New Tops Volume 16 (1976)

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
12. Correction to "The 'Baby Hummer' Four-Ace Opener" - November, 1975 issue
13. Five by Five Mental Effect
12. This Business of Magic - Thomas Zoss
    • Picture Talk, or ... Pictures Talk
14. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • Coin Through Handkerchief - Second Method
15. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
17. A Great Big Thank You - Bon & Ginny
18. Final Curtain
    • Vincent M. Carey
    • Frederick C. Brandt
    • John W. Frye
19. A Tribute to Howard Thurston - Series 9, Part 4 - Robert E. Olson
    • Daughter of a Magician
    • The Chinese Pagoda
    • Chinese Water Jars
    • The Chinese Bag
    • Thurston's Screen Mystery Illusion
22. Vent Views - Colonel Bill Boley
    • Talent Show Routine - Rick Fisher
23. Magi-Go-Round
24. For a Collector a Magic Centerfold Courtesy of Jerry Spurlock
1. photo - color insert - Spurlock [blank sides not included]
25. More Mental Reverses - Edward Marlo
    • Fifth Method
    • Sixth Method
    • Variation of Sixth Method
28. [two] Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
29. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • miscellaneous
      • Incredible Influence - London Fun Shop {Indiana]
      • The Kiss Trick - Unique Productions
      • Ever So Sleightly, The Professional Card Technique of Martin Nash - Stephen Minch
      • The Collected Tricks of Charles T. Jordan - Karl Fulves
      • Magic for Non-Magicians - Shari Lewis & Abraham B. Hurwitz
      • My Family Tree - or - Out-On-A-Limb - Phil Wilmarth
      • Seven - Bill Spooner
      • Spooner's Slippery Silver - Bill SPooner
      • gag dollar - Ed Harris
      • Crown Jewels - Supreme
      • Professional Punch - Tony Green
32. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • smoothing the cut edges of cards - Bob Brethen
33. Routine for Abbott's "Bathing Beauty" - Tommy Windsor
35. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
37. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
39. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Tops' 'Young Guy' Wedding of the Month - John C. Sherwood & Marcia L. Groat
41. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall

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1. The New Tops - Volume 16, Number 2 - February 1976 - 56 pages
1. Cover - The Chandlers
7. Contents
8. Cover Portrait - Philip and Linda Chandler - Hoxie Bros. Circus - by Neil Foster
10. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Blackjack Stack
    • The Computer Pack
11. Woofle Dust Party - Kaintuck Territory
12. "Doug Henning's World of Magic" - Neil Foster
15. A Tribute to Howard Thurston - Series 9, Part 5 - Robert E. Olson
    • A Troublesome Redhead
    • Rebuking the Weather
    • Sympathetic Silks
    • Flowers from a Paper Cone
17. Final Curtain
    • Frederick Mau - by Michael Gordon Miller
18. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
20. Vent Views - Colonel Bill Boley
    • Woofle Dust Party
    • Cute Trick - John J. Bogorae
21. [two] Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
22. Don't Take A Card - Dr. Ronald Weber
    • Easy Monte
24. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • use Oil of Milk with colored water - Roy Kissell
    • tie pulls to cards rather than pins - U. F. Grant
25. This Business of Magic - Thomas Zoss
    • Promotion Ideas for the Taking and Using
26. The Magician ... Rest in Peace - re: Jack Barrows
    • If You Believe - poem
27. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Crazy Catalogue
    • Tops' 'Young Guy' Magician of the Month - Troy Milligan
29. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
30. Magical Musings - Esther Francis Olson
    • Woes of an Editor or Makings of an Ulcer
31. New Ways With Old Magic - Dr. Edmund E. Evans
32. Bannerlines - Walt Hudson
33. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • bending - folding coin
34. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
36. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • miscellaneous
      • Short Title Check List of Conjuring Periodicals - George Daily, Jr. - in process
      • Collectors World - newsletter
      • Spiritual Applications for Tabell I - in process
    • Tricks and Books You Might Like to Know About
      • The Test - Dam Dalal
      • Sam's Switch - Sam Dalal
      • Miracle Match - Sam Dalal
      • Changing Shapes - Joe Riding
      • The Beauty Contest - Joe Riding
      • Double Take - Lee's Studio of Magic
      • Spectrum Cards - Aldini
      • Poker X - Aldini
      • Future Magic for Mentalists - Will Dexter
      • Master Magic - George Blake
      • More Master Magic - George Blake
      • Mind & Matter - Stephen Minch
      • Fantasio Poker Mystery
      • Isolation - Phil Goldstein
      • Crystal Thought Condenser - Sam Dalal
      • Printer's Demon - Phil Goldstein
40. To All My Friends in Magic - Ken Summers
41. Twenty-Five Years Ago in "Tops"
    • Flag Waver - Charles Worpel
42. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
    • photo - Rebecca, Femine Mystique
