New Tops Volume 19 (1979)
by Neil Foster

Recil Bordner, Publisher
Neil Foster, Editor

593 pages

1. The New Tops - Volume 19, Number 1 - January 1979 - 52 pages
1. Cover - Marian Chavez
7. Contents
8. Cover Portrait - Marian Chavez - by Neil Foster
10. It's Never Too Late - Frances Marshall
11. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
12. The Battles of Hastings [re: 1978 British Ring Convention] - Bruce Posgate
14. Vent Views - Colonel Bill Boley
    • I would Say So - John J. Bogorae
15. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - 40th - Sid Lorraine
    • Browsing Among the New Books and Tricks
      • Just for Laughs - Don Bridwell
      • Magician at the Casino - Sam Dalal
      • Climax Vision - Sam Dalal
      • Rainbow Poles - Mariano Palhinha
      • Chinese Miracle - Magic Ronnay
      • Ultrasensory Connection - Magic Ronnay
      • How to Entertain Children - Wilfred Tyler - Magicassette
      • Now You See It - Ken de Courcy
      • I Scream - Ice Cream! - Supreme
      • Tele-Frame - Supreme
      • A Magician's Approach To Advertising - Mike Schirmer
      • A Measure of Fun - Daren Dundee
      • The Card Expert Entertains - Dariel Fitzkee
      • Executive Mentalism - John Philip Machniak
      • The Anatomy of Misdirection - Joe Bruno
      • Ultimate Card Book #4 - Roger Smith
      • Joe Cossari's card fans and flourishes - John Fedko
      • Abracassetta, No. 5, October
      • Abracassetta, No. 6, November
      • The New Lexicon Phenomena - Al Mann
      • Introduction to Coin Magic - Shigeo Futagawa
19. Wacky Words - Ed Harris
19. The New Tops - Advertising Terms
20. Views on Showmanship - Mark Brandyberry
    • Appearance, Confidence, and Skill - Part III - Enchantment
21. Marlo's Almost Perfect Stop Trick - Edward Marlo
22. From the Tip of My Thumb
22. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • The Eliminator
    • Clownin' Aroun' - Daren Dundee
      • Center Ring
      • Prop Trunk
        • You're On TV!
      • Clown Alley
        • Kedso The Clown (Steve Bender)
24. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
25. So You Want to be an Escape Artist! - John Novak
27. Mixed Sandwich - Phil Goldstein
28. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
30. A Tribute to Howard Thurston - Series 12, Part 9 - Robert E. Olson
    • Thurston Showmanship
    • Shooting a Girl Through a Barrel - Through the Eye of a Needle
32. Gimmicks, Gadgets & Optical Illusions - Robert E. Olson
    • more on giant coins
34. Magic for the Gospel Magician - Ralph C. Mills
    • rope and tube effect
35. photo - Kramien and Lassie
35. Final Curtain
    • Adam Hudzinski - The Old War Horse - Frances Marshall
36. Out of My Mind - Looking Into Things Mental and Psychic - Micky Hades
    • Psychic Entertainers Association
36. Answers to "Wacky Words" by Ed Harris
37. The Care and Feeding of a Magician - John Todman and Betty
38. This Business of Magic - Thomas Zoss
    • The End of an Era as Tommy Windsor Passes
38. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • music stand to aid practice - Greg Hoover
39. The Blackstone Magic Show - Robert E. Olson
41. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Tops' 'Young Guy' Magician of the Month - Richard Ballen
    • Merlyn Jonns - Kalamazoo's Startling New Escape Artist - Dan Blasius
43. Magical Musings - Esther Olson
    • Jay in Janesville
44. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
45. Magic-Up-Date - Richard Greeno
    • Blackstone Magic Show - schedule
46. Get Them Ready - Bill Spencer
47. Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
47. Ace Gorham - passed away

1. The New Tops - Volume 19, Number 2 - February 1979 - 52 pages
1. Cover - Jane Thurston Shepard
6. Magic for the Gospel Magician - Ralph C. Mills
   • Man and Sin effect
7. From the Tip of My Thumb
7. Contents
8. Cover Portrait - Jane Thurston Shepard - America's Sweetheart of Magic - by Dale Salwak
16. Myth Print - Phil Goldstein
18. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
    • What's There To Say? - Shirley Martin
20. Out of My Mind - Looking Into Things Mental and Psychic - Micky Hades
    • Key Influence - Richard Mark
21. There Are Teachers and Then There Are Teachers! - Donald 'Monk' Watson
22. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
24. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • The Preselected, Selected Card - Al Leech
24. [two] Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
25. Block Turnover Principle - Applications - Edward Marlo
27. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • Mario Carrandi, Jr. - List #9
    • Among the New Books, Tricks and Things
      • Super Silk Transport - Warren Stephens
      • Pocket Panello - Stardust Magic Co.
