Shop of Los Alamitos - catalog
    • New Tricks and Books
      • Multiplying Pipes - Accent Products
      • Bountiful Budget Bouquet - Accent Products
      • Miracle Count - Walter Berlin
      • Australian Gambling Game of 31 - Supreme
      • Miracle Coins - Supreme
      • Cash In - Check Out - Supreme
    • Looking for Books?
      • Magic in Mind - Bill Severn
      • The Mazda Mystic Ring Magic Book
      • Magic with Cards - Garcia & Schindler
      • What's Next - Tommy Tucker
      • Bring on the Kids - Walt Hudson
      • 12 Illusionettes - William W. Larsen
      • Dove, Silk & Flower Magic - John D. Pomeroy
33. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
36. The Magic Contests
37. Instant Coin Assembly - Edward Marlo
43. Final Curtain
    • Eddie Clever
    • John Grdina
44. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
46. Vent Views - Colonel Bill Boley
    • Man's Best Friend, or, The Finest of Rescuers - John (Barley Corn) Young
48. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Tops' 'Young Guy' Magician of the Month - Tom Ogden
49. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson

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1. The New Tops - Volume 15, Number 7 - July 1975 - 56 pages
1. Cover - John Todman & Betty
9. Contents
10. Cover Portrait - John Todman & Betty - by Gordon Miller
12. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • miscellaneous
      • Kabbala - 4 issues to come - Tannen to publish in hard cover
      • Heirophant 7 - to be released by Tannen's
      • The Conjurer, Nos. 1-3 - periodical
      • Mantra, April
    • Looking Over the Magazines
      • Invocation
      • Abracadabra
      • Chaos Number 35
      • Magic Info, Nov/Dec
      • Magick
      • The New Pentagram, March, April & May
      • Genii
      • Magic Cauldron No. 55
      • The Pallbearers Review, November thru January
      • Magigram
      • Current Comedy
    • Among the Club Papers
      • Yogi-Gram
      • The Wand
      • The Pentacle
      • Maya Manchia
      • Magic Net
      • Bog Bob's Magic Club News, Spring
      • CEMA
      • Houdini-Gram
      • The Bulletin
      • Magicana
      • Top Hat
      • Majik Satirica
      • The Doodlebug
      • The Magician
      • The Christian Conjurer
      • The Levitator
      • Boston Barnstormer
      • The Silent Messenger
      • The Spellbinder
    • Glancing at the Ads
      • The Magic Shop, Los Alamitos - ad sheet
      • Magic Methods - ad sheets
      • The Magic Shop, Syracuse - listing
    • New tricks and Books
      • Repeat Color Change Card Trick - The Magic Shop [CA]
      • Midget Pea Can - Herb Morrissey
      • Domi-mento - Roy Baker
      • Jailbreak - Roy Baker
      • The Koran Newspaper Prediction - Ken de Courcy
      • Sequacious Aces - Ken de Courcy
      • Just Card Magic - Chas. C. Eastman, compiler
      • Additional Deceptions from Derek Dingle, Lecture Notes #2
      • The L.W. Card Mysteries - Larsen & Wright
      • Sid Lorraine's Reference File - Sid Lorraine
17. Final Curtain
    • Chris Kirkham
    • Dick Sheehy
18. Out of My Mind - Looking Into Things Mental and Psychic - Micky Hades
    • A Proposition in Precognition - Bob Brethen
20. This Business of Magic - Thomas Zoss
    • Hello Out There ... And Some Ideas
    • A Reminder
22. Vent Views - Colonel Bill Boley
    • All in Fun - John J. Bogorae
23. Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
24. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
25. photo - re: Max Hapner and Salli photographed by Irving Desfor
25. Poetess' Corner - Marie Antoinette Dornfield
    • New Trick
28. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
30. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
31. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Tops' 'Young Guy' Magician of the Month - Tom Kirkpatrick
32. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • hooks from socks - Dennis R. Loomis
33. photos - "Salute to Magic"
34. The Presto Pitch - Tommy Windsor
35. Finger Ring Escape - U. F. Grant
36. My Card - Card Trick - U. F. Grant
36. In Memoriam - Zina Bennett - from Suzy Wandas Bennett
37. What Happened? - Tom Wolf
37. Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
38. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • silk and Ellis Ring
38. Twenty-Five Years Ago in "Tops"
    • Glass Go - I. W. Roberts
40. Convention Plus - 1975 [MDA] - Jack Barrows
42. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Coincidence of Two Numbers and a Prediction - Stewart James
43. The Magic Contests - Abbott's 38th Magic Get-Together
44. A Tribute to Howard Thurston - Series 8, Part 8 - Robert E. Olson
    • The Witch's Cauldron
46. Magi-Go-Round
47. photo - Irving Desfor Entertains Associated Press
48. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
50. New Arrival
    • Georgia De Ann Stoner born to Dick and Deanne Stoner