45. New Give-A-Way Items For Volunteers From Audience - Tommy Windsor
47. It's Never Too Late - Frances Marshall
49. Magi-Go-Round

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1. The New Tops - Volume 16, Number 3 - March 1976 - 56 pages
1. Cover - Jay & Frances Marshall
11. Foreign Subscribers - Editor re: postal rates
11. Notice - Neil Foster in hospital
11. Contents
12. Cover Portrait - Frances Marshall "Pillar of a Sand Castle"
14. [two] Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
15. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Tops' 'Young Guy' Magician of the Month - Matthew Singleton
16. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
20. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • shoelace for Zombie gimmick - Gerry Kurtz
20. Karrell fox's father passed - Editor
21. Sorcar, Jr. Touring Europe - "Indrajal" receiving highest acclaims! - P. C. Sorcar, Junior
22. A Tribute to Howard Thurston - Series 9, Part 6 - Robert E. Olson
    • The Show Goes On
    • The Show Goes On - Thurston's Wife Dies and Their Daughter Gives Their Act
    • Thurston Halts Career - Magician Ill, Asks Daughter to Conduct Show
    • The Handkerchief Frame
    • The Duck Pan
    • Strings of Lighted Chinese Lanterns
24. $1,200.00 in cash prizes ain't Woffle Dust! - Walter F. Sill, Jr.
25. The Care and Feeding of a Magician - John Todman and Betty
26. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Paired-Up Prediction
27. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • From the Dealers
      • Jimmy Lake - lists
      • Kingdom Kraft - list
      • Nick Trost - folder
      • Magic Shop of Los Alimitos - newsletter
      • Mak-Magic - news
      • Karl Fulves - folders
      • Goodliffe - list of books
      • Hermann's Cavalcade of Magical Mysteries - folder
    • Gleaned from the Magazines
      • Abracadabra
      • Magic Info
      • Wizard's Words, 2nd issue
      • Mantra, issue 7
      • The New Pentagram
      • New Image L'Majik Satirica
      • Genii
      • Orben's Current Comedy
      • S.O.B., Jr.
      • Magick
      • Magigram
      • Magic Cauldron No. 58
      • The Pallbearers Review, February, March & April
      • Interlocutor
      • Invocation
    • Among the Club Papers
      • Yogi-Gram
      • The Christian Conjurer, Nos. 4, 5 & 6
      • Houdini-Gram
      • The Magician, November
      • Top Hat, Nov/Dec
      • The Silent Messenger
      • Magicol
      • The Spirit Trumpet
      • The Spellbinder
      • The Magic Net
      • Magicana
      • Boston Barnstormer
      • Inner Circle
      • News Reels
    • New Books and Tricks
      • Take a Note - George Blake - reprint
      • Apparatus Magic - Seymour Davis
      • Von Ark Poster - Lee Jacobs
      • Jumbo Svengali Routine - Tommy Windsor
      • The Tommy Windsor Egg Bag Routine
      • The Real Methods & Secrets of the Challenge Escape from 75 Feet of Rope - Lee Jacobs
      • The Mixologist Bar Magic - Senor Mardo
      • More Magic with Electronics - Bud Morris
      • Illusions You Can Build - Jim Sommers
      • Gene Anderson's Torn & Restored Newspaper
32. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
34. Olram Turnover Switch - Edward Marlo
36. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
38. This Business of Magic - Thomas Zoss
    • A New Project and a Change of Focus
40. Magical Musings - Esther Olson
    • The Rabbit Speaks
    • My Turn - The Dove
    • Rom the Rabbit and Dove
40. From Edward Harvey Schoenrock to My Friend "Monk Watson" - rhyme
41. Safety Tips - Warren Pridgeon
    • Patriotism
42. Vent Views - Colonel Bill Boley
    • School Daze - John J. Bogorae
43. Magi-Go-Round
45. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
46. Abbott's Magic Talent Contest
47. It's Never Too Late - Frances Marshall
48. Twenty-Five Years Ago in "Tops"
    • Perfect Rice Bowl Combination - Roxy
    • Answer the Question - Percy Abbott
    • An Expanding Gag - Mariano Palhinha
    • Flashy Bouquet Production - Mickey Ostaski
    • Gadabout Milk Trick - George Boston
    • Continuous Card Fans - Percy Abbott
      • An Alternate Finish

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1. The New Tops - Volume 16, Number 4 - April 1976 - 56 pages
1. Cover - Rick Walker
11. From the Editor's Couch - Neil Foster
11. Contents
12. Cover Portrait - Rick Walker "Rick's Tricks" - by Karrell Fox
14. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
16. The New Tops - Advertising Terms
17. About "Duke's Dye-Version" - Tommy Windsor
18. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • The Visible "Sandwich"
18. In Memoriam - Howard Thurston
19. Double Departure - Edward Marlo
    • The Fake Switch
    • The Real Switch
    • Double Departure - (Routine)
23. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
25. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • miscellaneous
      • Bongo Botique - Ali Bongo
      • Lee Jacobs Productions - catalog
      • Clip Art Sheets - Ed Harris
      • B&W reproductions of Houdini & Blackstone - C & K Magic
      • Never in a Lifetime - Paul Curry
      • The Brainpower Deck - Paul Curry
      • The Complete Mike Rogers - Magic, Inc.