      • Cashing in on the Psychic - Myrian Ruthchild
      • Laff Letters - George McAthy - reissued
      • Kid Show - Tommy Windsor
      • Tommy Windsor's Bible
      • Sphere of Merlin - poster by Gilbert Williams
      • Joe Riding's Complete Comedy Technique for Magicians
      • Mainly Mental - C. L. Boarde - reprinted
      • Arch Triumphs - Jon Racherbaumer
      • Sharp Sorcery - Les Sharps (George and Alfred Sharples)
      • Stranger than Fiction - Derek Lever
      • Insta-Salt - Vernet
      • Ethereal Salt - Vernet
      • The Sensitive Rope - Vernet
      • Magiteen - David Nashelsky
      • Handy Dandy Developer - David Nashelsky
      • Card Target - David Nashelsky
      • coin penetration routine [Melt-Thru] - Harvey Rosenthal
      • Close-Up Sampler, Part 1 and Part 2 - Harvey Rosenthal
      • Party Pieces - Trevor Lewis
      • Magic Classics II - John Fedko
      • Children Laugh Louder - David Ginn
      • The Best of Mental-Wise - Bill Meisel, compiler
      • Magic Won - Jack Barrows
      • Al Koran - Magicassette
31. Richiardi Chosen as Magician of the Year [S.A.M. Parent Assembly]
31. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • "Over-the-Door Utility Rack"
32. Views on Showmanship - Mark Brandyberry
    • The Value of Magic and the Magician
33. Vent Views - Colonel Bill Boley
    • miscellaneous gags
    • The Whole Tooth and Nothingt But - Richard Oden
34. It's Never Too Late - Frances Marshall
35. Gimmicks, Gadgets & Optical Illusions - Robert E. Olson
    • Under the Double Eagle [Giant Coins]
36. Sid Lorraine to be Honored During "Close-Up Magic Weekend"
36. Abbott's Magic Talent Contest
36. Wacky Words - Ed Harris
36. The New Tops - Advertising Terms
37. Clownin' Aroun' - Daren Dundee
    • Center Ring
    • Prop Trunk
      • Musical Showhorn
    • Clown Alley
      • Kerrie Klown
37. Answers to "Wacky Words" by Ed Harris
38. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Tops' 'Young Guy' Magician of the Month - David Nashelsky (The Great Blizzard)
    • Being Fooled is No Fun
39. David Copperfield's Magic - poem - Esther Olson
40. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
41. Magic-Up-Date - Richard Greeno
    • Loomis Magic Capades - schedule
42. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
43. Escapist Mario Manzini Injured in London Fall - Mario Manzini
44. A Tribute to Howard Thurston - Series 12, Part 10 - Robert E. Olson
    • The Iasia Illusion
    • Music Masters
45. Final Curtain
    • Sarah Joseph - by the Editor
46. So You Want to be an Escape Artist! - John Novak

1. The New Tops - Volume 19, Number 3 - March 1979 - 52 pages
1. Cover - Abbott's 1979 Magic Get-Together
1. A Leter to the Editor - from June Horowitz
4. Abbott's Magic Talent Contest
7. Magicupdate - Richard Greeno
   • Loomis Magic Capades - schedule
7. Contents
8. Red-Black Transpo - Edward Marlo
   • Repeat Stand-Up Transpositions
9. Clownin' Aroun' - Daren Dundee
   • Center Ring
   • Prop Trunk
     • The Tight Rope Walker
10. A Tribute to Howard Thurston - Series 12, Part 11 - Robert E. Olson
    • Nicola Spike Illusion
12. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • tip for David Ginn's Comedy Card on the Back - Andy Portala
13. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
14. Magical Musings - Esther Olson
15. Gimmicks, Gadgets & Optical Illusions - Robert E. Olson
    • Continuous Production
16. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • The Hotel Mystery - Updated
17. American Museum of Magic
17. Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
18. The Miracle of the Cities - Dr. Edmund E. Evans
20. This Business of Magic - Thomas Zoss
    • Hard Answers on Hard Questions About Hard Cash
21. The Care and Feeding of a Magician - John Todman and Betty
22. An Award for a Local Magicienne, June Horowitz - Sharon Hanks
22. The New Tops - Advertising Terms
23. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Embarrassing Moments Dept.
24. Out of My Mind - Looking Into Things Mental and Psychic - Micky Hades
    • The Controlled - Richard Mark
25. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • miscellaneous
      • Genii
      • Magigram
      • Legerdemain
      • Magick
      • Shiego Takagi's Coin Routine - English routine by Jeff Busby
      • The Book of John [ - John Mendoza]
      • S.O.B. Jr. - has ended
      • Current Comedy
      • The Chronicles, Nos. 7 thru 10
      • Interlocutor
      • The Blue Print, May thru August
      • Abracadabra
      • Out of My Hands - El Duco
      • fanning deck - Joe Cossari
      • The Color Changing Deck - Paul Curry
      • The Wildest of Wild - Paul Curry
      • Sliding Knot and Restoration Supreme - Paul Curry
      • Restoration Supreme - Paul Curry
      • Periodical for Collecting Conjurers, September
      • Magicol No. 49
      • Invocation No. 16
      • Hocus Pocus Nos. 2 & 3
      • The Talon - new periodical, first two issues
      • The Sorcerer's Eyes, Aug-Nov issue
      • Nu-Way Book Test - Magico Magazine
      • Pass-Out - James Rainho Products
      • The Real Secrets - Frank Garcia
      • Don't Bet on It - Frank Garcia
      • special offer from Sam Berland
      • New Pentagram, October thru JUanuary
      • Magic Sounds #24
      • New Image L'Majik Satirica, #10 & #11
      • Warlock's Epic Ribbons - Supreme
      • The Crabtree Connection - Lewis Ganson
      • Magic Rabbit Doors - D. Robbins & Co.