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1. The New Tops - Volume 15, Number 8 & 9 - August & September 1975 [mis-labeled as 1974] - 76 pages
1. Cover - Fernandez
9. Contents
10. Cover Portrait - Ed Fernandez - by Sid Lorraine
11. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
    • Headless Woman
13. Final Curtain
    • Don Sweet
14. A Tribute to Howard Thurston - Series 9, Part 1 - Robert E. Olson
    • Miss Jane
    • Magic Tubes
17. Showmanship goes a long way ... and you have to go a long way to be a Showman - Brian Zimbler
18. [two] Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
19. It's Never Too Late - Frances Marshall
19. Final Curtain
    • John D. Jones, Jr.
20. Final Curtain
    • Paul Connolly - by Irv Weiner
21. Final Curtain
    • Clarke "The Senator" Crandall - by Frances Marshall
22. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
23. A Radical Departure - Edward Marlo
    • The Second Departure
    • Last Minute Departure - Using Top of Deck
36. Box of the Future - Joel Ross
37. This Business of Magic - Thomas Zoss
    • Getting Newspaper Space in the 1970's
38. Force, Force and Another Force - Tom Hubbard
39. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Deck-Mate
39. Poetess' Corner - Marie Antoinette Dornfield
40. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
42. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
43. Magi-Go-Round
44. In Memoriam - Percy Abbott
44. Ken Booth - Magic's Good Samaritan
44. Magic Collectors Association Celebrates Anniversary - Jim Alfredson
45. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • What's New
      • Blarney Die - Bud West
      • Berland's Bill Tear - Sam Berland
      • Nutshell Monte - Nick Trost
      • Lotsaknots - Warren Stephens
      • Ribpenring - Warren Stephens
      • Penny Tration - Hank Lee's Magic Factory
      • Line-Up - Jim Vetter
      • Royal Runaway - Hank Lee's Magic Factory
      • Tom Mullica's Miracle Card in Wallet
      • DIY advertising flyer - Ed Harris
      • Do As I Do Plume Trick - Supreme
      • Candy Andy - Supreme
      • Magic with Faucett Ross - Lewis Ganson, editor
      • Notes on the Magic of Frank Shields - Jeff Busby
      • Offbeat Mentalism - Arthur Setterington
      • Golden Years Album [Thurston] - Bud Morris
      • More Magic with Electronics - Bud Morris - in process
50. Safely Speaking - Karl Wagner
    • Seasonal Problems
51. cartoon - Bill Kitchen of the Miami Herald
52. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
54. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • tip for the Miracle Cage Vanish - Dave Mueller
    • use for disposable lighters - Dave Eagan
    • kitty litter for animal effects - Rev. Wm. Skidmore, Jr.
55. Out of My Mind - Looking Into Things Mental and Psychic - Micky Hades
    • Blood and Fire - North Bigbee
57. Tipsy Turvy Production Box - Joel Ross
58. Tom Wolf's One-Hand-Restoration
60. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Tops' 'Young Guy' Magician of the Month - Kent Anthony St. John
61. [two] Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
62. New Ways With Old Magic - Dr. Edmund E. Evans
67. Vent Views - Colonel Bill Boley
    • Questions, Questions, Questions - John J. Bogorae
68. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall

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1. The New Tops - Volume 15, Number 10 - October 1975 - 60 pages
1. Cover - Peter DePaula
7. Contents
8. Cover Portrait - Peter DePaula - by Walt Hudson
9. Letter from Mrs. Clarke Crandall
10. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • Red Like Crimson
11. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Two-Color Mental Selection
11. From Paul LePaul's Notebook - Joe Scott
12. Vent Views - Colonel Bill Boley
13. George J. Becker Entertains Vietnamese Refugees at Camp Pendleton
14. Final Curtain
    • J. G. Patterson - by Philip Morris
14. Edward Victor Material - Rae Hammond
15. Out of My Mind - Looking Into Things Mental and Psychic - Micky Hades
    • Think-A-Number - Bob Brethen
16. Magi-Go-Round
17. [two] Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
18. Safely Speaking - Karl Wagner
    • Some More Seasonal Problems
19. Abbotts Get-Together 1975 - poem - Esther J. Olson
20. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
23. The Magic Contests - Neil Foster
24. Notice - safety precautions at the Get-Together - Editor
24. Clown Alley '75 - Vincent Fabek
25. Nicolet Magic Revue
    • Purpose and Organization of the Nicolet Magic Revue - David Johnson
27. New Arrivals
    • Miss Frances Mai-Ling Loo born to De Yip and Arlene Loo
    • Master Jerald M. Burgess, Jr. born to Dr. and Mrs. Jerald Burgess
27. photo - re: Dale Salwak
28. Carmen's Block Production
29. Marlo's Wrist Turn Pass - Edward Marlo
    • The Basic Pass Move
    • A Platform Pass
    • As a Table Pass
    • As a Drop Cover Pass
    • As a Half Pass
34. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
36. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Psychokinesis
    • Tops' 'Young Guy' Magician of the Month - John E. Jones
37. Bannerlines - Walt Hudson
38. Abbottcadabra! Homecoming Colon '75 - Frances Marshall
    40. photos - Wednesday Night
    41. photos - Thursday Night
    42. photos - Friday Night
    43. photos - Saturday Night
45. The "Senator" Crandall Trophy
45. Poetess' Corner - Marie Antoinette Dornfield
    • Indian Summer
46. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
    • Tommy Windsor Awarded Another Trophy
48. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • miscellaneous
      • A Session of Tricks, Tips and Patter - Sid Lorraine
      • American Museum of Magic News Letter
      • five folders on magic - Warren Paper Company [Boston]
      • Clever ... Like a Fox - Karrell Fox
    • What's New?
      • Gambling quarterly, Autumn 1975
      • Brain Washed - Royden
      • The Vanishing Ghost - Royden
      • Instant Analysis - Sheldon Conn
      • Kola-Across - Jay Marlbrough
      • Spray Flesh Color Paint - Morrissey Magic
      • Blarney Die - Bud West
      • Bill Nagler effect
      • colored Trouble-wit - Jim Reilly
      • mini Trouble-wit - Jim Reilly
      • The ESP Quotient Test - Tommy Tucker
      • Ice Dice - Phil Goldstein
      • Ding Dong - Supreme
      • Topsy Turvy the Magic Clown - Supreme
      • Tannen's - catalog
      • Wit Kit - Wilbur Kattner
      • Houdini Vanishes - Wilbur Kattner
52. In Memoriam - Harry Houdini

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1. The New Tops - Volume 15, Number 11 - November 1975 - 56 pages
1. Cover - Dr. Edmund E. Evans
9. Contents
10. Cover Portrait - Dr. Edmund E. Evans - by Neil Foster
12. In Memoriam - Cardini
13. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • What's New
      • Marvellous Mysteries of Marvillo - Arnold Liebertz
      • S'Komplimentary Mentalism - Stephen Skomp
      • Manipulative Magic - Chas. Eastman reprint
      • Collected Mental Mysteries - Lester Watts
      • This Business of Magic - Thomas Zoss
      • Confessions of a Psychic - Uriah Fuller
      • Be a Clown - Donald M. Dunaway
      • A Further Card Session with Peter Kane - Peter Kane
      • Al Schneider on Coins - Al Schneider
      • The Rope & Ring Book, Vol. 1 - Philip Wilmarth
      • Magic with a Ring and Rope - Philip Wilmarth
      • Build Your Own Illusions - Magic, Inc.
      • Card in Envelope Prediction - Bob Mason
      • Just Think - Bob Mason
      • Red Square - Supreme
      • Shanghai Shackle - Frank Pazel
      • Berland's Progressive Coin Routine - Sam Berland
      • Variations with a Shot Glass - Sam Berland
      • Charles T. Jordan Collected Tricks - Karl Fulves
17. Poetess' Corner
    • Marie Antoinette Dornfield - September 16, 1975
18. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Tops' 'Young Guy' Magician of the Month - Steve Skomp
19. photo - re: David James White III
20. Safely Speaking - Karl Wagner
21. Vent Views - Colonel Bill Boley
    • Facts, Fleas and Fun - John J. Bogorae
23. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
25. Final Curtain
    • William Henry Pershing
    • O. Henry Hertzler
    • Forrest F. Samnple
26. Marie Antoinette Dornfield - obituary
27. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
28. In Memoriam - Harry Blackstone
29. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • The "Baby Hummer" Four-Ace Opener
    • Reversing Aces
30. Out of My Mind - Looking Into Things Mental and Psychic - Micky Hades
31. Variations of a Palm - Edward Marlo
    • Basic Start Position
    • To Palm Off the Top Card
    • Into Other Palm Positions
    • Throwoffs and Replacements
    • Tabled Bottom Placement
40. [two] Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
41. A Tribute to Howard Thurston - Series 9, Part 2 - Robert E. Olson
    • Thurston Halts Career - Magician Ill - Asks Daughter to Conduct Show
    • Stacks of Gold Fish Bowls and Water
    • Old Glory
43. photo - re: Professor and Lady Peller of Nigeria
44. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • Magi-Ministers Get-Together
    • Sin is Gone
    • Pulling Through
    • Sin Flees
    • Straw and String
    • Pick a Color
    • Obedient Silk
    • Trip to Heaven
    • How Man Looks at Man
    • A Firm Foundation
46. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • "Stretch & Seal" for water loads - Tom Jorgenson
47. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
48. Bob Lewis Get Well
49. It's Never Too Late - Frances Marshall
49. Get-Together Photos
50. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
    • Variedades, Issue No. 1 [Brazil]