      • Afterthoughts - Harry Lorayne
      • The Magic of Gerald Kosky - Lloyd Jones, publisher
      • The Mark Wilson Course in Magic - with or without props - Mark Wilson
29. Fred R. Merrill - obituary
30. Out of My Mind - Looking Into Things Mental and Psychic - Micky Hades
    • Within You Without You - Clarence Wenger - book review
    • Mentalistrix for Kids - Walt Hudson - book review
31. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
33. It's Never Too Late - Frances Marshall
34. This Business of Magic - Thomas Zoss
    • Your Challenge for the Year
35. On the Road ... with the Amazing Conklins - Jerry Conklin
36. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • tip for the Changing Silk Cabby - Joseph Fox
37. A Tribute to Howard Thurston - Series 10, Part 1 - Robert E. Olson
    • "The Second Part"
    • With Harry Kellar
    • The Moth and the Flame
39. [two] Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
40. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Tops' 'Young Guy' Magician of the Month - Jeff McBride
41. Mayfair Music Hall and Palace of Varieties - re: Dale Salwak appear at "A Night at the Music Hall"
42. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
43. Bannerlines - Walt Hudson
44. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • Grant's Secret Service Number 11 - Grant's Altar Lite
    • Grant's Secret Service Number 12 - Escape from Any Handcuffs
    • Grant's Secret Service Number 13 - Real Secret on Muscle Reading
    • Grant's Secret Service Number 14 - Resista - Girl You Cannot Lift
    • Grant's Secret Service Number 15 - Flower Pot Trick
    • Grant's Secret Service Number 18 - Ali-Axiom Blindfold
45. The Care and Feeding of a Magician - John Todman and Betty
46. Abbott's Magic Talent Contest
47. Safely Speaking - Karl Wagner
    • Message Silk Again
48. Vent Views - Colonel Bill Boley
    • The Chicken Dialog - Richard Oden
49. Magical Musings - Esther Olson
    • Say It With Flowers
49. Harry Blackstone, Jr. - featured in a TV Magic Special
50. Magi-Go Round
50. Horace Marshall passed away

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1. The New Tops - Volume 16, Number 5 - May 1976 - 56 pages
1. Cover - Harry Lorayne
9. Contents
10. Cover Portrait - Harry Lorayne - by Dennis Marks
12. Abbott's Magic Talent Contest
13. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
16. Mark Wilson Named Magician of the Decade - David Brokaw
17. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
18. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Slow Motion Color-Changing Backs
19. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Tops' 'Young Guy' Magician of the Month - Jimmy Leve
    • Wilting Coinage - My Version - John Sherwood
21. This Business of Magic - Thomas Zoss
    • Making a Name for Yourself by Finding a Specialty
22. Letter to the Editor - from Ed Harris - re: Karrell Fox as W. C. Fields
23. It's Never Too Late - Frances Marshall
24. photo - S.A.M. Parent Assembly unveil new Houdini but at gravesite
24. "100 Years of Magic Posters"
1. New Tops Index 1975 - Volume Fifteen - Dale Salwak, compiler
3. ad page
4. [four] Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
25. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
27. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
30. Horace Marshall - obituary by Bill Joy
32. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • Vanishing Wand Tip - Mike Nowak
    • Epic Slate tip - Joseph Fox
33. The Eighth Annual Academy of Magical Arts Banquet
33. Magi-Go Round
34. Spirits Do Exist - Irving Desfor
36. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • From the Dealers
      • Dragon Mysteries - catalog
      • Morrissey Magic - News Bulletin #8
      • Tannen's Topics
      • News Letter - The Magic Shop of Los Alamitos
      • Magic Methods - Customer Sheet #15