      • Red Phantom - Royden
      • Abracasetta #7, December
      • Abracasetta #8, January
      • Faucett Ross - Magicassette
      • Sid Lorraine - Magicassette
      • Apocalypse
      • Cardwise Dice - Mister Z Magic
      • Blanks A Lot - Mister Z Magic
30. Pro-Blend Tube - Jim Lucier
32. Magic for the Gospel Magician - Ralph C. Mills
    • dry silks from can of water
    • Suggested Patter as Each Silk is Produced - "Teen Commandments"
33. The Minister-Magician, Another Viewpoint - Rev. Larry Kettlehake
34. On the Road ... with the Amazing Conklins - Jerry Conklin
35. From the Tip of My Thumb
36. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
37. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
38. Tons of Snow - poem - Esther Olson
38. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
40. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
41. Views on Showmanship - Mark Brandyberry
    • Patter
42. Twenty-Five Years Ago in "Tops"
    • Funny Bunny Business - "Hen" Fetsch
    • Double-Box Bowl Production - J. B. Maxwell
    • Rainbow Ball Routine - James Reneaux
    • A Silk Routine - Roy Kissell
44. Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
45. Tom-Foolery - Tom Mullica

1. The New Tops - Volume 19, Number 4 - April 1979 - 56 pages
1. Cover - Paul Driscoll
7. Contents
8. Cover Portrait - Paul Driscoll - by Bob Blau
10. Abbott's Magic Talent Contest
11. Pets 'N Prestidigitation - Hal Diamond
12. Another Upper Story - Phil Goldstein
12. In Memoriam - Howard Thurston
13. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
14. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
15. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
16. Magical Musings - Esther Olson
    • Bouquets for Spring
17. Magic for the Gospel Magician - Ralph C. Mills
    • "Sin" out of "Fruits of the Spirit" paper cutting
18. The Care and Feeding of a Magician - John Todman and Betty
19. From the Tip of My Thumb
20. two pages of advertising for "Le Grand David and his own Spectacular Magic Company"
22. This Business of Magic - Thomas Zoss
    • Adding That Touch of Class
22. The Academy of Magical Arts, Inc. - 11th Annual Awards Show
23. A Tribute to Howard Thurston - Series 12, Part 12 - Robert E. Olson
    • Looking Young
    • The Bridal Chamber
24. Magic-Up-Date - Richard Greeno
    • Professor Miller & Co. "Magictime" - schedule
    • David Ginn Lecture Tour - schedule
25. Jeanne Foster - 1917-1979 - A Magical Love Story Written by Neil
29. Clownin' Aroun' - Daren Dundee
    • Center Ring
    • Prop Trunk
      • A Bucket of Spring Flowers
    • Clown Alley
      • Clark Family Clowns [Players]
30. Vent Views - Colonel Bill Boley
31. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • Among the Club Papers
      • Magic Thesaurus, Vol. 2 #9
      • The Magician Again
      • Club 71
      • All New Christian Conjurer
      • Center Stage, September
      • Bog Bob's Magic Club News
      • Boston Barnstormer
      • The Spellbinder
      • Yogi-Gram
      • Hav-A-Laff Bulletin
      • Hade-E-Memo
      • Washington Wizards
    • In the Mail from Dealers
      • Hank Lee's Magic - folder
      • Frank Radtke - now producing feather flowers
      • Supreme - book list
      • Chu's Magic Studio - folder
      • Lloyd Jones- Magic Limited - book list
      • Magic Methods - list
      • LaWain House of Magic - list
      • Tannen's Topics
      • Sound of Magic - Trick-A-Tape Series
      • Ed Harris - catalog
      • Michael O'Dowd - book list
      • Karl Fulves - listing
      • New Bulletin Quarterly #13 - Morrissey Magic Limited
    • Looking Over New Books and Tricks
      • Goodnight Mr. Dante - Val Andrews
      • Outs, Precautions and Challenges - Charles H. Hopkins - reprinted
      • Secrets of Mental Magic - Dr. S. P. Thorton - 3rd edition
      • Close-Up Sorcery - Stephen Tucker
      • Mainly Manipulative - John Alborough
      • A Pocketful of Miracles - Hugh Miller
      • The Hofzinser Card Problem - Fr. Cyprian
      • 51 Faces North - Karl Fulves
      • Salt Sorcery - Dr. George E. Casaubon (Rev. Msgr. Fay)
      • Cardially Yours - Sam Berland
      • Royden's Pcket Size What's Next - D. Robbins & Co.
      • Black Out - D. Robbins & co.
      • Coin-Balloon-acy - D. Robbins & Co.
      • jumbo moving pip cards - J & J Card Co.