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1. The New Tops - Volume 15, Number 12 - December 1975 - 60 pages
1. Cover - The Rev. Robert E. Olson
7. Contents
8. Cover Portrait - The Rev. Robert E. Olson - by Neil Foster
10. One-Hand Flip-Flop Shuffle - Robert W. Wicks
13. Magi-Go-Round
15. Back Home Again in Indiana - Indiana Magic Day - Jack Barrows
16. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • Coin Through Handkerchief
17. In Memoriam - Jack Gwynne
18. Miraculous Four Queens - Tom Wolf
19. Remember When
19. Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
20. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • From the Dealers
      • K. B. [Ken Brooke] Magic - catalog
      • Perpetu-List No. 24 - Mickey Hades
      • Magic Books by Post - listing
      • Magic Methods - listing
      • Johnson Products - catalog & price list
      • Robert Nelson
      • The Magic Shop of Los Alamitos - newsletter
      • Mak-Magic - new illusion - Belly-Buster
      • Sandro's Magic Workshop - list
      • Top Hat Topics, Vol. 2, No. 1
      • Guaranteed Magic - catalog
    • magazines
      • Abracadabra
      • Invocation No. 5
      • The Magician
      • Magic Info
      • The Pallbearers Review
      • The New Pentagram
      • Magick
      • The Magic Cauldron Nos. 56 & 57
      • Mantra
      • Orben's Current Comedy
      • The Conjurer, Nos. 4 & 5
      • M-U-M, June
      • Genii
      • Magigram
    • Magazines from the Clubs
      • S.O.B., Jr.
      • The Spellbinder
      • Top Hat
      • CEMA Noticias
      • The Wand
      • The Spirit Trumpet
      • All India Magic Circle
      • Bog Bob's Magic Club News
      • The Magic Fly
      • Magical #36
      • Houdini-Gram
      • The Christian Conjurer
      • The Silent Messenger
      • Magic Net
      • Magic Wand
      • Magicana
      • The Bulletin
      • Yogi-Gram
      • Boston Barnstormer
      • Wizard's Words, first issue
    • Among the New Tricks and Books
      • Marcom's Leprechauns
      • Bicentennial Card Trick - Nick Trost
      • Dealer's Choice - Nick Trost
      • Multiplying Wild Card - Marv Long
      • Gag Bag - Van Cleve
      • The Wiz - Bob Little
      • A Conjurer's Reminiscences - John Booth - Supreme
        • Forging Ahead in Magic - John Booth
        • Marvels of Mystery - John Booth
      • Comedy Warm-Ups for Children's Shows - David Ginn
      • Comedy Lunch Box - David Ginn
      • Jan Torell - lecture notes
25. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Improved Cardman's Puzzle
25. Magical Musings - Esther Francis Olson
    • Christmas is "Magic"
26. Magic Club of Greater Kalamazoo Cavalcade of Magic - review by Neil Foster
28. Tips of the Month - Sid Lorraine
    • Zip-lok bags for silks - Greg Schultz
    • sandpaper to burst balloons - U. F. Grant
28. Presto! - To Open on Broadway for a Limited Engagement
29. Philip Morris' "The Magical Land of Oz" - Robert E. Olson
32. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
    • photo of Carol Channing
36. Gen Grant Presents
    • A Trick from Battle Creek
    • Zella Mind Reading Prop
37. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
41. Magic Collector's Weekend
42. Out of My Mind - Looking Into Things Mental and Psychic - Micky Hades
    • Clairvoyant Vibrations - Bob Brethen
43. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Mental Probe / Math Probe
    • Tops' 'Young Guy' Magician of the Year - Ted Moyer
45. This Business of Magic - Thomas Zoss
    • A Moving Article on Professionalism, Etc.
47. A Tribute to Howard Thurston - Series 9, Part 3 - Robert E. Olson
    • Jane Thurston
    • The Flight of Time
    • Black Art
50. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
52. Vent Views - Colonel Bill Boley
    • Funny Questions, Funny Answers - John J. Bogorae
53. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
55. It's Never Too Late - Frances Marshall

word count: 330805 which is equivalent to 1323 standard pages of text

Publisher: Abbott Magic