    • New Tricks and Books
      • Chinese Washing Machine - Abbott's
      • Tommy Windsor's Pet Insurance Policy
      • Professor's Daydream - Dan Garrett
      • Electrons - Dan Garrett
      • Matchbook Assembly - Ross Burns & Dan Garrett
      • The Martian Card Trick - Dan Garrett
      • "Magician" patch - Vincent Fabek
      • Directory of Theatrical Agencies (U.S.A. & Canada) - Lee Jacobs
      • Mentalistrix for Kids - Walt Hudson
      • Magic, Lecture No. 2 - Irv Weiner
      • Bill Severn's Magic Workshop - Bill Severn
39. Reverend Father Stephen Fernandes - ordination announcement
40. A Tribute to Howard Thurston - Series 10, Part 2 - Robert E. Olson
    • Kellar & Thurston
    • Ford's Opera House - Kellar and Thurston Give Program of Magic Art
    • The Haunted Window
43. photos - "Salute to Magic"
44. Out of My Mind - Looking Into Things Mental and Psychic - Micky Hades
45. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
47. On the Road ... with the Amazing Conklins - Jerry Conklin

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1. The New Tops - Volume 16, Number 6 - June 1976 - 52 pages
1. Cover - Earl Ray Wilcox
7. Jack La Wain - obituary
7. Contents
8. Cover Portrait - Earl Ray Wilcox - The Trickiest Hands in Magic - by Dr. A. Jack VanderWal
10. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
12. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Nu-Way Oil & Water
13. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
15. Something to Borrow Again - Edward Marlo
19. Magic Rabbits Are Flying Again
20. The Care and Feeding of a Magician - John Todman and Betty
21. Magi-Go Round
22. Safely Speaking - Karl Wagner
    • Are You Sure That Gun is Empty
23. This Business of Magic - Thomas Zoss
    • Giving Away Your Show, or First Step in Finding Audiences
25. Vent Views - Colonel Bill Boley
    • Bicentennial Daze - Ed Harris
26. Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
27. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
29. On the Road ... with the Amazing Conklins - Jerry Conklin
30. What's Up Your Sleeve - Chateau Magician - Jan Bixler
31. Magical Musings - Esther Olson
    • The Patriotic New Tops
31. The New Tops - Advertising Terms
32. It's Never Too Late - Frances Marshall
33. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • Tricks and Books
      • Craige Snader - catalog
      • Little Red Riding Hood - Craige McComb Snader III
      • Brass Bill Tube with Padlock - D. A. Tayade
      • Cigarette Cutting Tube - D. A. Tayade
      • Okito Coin Box - D. A. Tayade
      • Dozen Spring Flowers - D. A. Tayade
      • 100 Years of Magic Posters - Charles & Regina Reynolds, compilers
      • cleaning cloth for metal props - Brenden Crimmins
      • gospel card trick - Dick Schick
      • John Schoener, the Clown Shoemaker - list
      • X--Credible! - Dan Garrett
      • Dai Vernon's First California Lecture (1947) - Jeff Busby Enterprises
      • Vanishing Champagne Bottle - Magico & Boretti
      • Hats and Hares - Robert Gramer
      • 4 Card Monte - Nick Trost
      • The Road Runner - Nick Trost
      • Subtle Card Magic, Parts 1 and 2 - Nick Trost
      • Conjurer's Calculator - John C. Sherwood
      • Dots Magic - John Yeager
      • Magic in Store - Val Andrews
      • Math Miracles - Wallace Lee - reprint
38. Abbott's Magic Talent Contest - Conducted by Neil Foster
39. A Night at the Concert - John C. Sherwood - re: Kreskin
44. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
45. Al Flosso passes
46. A Tribute to Howard Thurston - Series 10, Part 3 - Robert E. Olson
    • With Harry Kellar (Continued)
    • Kellar and Thurston Do Remarkable Feats of Legerdemain at Ford's
    • Ford's Opera House
    • 1907
    • 1908
48. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • "Contact Black Felt Paper" - Robert Loebel, Jr.