      • Chinese Coin - Supreme
      • Three Little Words - Lewis Ganson
      • Ned's Ultimate Poker Stack - Robert Nedbalski
    • The Magic World of Tapes
      • Abracassetta, February
      • Dr. Sir Alexander Cannon - Magicassette
      • Kodell - Magicassette
35. The New Tops - Advertising Terms
37. Clowns of America, Inc. Hold Election of National Officers
37. Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
38. Anatomical Study of a Magician - Ed Harris
39. From the Paul LePaul's Notebooks - Bob Parrish
    • practice sheets
40. Out of My Mind - Looking Into Things Mental and Psychic - Micky Hades
    • Phonogenic - Bob Brethen
41. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Vernon's Jacks & Aces
41. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • display of animals - Hal Diamond
42. Gimmicks, Gadgets & Optical Illusions - Robert E. Olson
    • Steal of Six Coins
44. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Tops' 'Young Guy' Magician of the Month - Dave Anderson
45. Variation of Phase Four [Neal Elias Routine] - Edward Marlo
    • Chosen Slueth
46. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
48. It's Never Too Late - Frances Marshall
49. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
51. Views on Showmanship - Mark Brandyberry
    • Let's Keep the Trash Out of Magic

1. The New Tops - Volume 19, Number 5 - May 1979 - 52 pages
1. Cover - Richard Xavier
7. Contents
8. Cover Portrait - Richard Xavier - The Escapist - by Neil Foster
10. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • miscellaneous
      • Lee Jacobs - catalog
      • Mystics Quarterly, three issues and Index to Vol. 1
    • New Books, Tricks and Tapes
      • Finger on the Card - Masters of Magic Series, Vol. 1 No. 1 - Gary Ouellet
      • The Close-Up Stage - Gary Ouellet
      • Can't Miss Card Trick - Bob Weill
      • Red Tape Thumb Tie - Manu-Secret No. 10 - Irv Weiner
      • Royal Elude - Jim Rainho
      • Fred - Joe Riding
      • Lock-Up - Gem Magic
      • Modern Magi - R. C. Buff - plans to reprint by Magico Magazine
      • Houdini's Paper Magic - reprint - Magico Magazine
      • Egg-Foolery - Dave Ross
      • E.S.P. Miracle - D. Robbins & Co.
      • Alpine Travellers [sic] - Ronnay
      • Spectrum Plus - Ronnay
      • Trapped - Kirk Brewster
      • A Demonstrator's Dream, Volume 1 and 2 - Mr. Z Magic
      • Folio No. 1 - E.S.P. Card Magic - Nick Trost
      • Folio No. 2 - Impromptu Card Magic - Nick Trost
      • Folio No. 3 - Close-Up Mentalism - Nick Trost
      • Jumping Toothpick - Joe Porper
      • Milk Pitcher - Accent Products
      • The Art of Eddie Joseph [Hugh Miller, editor] Supreme reprint
      • Give a Magician Enough Rope ... And He'll DO a Trick [Lewis Ganson, editor] - Supreme reprint
      • B-Witcheries - Jack Bridwell
      • Goodliffe the Magician - two Magicassettes
14. Final Curtain
    • Loring Campbell - by Jack Hurlbut
15. Mental Reselection - Edward Marlo
16. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • Coleman camp stove stand for a side table - Mark J. Brown
17. A Tribute to Howard Thurston - Series 12, Part 13 - Robert E. Olson
    • The Lady and the Boy Illusion
18. Weddings
    • David Jones White II & Melissa Ruth Pummer
    • Michael Allen Conklin & Penny Jo Munson
    • Mike Caveney & Tine Lenert
    • Monk & Mark Watson - 50th Wedding Anniversary
19. From the Paul LePaul's Notebooks - Bob Parrish
    • Bob Marvin's Floating Ball
20. Nordic Magic Convention
21. Magic for the Gospel Magician - Ralph C. Mills
    • color prediction
22. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Double Do As I Do
23. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
25. Views on Showmanship - Mark Brandyberry
    • Cheap Humor, A Follow-Up Article
26. On the Road ... with the Amazing Conklins
27. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Tops' 'Young Guy' Magician of the Month - Edwin Rojas
    • Doing Unto Myself
28. Abbott's Magic Talent Contest
29. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
30. Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
31. Clownin' Aroun' - Daren Dundee
    • Center Ring
    • Prop Trunk
      • Shot Can
    • Clown Alley
      • Corny The Clown (Don Wibery)
31. New Arrival
    • Julie Ann born to Dr. Jerry & Mrs. Janie Burgess
32. Upper Story - Phil Goldstein
33. From the Tip of My Thumb
33. Magical Musings - Esther Olson
    • One Tiny Dent?
34. >Vent Views - Colonel Bill Boley
    • J.J. Goes to School - Ken Sprayberry
35. Pets 'N Prestidigitation - Hal Diamond
35. The New Tops - Advertising Terms
36. Tom-Foolery - Tom Mullica
37. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
38. Magic-Up-Date - Richard Greeno
    • Magictime USA - tour route
    • Tom Ogden - tour route
    • David Ginn - Lecture Tour
39. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
40. Cinderella - re: The Philip Morris World of Fantasy Players
41. When Theatre Was An Occasion - Professor Enrico Besco & Robert D. Murphy
43. photo - Harry Blackstone, Jr. & Walter B. Gibson
44. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
45. It's Never Too Late - Frances Marshall
46. April Foolery at The Tom-Foolery - Gordon Miller

1. The New Tops - Volume 19, Number 6 - June 1979 - 52 pages
1. Cover - Gerald Kosky
6. From the Paul LePaul's Notebooks - Bob Parrish
   • Chinese Discs and Lantern Trick
7. Contents
8. Cover Portrait - Gerald Kosky - by Hugh Riley
   • Jingle Bells - Gerald Kosky
10. Final Curtain
    • Eddie Fechter - by "Obie" O'Brien
11. Jump Sequence - Phil Goldstein
12. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
13. New Ways With Old Magic - Dr. Edmund E. Evans
16. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
17. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Clean-Cut Card Transposition
18. To You The Audience - poem - David James White 2nd
19. Views on Showmanship - Mark Brandyberry
    • The Opening
    • The Middle Game
    • The Climax and Conclusion
20. A Coffee Vase Routine - Bennett A. Kendig
20. Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
21. A Tribute to Howard Thurston - Series 12, Part 14 - Robert E. Olson
    • Imps, Bugs and Good Luck - Publicity Posters
23. Clownin' Aroun' - Daren Dundee
    • Center Ring
    • Prop Trunk
      • Canned Laughter
    • Clown Alley
      • Bosko The Clown (Bob Conrad)
24. two "Le Grand David" advertising pieces
26. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • Items Worth Noting
      • Blueprint - now published by Murray Cooper & Gerry McCreanor
      • World-Wide Wizards - a new periodical is starting
    • New Tricks, Books 'N Things I've Seen
      • Astral Projection - Stephen Tucker
      • The Twilight Zone - Stephen Tucker
      • Rat Traps - Emerson & West
      • Hannan [Hamman] Eggs - Emerson & West
      • The Whole Thing - Larry West
      • Mystery Door Penetration - D. Robbins & Co.
      • Dynamic Coin - D. Robbins & Co.
      • Getting Down to Business - Mister Z Magic Enterprises
      • Out of Your Tree - Mister Z Magic Enterprises
      • Only Webster "Noahs" For Sure - Lex Zaleta
      • Magician Bumper Stickers - Mile High Magic Supply
      • Jumbo Big Money Six Bill Repeat - Mile High Magic Supply
      • Vanishing Hindu Boy on Rope - Mile High Magic Supply
      • Magician's Assistant Diplomas - Mile High Magic Supply
      • Yellow Pages Magic- Hans Witt
      • Alla-Kazam, Vol. 1 No. 2 - periodical
      • Conrad's Chalk Talk Cartoons - Conrad Productions
      • Also Colombini's Rings Supreme - Ganson Teach-In Series
      • Rink's Magic from Holland - Supreme reprint
      • The Osman Thumb Tie - Supreme
      • Menta Box - Supreme
      • Color Transfer - Supreme
      • Chopper Capers - Walt Hudson & Mark Walker
      • Abracassetta No. 10, March
      • Abracassetta No. 11, April
      • Magicassette Billy McComb Vols. 3 and 4
      • The Yellow Book of Mentalism - Phil Goldstein
30. The Care and Feeding of a Magician - John Todman and Betty
31. From the Tip of My Thumb
32. Another Premonition - Edward Marlo
33. 5th Annual "Winter Carnival of Magic" - John Hopkins
35. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
36. New Arrival
    • Nathan Groat Sherwood born to John and Marti Sherwood
36. The New Tops - Advertising Terms
37. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Tops' 'Young Guy' Magicians of the Month - The Magical Verbas (Don and Debbie)
    • Top Prophet Dept.
39. The Battle Creek Magic Club's First Annual "Magical Fantasies" - Merritt Tumanis
40. Bet-A-Buck Aces - Jim Lucier
41. photo - re: Vince Carmen
42. Gimmicks, Gadgets & Optical Illusions - Robert E. Olson
    • Pagoda Glass Vanish
43. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • in mentalism ask for an amount of money rather than 4 digits - Jerry Fulton
    • first addition does not match, but then add in sales tax
44. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
45. Abbott's Magic Talent Contest
46. Magic for the Gospel Magician - Ralph C. Mills
    • Hell & Life paper cutting routine
47. It's Never Too Late - Frances Marshall
47. Magical Musings - Esther Olson
48. Magic-Up-Date - Richard Greeno
    • Tom Ogden - tour route
    • Magictime USA - tour route
    • David Ginn - Lecture Tour
    • Bob Reams - mall schedule
48. Monk Watson Improving

1. The New Tops - Volume 19, Number 7 - July 1979 - 52 pages
1. Cover - 1979 Get-Together Performers - Falkenstein & Willard - Hank Moorehouse - Gene Anderson - Stan Kramien
7. Contents
8. Pets 'N Prestidigitation - Hal Diamond
10. Clownin' Aroun' - Daren Dundee
    • Center Ring
    • Prop Trunk
      • pushing an assistant trough a bottomless bucket
11. Gimmicks, Gadgets & Optical Illusions - Robert E. Olson
    • Gimmick Case
13. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
14. [two] Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
15. This Business of Magic - Thomas Zoss
    • Those Festivals Are Good Business for Talented Entertainers
    • Get Some "Good Times" Insurance
    • Finding New Customers
16. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • tip for Fantasio Appearing Cane - Chris LaReau
17. Views on Showmanship - Mark Brandyberry
    • Audience Participation Part I (An Overview)
18. Vent Views - Colonel Bill Boley
    • Take It or Leave It - Red Colteaux
19. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
21. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
22. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
23. It's Never Too Late - Frances Marshall
26. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • Glancing Through the Magazines
      • Magicol
      • Magic Sounds, Winter & Spring
      • The Blue Print
      • Current Comedy
      • New Pentagram, February thru May
      • Genii, February thru April
      • Hocus Pocus, No. 4
      • Mystics Quarterly
      • Magigram
      • Legerdemain, October thru December
      • Magic Info, May-June & July-August
      • The Chronicles, Nos. 11-14
      • Interlocutor, Nos. 27-30
      • Karl Fulves - New Manuscripts - listing
      • Magick
      • Boston Barnstormer
      • Hade-E-Memo
      • The Blinking Ring
      • The Spellbinder
      • Larry Arcuri - Houdini portfolio
      • Yogi-Gram
      • Bat Droppings
      • The Dancing Cuckoos News Reels
      • The Red Rag
      • Magicana
      • Top Hat
      • Center Stage
      • Hav-A-Laff Bulletin
    • New Tricks, Books and Things
      • Silver Sanctu - Perfect Magic
      • Bewildered - Perfect Magic
      • The Real Svengali Pitch - Tommy Windsor - new edition - Lee Jacobs
      • Phoenix Theatre of Magic - poster - Lee Jacobs
      • Folded in Fresno - poster - Lee Jacobs
      • Lee Grabel - poster - Lee Jacobs
      • Doug Henning Water Torture Escape - poster - Lee Jacobs
      • The Journal of Magic History, Vol. 1 No. 1
      • Named Reverse - Ken Stoker
      • Walt Madison's Gems - Emerson & West
      • Peter Kane's Mimics - Emerson & West
      • Goldstein's Gallery - Phil Goldstein
      • A New Look at the Okito Box - Ganson Teach-In Series
      • Bernard's Lesson on Coin Magic - Ganson Teach-In Series
      • Encyclopedia of Impromptu Magic - Martin Gardner
      • Harold Taylor, Vols 1 & 2 - Magicassette
      • Abracassetta No. 12 , May
30. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Two Known & Two Unknown
31. Magic for the Gospel Magician - Ralph C. Mills
    • About Face - paper tearing
32. From the Tip of My Thumb
32. Magical Musings - Esther Olson
    • Carmen
33. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Tops' 'Young Guy' Magician of the Month - Charles Windley
34. Robinson's Mysteries at International Convention of Magicians
35. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
37. A Tribute to Howard Thurston - Series 13, Part 1 - Robert E. Olson
    • Closing Numbers
    • The Forty Five Minute Show
    • Two Boxes
39. New Ways With Old Magic - Dr. Edmund E. Evans
41. Abbott's 1979 Magic Talent Contest
42. Magic-Up-Date - Richard Greeno
    • Bob Reams - mall schedule
    • Tom Ogden - lecture tour
43. On the Road ... with the Amazing Conklins
43. In Memoriam - Dr. Zina B. Bennett - from Suzy Wandas Bennett
44. Out of My Mind - Looking Into Things Mental and Psychic - Micky Hades
45. Next Month's Tops
46. Abbott's 42nd Annual Magic Get-Together - poem - Esther Olson

1. The New Tops - Volume 19, Number 8 & 9 - August & September 1979 - 64 pages
1. Cover - Howard Bamman
7. Final Curtain
   • Oscar J. Kamleiter - by William Brewe
7. New Arrival
   • Charles Joseph Myrick II born to Charles and Donna Myrick
7. Contents
8. Cover Portrait - Howard Bamman alias Howard Edward Paul - by Natalie A'Tired
11. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • miscellaneous
      • Taurus Magic Supply CO. - lists
      • Hank Lee - advertising
      • Ron Allesi - list
      • Le Grand David Spectacular Magic Show - advertising
      • Index to Mental-Wise - Craige Snader, Jr.
      • Craige Snader, Jr. - catalog
    • New Books and Tricks
      • Bill Severn's Big Book of Close-Up Magic
      • 50 Ways to Have Fun with Old Newspapers - Bill Severn
      • Promoting You and Me - David Ginn
      • Theatrical Magic - Gene Gloye
      • More Magic with Dots - Micky Hades International
      • The Art of Escape - Vol. 1 - [A Modern Handcuff Act] - John Novak
      • The Art of Escape - Vol. 2 - Selected Chain Escapes - John Novak
      • The Art of Escape - Vol. 3 - Metamorphosis and Essays on Other Escapes - John Novak
      • The Art of Escape - Vol. 4 - Escapes from a Straight Jacket6 - John Novak
      • Jack in the Box - Karl Fulves
      • Inner Sanctum - Karl Fulves
      • The Nyria Effect - Karl Fulves
      • Card Under Glass - Karl Fulves
      • Cryptology - Karl Fulves
      • Thayer Instruction Sheets, Volume 1 - Glenn G. Gravatt, compiler
      • Triple Color Cups and Balls - Leo Leslie
      • More Fun with Balloons - Van Dyke
      • Troublewit Routines - Ken de Courcy & Bill West
      • Carabet [sic] Card Divinations - Billy McComb & Ken de COurcy
      • Tri-Ception - D. Robbins & Co.
      • George Blake - Magicassette
16. Views on Showmanship - Mark Brandyberry
    • Audience Participation Part II
      • 1. Volunteers Should be Volunteers
      • 2. Volunteers Should be Used Wisely
      • 3. The Magician Should be Directive to the Assistant
      • 4. A Volunteer Should be Treated with Complete Respect
17. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Tops' 'Young Guy' Magician of the Month - Michel Poirier
    • Getting Started
18. From the Tip of My Thumb
19. This Business of Magic - Thomas Zoss
    • Are You Covered?