    • protecting metal cylinders - Gene Ecker

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1. The New Tops - Volume 16, Number 7 - July 1976 - 56 pages
1. Cover - 1976 Get-Together Performers - Blackstone, Jr. - Richard & Maria Suey - Carl Garray & Tomio - Mike Caldwell
6. On the Road ... with the Amazing Conklins - Jerry Conklin
7. In Memoriam - Zina Bennett - from Suzy Wandas Bennett
7. Contents
8. The Sleeping Dove Production - Dr. Ronald Weber
13. Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
14. Vent Views - Colonel Bill Boley
    • Making Signs - E. J. "Ted" Brennan
16. Christmas Card from 1935
17. Out of My Mind - Looking Into Things Mental and Psychic - Micky Hades
    • A Proposition in Precognition
    • Triplex Prediction
18. Al Flosso - obituary
19. A Spectator Cuts the Aces - Edward Marlo
    • Method #1
    • Spectator Cuts the Aces - Method Number 2
    • Spectator Cutting the Aces - Third Method
    • Spectator Cutting the Aces - Fourth Method
    • Concluding Remarks
21. What's New in Magic? - re: Get-Together Contests
22. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
25. It's Never Too Late - Frances Marshall
25. Dante Mystery Solved
26. Abbott's Spirit of '76 Magic Get-Together - Four Professional Stage Shows
28. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • miscellaneous
      • Polish Quarter - Don McCelland
      • Lee's Studio of Magic - lists
      • David Hoy - brochure
      • You Don't Have To Slay A Dragon - forcing book
      • Bob Lund's American Museum of Magic - quarterly news sheet
    • A Glance Through the Magazines of the Past Few Months
      • Invocation no. 8
      • Abracadabra, now up to 1578
      • New Pentagram
      • Mantra
      • Magigram
      • Chaos
      • The Pallbearers Review, May, June & July of 1975
      • Magic Info
      • Magick
      • Club 71
      • Magic Sounds #13 & #14
      • Genii
      • Collector's World No. 2
      • Magicol, February
      • The Magic Cauldron Nos. 59 & 60
    • Glancing Through the Club Papers
      • The Levitator
      • Top Hat
      • Hav-A-Laff Bulletin
      • The Spellbinder
      • Boston Barnstormer
      • The Silent Messenger
      • The Spirit Trumpet
      • Inner Circle
      • The All New Christian Conjurer
      • Houdini-Gram
      • Bog Bob's Magic Club News, Spring
      • Yogi-Gram
      • Magicana
      • Orben's Current Comedy
    • News From the Dealers
      • Supreme Magic - list
      • Magic Methods - list
      • Louis Tannen, Inc. - list
      • The Newsletter - The Magic Shop of Los Alaamitos
      • Robert Nelson - used magic list
    • New Tricks, Books and Things
      • Coffin Nail - Illusions Ltd.
      • Leroy *Talma* Bosco poster - Lee Jacobs Productions
      • Magician's Assistant Diploma - Magic Productions Entertainment Service
      • Miracle Math - Accent Products
      • The Smoking Thumb - Accent Products
      • Vanishing Ring Thing - Accent Products
      • Amazing Influence - Harry Benfer
    • Books
      • Clever Like a Fox - Karrell Fox
      • Innovative Magic No. 1 - Fort Worth Ring 15
33. Safely Speaking - Karl Wagner
    • Safety Games - Safety Hangman or Safety Wheel of Fortune
35. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • dice prediction
    • Tops' 'Young Guy' Magicians of the Month - Don and Debbie Verba
37. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
39. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Ace to Five - The Easy Method
40. A Tribute to Howard Thurston - Series 10, Part 4 - Robert E. Olson
    • The Human Touch
    • Communication
    • Where Do the Ducks Go?
43. Blackstone, Jr.'s Magic a feature this summer at "Sea World of Ohio" - Richard Hughes
44. Doug Henning's "Illusion & Reality" - Richard Hughes
46. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
48. Magical Musings - Esther Olson
    • Dieting Magic
49. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
    • recipe - Conjurer's Rum Cake & Run Glaze - Gay Blackstone
51. This Business of Magic - Thomas Zoss
    • Thinking About The Old Days

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1. The New Tops - Volume 16, Number 8 & 9 - August & September 1976 - 76 pages
1. Cover - 1976 Get-Together Performers - Abel & Marina - Tom & Sherrie - Jim Sommers & Janine - Dick Oslund
7. Contents
8. Tom Hubbard's Cavalcade of Magic - 18 - Eighteen Tricks - 18
   8. 1 - A Giant Gag
   9. 2 - Color Changing Knife Move
   9. 3 - Dial-A-Cut
   10. 4 - The Postal Authority
   10. 5 - A Good Poker Hand
   11. 6 - The Four Robbers Rise Again
   11. 7 - An Extra Sensory Prediction
   12. 8 - Slider Move
   12. 9 - No Takers Card Force
   13. 10 - The Abbott Deck Switch
   14. 11 - An Ambitious Move
   14. 12 - A Borrowed and Sealed Deck
   15. 13 - Variation on a Borrowed, Sealed Deck
   16. 14 - Action
   17. 15 - Mixer
   17. 16 - Two and One
   18. 17 - Counting Down
   18. 18 - Cutting One, Two, Three, Four Aces
19. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
21. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • "Hunt-Wesson Snack-Pak" cans for small servantes - Roger Bus
    • "Sew-Guide" for thread work - Robert L. Hyde
22. Out of My Mind - Looking Into Things Mental and Psychic - Micky Hades
    • Ultra 70 Seven Keys
23. Imitators Beware - re: Imitations of Horace Marshall effects
23. Final Curtain
    • Jess James - by Jay Schwartz
24. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Tops' 'Young Guy' Magician of the Month - Paul Brody
25. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • doves love cheese popcorn - John Lovell
    • Gloves-To-Dove tip - John Lovell
    • opening monologue dove production - John Lovell
26. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • miscellaneous
      • The Conjurer, issues 6, 7 & 8
      • Franklin & Company - advertising flyer
    • Among the New Things I Have Seen
      • The Magic Play - Sam Sharpe
      • Houdini's Escapes and Magic - Walter Gibson
      • Subtle Card Magic No. 1 - Nick Trost
      • Subtle Card Magic No. 2 - Nick Trost
      • Fair View Switching Frame - Magic Unlimited
      • Guiltless Chop Mug - Frank Pazel
      • Transilence - Frank Pazel
      • Phantini's Lost Book of Mental Secrets - Gene Grant - reprint
      • Permutations by Cutting and Shuffling - S. Brent Morris
      • Prediction Chest Effect - Jack London
      • 4 Silvan posters - Magic Books by Post
      • Bringing Home the Laughs - David Ginn
      • Humpty Dumpty Egg Bag - Supreme
      • Black Light - Jack Potter
      • Television Card Manipulators - Ian Adair
      • The Promotion - Lee Jacobs
      • Alley Oops - Warren Stephens
      • Kid Stuff 5 - Frances Marshall
31. Magical Musings - Esther Olson
    • The Rabbit Speaks Again
31. The New Tops - Advertising Terms
32. Spectator Cuts Aces - Edward Marlo
    • Effect
    • Second Method
    • Third Method
    • Fourth Method
    • Fifth Method
    • Sixth Method
    • Seventh Method
36. Spectator Cuts to Locate Aces - Edward Marlo
37. The Care and Feeding of a Magician - John Todman and Betty
38. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
41. On the Road ... with the Amazing Conklins - Jerry Conklin
42. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Simple Four Ace Opener
43. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • vanish of a ball in a handkerchief
44. Vent Views - Colonel Bill Boley
    • We Deliver - Richard Olson
45. Some Thoughts on Magic Conventions - Jim Alfredson
46. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
50. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
52. Colon Royal Academy of Prestidigitation - Presents I.B.M. Convention Awards - Gordon Miller
53. In Memoriam - Percy Abbott
54. This Business of Magic - Thomas Zoss
    • Small Talk About Big Names, or Rather, Big Printing
55. It's Never Too Late - Frances Marshall
56. Safely Speaking - Karl Wagner
    • Safety Tic Tac Toe, or Safety Hollywood Squares
58. A Tribute to Howard Thurston - Series 10, Part 5 - Robert E. Olson
    • On His Own
    • The Silk Caldron
61. Magi-Go Round
62. [four] Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
63. [four] Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