20. Tom-Foolery - Tom Mullica
21. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
22. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
    • bits to introduce a recipe effect
24. So You Want to be an Escape Artist! - John Novak
25. [two] Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
26. Magic for the Gospel Magician - Ralph C. Mills
    • About Face - continued
27. Magical Musings - Esther Olson
    • 1979
28. Hoosier Houdini Breaks World Record [Bob Redmon] - Richard Greeno
29. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • The No-Clue Eliminator
30. Pets 'N Prestidigitation - Hal Diamond
31. Sixteen New Effects - Tom Hubbard
    31. 1 - Paging the Professor
    31. 2 - The Malini Bag - Notes
    32. 3 - Poker Mental Plus
    33. 4 - Trost, Rogers and Us
    33. 5 - Pretence [sic]
    34. 6 - Duplex Force
    34. 7 - Duplex Control
    35. 8 - Duplex Shuffle
    35. 9 - The Gilbreath Separation
    36. 10 - Control Cutting
    36. 11 - A Little Movement Up
    37. 12 - Anticipation Aces
    37. 13 - One Cut
    38. 14 - The Perfect Cut
    38. 15 - Ultra
    39. 16 - Leaders and Followers
40. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
42. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
43. Gimmicks, Gadgets & Optical Illusions - Robert E. Olson
    • The Jumping Corks
44. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • tip for when clowns need to be active while children are being fed - Bob Logan
45. A Tribute to Howard Thurston - Series 13, Part 2 - Robert E. Olson
    • Stature
    • Balloons from Hat
46. Vent Views - Colonel Bill Boley
    • The Big Sport - Richard Oden
47. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
48. Final Curtain
    • North Bigbee
49. Richiardi "Magician of the Year" in New York City - Annual Salute to Magic - S.A.M. Parent Assembly - Bob Coleman
50. Out of My Mind - Looking Into Things Mental and Psychic - Micky Hades
    • Die-Abolo Symbol Prediction - Bob Brethen
51. Magic-Up-Date - Richard Greeno
    • Reams - mall Schedule
    • Tom Ogden - lecture & show tour
52. Boston's 40th Annual "Magicale" - Fred Jensen
53. Clownin' Aroun' - Daren Dundee
    • Center Ring
    • Prop Trunk
      • Self-Healing Table
54. Micky Hades' Festival - Magic Fun & Film Festival/79 Report
56. In Memoriam - Percy Abbott
57. The Devil's Oven - David Drake
57. The New Tops - Advertising Terms
58. Hocus Pocus, Its Magic - A Television Special - Chris Tower

1. The New Tops - Volume 19, Number 10 - October 1979 - 56 pages
1. Cover - June Horowitz
7. Contents
8. Cover Portrait - All in the Family ... Close Up: June Horowitz - by Howard Silbar
10. Pets 'N Prestidigitation - Hal Diamond
11. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Starting Out (Part Two)
12. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
13. American Museum of Magic
14. Abbott's 42nd Get-Together - poem - Esther Olson
15. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • M.U.M. Miracle
15. Emcee Stuff - Lawrence Arcuri
16. So You Want to be an Escape Artist! - John Novak
17. Burling Hull now 91 - Editor
17. 8x10 Get-Together Photos - for sales - Jim Hanning
18. Magic for the Gospel Magician - Ralph C. Mills
    • About Face - Part Three
19. Firesign - Phil Goldstein
20. New Arrival
    • Miss Ellen Martha Hopkins born to John and Pat Hpkins
21. Final Curtain
    • Anne Gwynne - by Frances Marshall
23. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
25. Views on Showmanship - Mark Brandyberry
    • Audience Participation Part 3
26. Clownin' Aroun' - Daren Dundee
    • Center Ring
    • Prop Trunk
      • Spookyrise
27. The Fifty Dollar Convention - A Real Buy! [re: Abbott's Get-Together] - Frances Marshall
    29. photos - Wednesday Night
    31. photos - Thursday Night
    33. photos - Friday Night
    35. photos - Saturday Night
    39. photos - Special Benefit Matinee
    39. photos - 1979 Award Winners
    41. photos - Magic Talent Contest Winners
    41. photos - 1979 Close-Up Afternoon
34. From the Tip of My Thumb
36. "Le Grand David" Stars and Cast Attend Get-Together
37. Final Curtain
    • Robert Hurt - by Richard Greeno
38. 1979 Magic Talent Contest - poem - Esther Olson
40. Final Curtain
    • Dr. James J. Shreve - by Gene Ferguson
    • Marshall Weinstein
42. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • miscellaneous
      • Gamalo Levitation
      • Houdini plate
      • The New England Entertainment Digest
    • Books, Tricks 'N Things
      • Index for "The Annals of Conjuring" by Sydney Wrangel Clarke - Peter Warlock
      • Quantum Leaps - Harry Lorayne
      • Spook Shows on Parade - Mark Walker
      • How to Haunt a House - Mark Walker
      • The Very Best of Cups and Balls - Frank Garcia
      • The Sherlock Holmes Force Book - Magico Magazine
      • Harbincadabra - Robert Harbin
      • Teasers and Ticklers - Dan Garrett
      • Supershells - Master of Magic Series No. 2 - Gary Oulette
      • Old & Used Books - listing - Micky Hades