64. Twenty-Five Years Ago in "Tops"
    • Walsh Vanishing Cane
    • Card on the Wall - James Reneaux
    • Welding Rings - Recil Bordner

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1. The New Tops - Volume 16, Number 10 - October 1976 - 60 pages
1. Cover - Charlie Myrick
11. Contents
12. Cover Portrait - Charlie Myrick - World Champion Escape Artist - by Neil Foster
14. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • Among the New Books and Tricks
      • Kid Stuff Five - Frances Marshall
      • Fantastic E.S.P. Test - David Robbins
      • Bodyless Head - 100 Years of Magic poster - Lee Jacobs Productions
      • Doug Henning poster - Lee Jacobs Productions
      • Bob Brown and Brenda poster - Lee Jacobs Productions
      • Famous Magicians Playing Cards - Magic for Madison Avenue
      • Old and Used Book List - Micky Hades
      • Book-A-Log #12 - Micky Hades
      • Second Sight - The Ghastly Gallimaufry
      • Sensashe Glass Vanish - Supreme
      • Sequence - Emerson & West
      • Color Blind - Emerson & West
      • Silkworm Susie - Wilfred Tyler
      • Supersonic Spacemen - Supreme
      • Almost Real Prediction - Jack London
18. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • reworking a Magnetic Card Box - Bennett A. Kendig
19. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Impromptu Five Card Miracle
    • Simplified Technicolor Clock
20. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • mentalism effect using numbers in pentagrams - John Sherwood
    • Tops' 'Young Guy' Magician of the Month - Martin Dunkel
22. A Tribute to Howard Thurston - Series 10, Part 6 - Robert E. Olson
    • A Studied Face
    • You Can't Fool All of the People All of the Time
    • Spirit Paintings
24. In Memoriam - Harry Houdini
25. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • paper cutting routine
26. The Care and Feeding of a Magician - John Todman and Betty
27. Magical Musings - Esther Olson
    • M. C.'s of 76
28. The Bursting, Bi-Centennial, Home-Coming, 1976 - Frances Marshall
    29. photos - Wednesday Night
    31. photos - Thursday Night
    33. photos - Friday Night
    35. photos - Saturday Night
34. Recil Bordner and Eda Mae Cubbernuss were married
36. Abbott's Magic Talent Contest - Conducted by Neil Foster
37. Special Benefit Matinee "Spirit of '76"
38. Vent Views - Colonel Bill Boley
    • Wire Me a File - Richard B. Oden
39. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
43. Magi-Go Round
44. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
46. On the Road ... with the Amazing Conklins - Jerry Conklin
47. Out of My Mind - Looking Into Things Mental and Psychic - Micky Hades
    • Thermodynamic Radiation - S. Guarino - book
48. Next Month
49. This Business of Magic - Thomas Zoss
    • Looking Around You, or Check Out the Other Guys (or Gals)
50. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
52. [four] Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris

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1. The New Tops - Volume 16, Number 11 - November 1976 - 56 pages
1. Cover - North Bigbee & Lana Ohde
9. Contents
10. Cover Portrait - North Bigbee - by Pul J. Siegel
12. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • Silks and Soup Plates
12. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • business card as ticket - Mark J. Brown
14. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Four Ace Surprise - Again!
14. The New Tops - Advertising Terms
15. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
17. Tommy Windsor Honored
18. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
20. Numental Revisited - Jim Lucier
21. In Memory of - The Great Cardini
22. A Tribute to Howard Thurston - Series 10, Part 7 - Robert E. Olson
    • The Magic Racket
    • The Magic Crystal
24. photo - baby picture of Harry Blackstone, Jr.
25. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Crazy Catalogue
    • Tops' 'Young Guy' Magician of the Month - Gary Griswold
26. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
28. [two] Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
29. The Marlo Switch-Out - Edward Marlo
    • The Color Trap
    • Colr Flight
39. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • Books and Tricks That Have Come My Way
      • A Volunteer from the Audience- Walt Hudson
      • Making Magic Pay - Larry Valentine - Lecture Notes
      • The Ascanio Spread - Jon Racherbaumer
      • The Complete J. G. Thompson Jr. Bibliography and Index to Miracle Makers - Max Abrams
      • Annemann's $50.00 Manuscript - Max Abrams
      • Senator Crandall's Pocket Monte - Magi-Fects
      • Royden's Slipped Disc - Magi-Fects
      • Royden's Mindreader's Dream - Magi-Fects
      • Cups and Balls - John Platt
      • Egyptian Curse - Peter Kane
      • Coincidental - Arthur Emerson
      • Encyclopedia of Suspensions and Levitations - Bruce Armstrong, editor
      • Stabbed Coincidence - Larry Jennings
      • The Coin and Beer Can - Larry Jennings
      • Magical Inflation - G. Hammann version
      • Blitz - Sam Berland
      • Dr. Schram's Magic Treasury - Supreme
      • Welda-Spheres - Werry
      • Supreme - catalog
      • Out of Phase - Wilbur Kattner
      • New Reference File - Sid Lorraine
45. Out of My Mind - Looking Into Things Mental and Psychic - Micky Hades
    • Three Spectators - Three Numbers - Bob Brethen
46. In Memoriam - Harry Blackstone, Sr.
    • Blackstone [Sr.] Remembered ... The Tale of "Ginger Rabbit" - Major Robert K. Spencer
48. 'Fall Festival of Magic' - St. Louis Assembly No. 8 - Editor
48. Magi-Go Round
49. Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
50. Vent Views - Colonel Bill Boley
    • Listen Good - John J. Bogorae

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1. The New Tops - Volume 16, Number 12 - December 1976 - 60 pages
1. Cover - Bruce Posgate
9. Contents
10. Cover Portrait - Bruce Posgate - Bruce & Win Posgate
12. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
14. Magical Musings - Esther F. Olson
    • The Magic Kit Magician
15. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Double Jack Sandwich
16. It's Never Too Late - Frances Marshall
17. Out of My Mind - Looking Into Things Mental and Psychic - Micky Hades
    • X-Rated Vision - David Ray
18. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
    • Comedy Entertainment from A to Z - Joe Doakes
20. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • Things I Have Enjoyed in the Magazines
      • The New Tops
      • Genii, June thru August
      • Abracadabra
      • Magick
      • Magic Info
      • Magic Sounds #16
      • Magigram
      • Invocation, July
      • Mantra
      • The New Pentagram
      • Current Comedy
      • S.O.B., Jr.
      • Magic Cauldron No. 61
      • Yogi-Gram
      • S.C.M. Levitator
      • The All New Christian Conjurer
      • Houdini-Gram
      • Top Hat
      • Magicol
      • The Collector's World, March-April
      • Boston Barnstormer
      • Magicana
      • Silent Messenger
      • Washington Wizards
      • Hav-A-Laff
      • The Spirit Trumpet
      • The Spellbinder
      • New Reference File - Sid Lorraine
    • A Glance at the Books and Tricks You May Have Heard About
      • The Magic Album - LP record - Martin Lewis
      • Kling Ring - Arthur Emerson
      • Bob Mason's One-Deck Premonition - Bob Mason
      • O-2-Matica Deck - Bob Mason
      • A Catalog of Micky Hades Publications
      • Mentalism A La Mode - Paul J. Siegel
      • Your Choice
      • Encyclopedia of Dove Magic, Volume 4 - Ian Adair
      • Countdown - Lee's Studio of Magic
      • Invisible Secrets Revealed - Eddie Fields & Michael Schwartz
      • Squircle - Ken Bowell
      • Pozitive Kid's Magic - Poz
    • Advertising from the Dealers
      • Abbott's - free price list
      • The Magic Shop of Los Alamitos - newsletter
      • Gospel Services, Inc. - advertising for "Spiritual Applications for Tarbell 1"
      • Magic Methods - list
      • Kovari Magic - folder
      • Tannen's Topics
26. Clownin' Aroun' - Daren Dundee
    • Center Ring
    • Prop Trunk
      • Electric Wand
    • Clown Alley
      • Professor Bloono (Jim Tait)
27. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
    • "The Show of Shows"
31. The Care and Feeding of a Magician - John Todman and Betty
32. In Memoriam - Jack Gwynne
33. Safely Speaking - Karl Wagner
    • Safety Scrabble or Find the Word
    • Safety Word Scrabble
34. On the Road ... with the Amazing Conklins - Jerry Conklin
35. This Business of Magic - Thomas Zoss
    • Looking Back
38. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Tops' 'Young Guy' Magician of the Year - Jeff McBride
40. Vent Views - Colonel Bill Boley
    • In Demand - R. B. Oden
43. Magi-Go Round
44. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • "Stik-Klip" or "Heavy Duty Permanent T-Tak" - Oran B. Dent
44. [two] Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
45. "The Great International Magic Show"
46. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • Ribbon Through Glass
47. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
    • Magical Idea Generators
49. In the Good Old Summer Time - photo - re: Gordon Miller & Neil and Jeanne Foster
50. Then and Now - photos - re: Marrillyn Merrill &Harry Blackstone, Jr.
50. 103rd Wizard's Conclave - Ed Verba
51. A Tribute to Howard Thurston - Series 10, Part 8 - Robert E. Olson
    • Entertaining Children
    • Children See Thurston
    • The Sliding Die Box
    • Eggs Extraordinary
54. Mirth-Quake - Walter Brown
55. Steve Thomas - re: newspaper article

word count: 388985 which is equivalent to 1555 standard pages of text

Publisher: Abbott Magic