      • How to Make Flashes Bangs and Puffs - Micky Hades
      • Professional Ventriloquial Figures - catalog - Show Biz Services
      • Refreshments - Ian Sutz
      • Depndelite - Magiuc Ian
      • How to Present a Jailbreak and Other Miracles - James Randi - Magicassette
      • Abracasetta, June
      • Abracasetta, July
      • 50 More Modern Card Tricks - Glenn Gravatt
46. In Memoriam - Harry Houdini
47. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
49. Vent Views - Colonel Bill Boley
    • Abbott's Get-Together and Vent-O-Rama
    • 1979 Ventriloquist Convention - Sponsored by Vent Haven Museum
50. Magic-Up-Date - Richard Greeno
    • Tom Ogden - lecture tour
    • Magic Time USA - tour route
51. Divad - Magician - Illusionist - David Seebach

1. The New Tops - Volume 19, Number 11 - November 1979 - 52 pages
1. Cover - Gordon Miller
7. Contents
8. Cover Portrait - M.G.M. - Michael Gordon Miller - by Neil Foster
9. Magic-Up-Date - Richard Greeno
   • Magictime USA - tour route
   • Tom Ogden - lecture tour
10. Darwin's "Color Changing Dove" - Ron Ferris
10. Magicians in Las Vegas
11. Gimmicks, Gadgets & Optical Illusions - Robert E. Olson
    • Mysto Magic Revisited Part 2
12. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
13. Thank You - from Recil Bordner
14. A Tribute to Howard Thurston - Series 13, Part 2 - Robert E. Olson
    • Boosting the Amateur Magician
    • The Mummy Case
16. So You Want to be an Escape Artist! - John Novak
18. Out of My Mind - Looking Into Things Mental and Psychic - Micky Hades
19. Trap Ease - Phil Goldstein
20. On the Road ... with the Amazing Conklins
21. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • handling for solid cup for Cups and Balls - Jerry Fulton
22. Clownin' Aroun' - Daren Dundee
    • Center Ring
    • Prop Trunk
      • Straw Circus
    • Clown Alley
      • Freddie The Magic Clown (Guy Frederick)
23. Views on Showmanship - Mark Brandyberry
    • Limitations
24. In Memoriam - The Great Blackstone
25. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • miscellaneous
      • Houdini Research Committee's Report - Magico Magazine
      • Silk King Studios - catalog
      • Robert Keyser - lists
      • Paul Diamond - Super Sale specials
      • Small Magic from Texas- Wilbur Kattner
      • The Magic Room - list
      • Micky Hades - list
      • Perfect Magic - list
      • Oran B. Dent - used books, etc.
      • Karl Fulves - list
      • El Duco - brochure
      • Steve Spain - list
      • LaaWin's House of Magic - List 139
    • New Boos and Booklets
      • The Ramsay Classics - Andrew Galloway
      • Falsch - Zahl - Methoden - Reinhard Muller
      • Elastrix - Ed Mishell & Abe Hurwitz
      • The Craft of Magic - Charles J. Pecor
      • Pandora 2 - Al Mann
      • Lecture Notes - Emil Loew
      • The Harry Houdini Souvenir Program - Lee Jacobs Antique Jewels Seris
      • What Lee Jacobs Didn't Tell You About the 75 Foot Challenge Rope Escape - John Novak
      • The Two-Sided Trick Book - Robert Heger
      • Effects with the Card Index - Mark Weston
      • Thanks for the Help! - Ken de Courcy
      • The Idiot at the Card Table - Val Andrews
      • Inside Magic - Bob Bell
    • New Tricks for Sale
      • Houdini Escapes Again - Jame Swoger
      • Color Changing Matchbook - Matt Martin
      • Rink's Rope Miracle - Micky Hades International
    • Tape Talkery
      • jokes for public speakers - cassette - Mike Delaney - again
      • The Speech-Maker - quarterly - "Mick" Delaney
      • Amadeo Magicassette Archive Series - George Schindler
      • Abracassetta, August
30. Tom-Foolery - Tom Mullica
33. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Fifteen Card Mystery
34. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Getting Started (Part 3)
35. Vent Views - Colonel Bill Boley
    • The Song - Bob Bittner
36. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
38. This Business of Magic - Thomas Zoss
    • Thanking the Town, or, Using the Bandwagon Approach
39. Midwest Magic Jubilee - Jim Nagel
40. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • flash paper with vanishing candles - Ted Colteaux
41. "Grand Illusion" - A Magical Musical Review - reviewed by Phil Temple
42. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
45. Thank You - from Velma Hurt
46. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
46. The New Tops - Advertising Terms

1. The New Tops - Volume 19, Number 12 - December 1979 - 52 pages
1. Cover - Mark Brandyberry
6. Your Editor's Swan Song - Neil Foster
7. Contents
8. Cover Portrait - Mark Brandyberry - by Neil Foster
10. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • miscellaneous
      • Magi - periodical from Denmark
      • Editions, Techniques du Spectacle - circulars
      • Thimble Magic - Girard Majax
      • Supreme Magic - catalog
      • advertising - Tannens, Hank Lee, Micky Hades International & Lee Jacobs
    • A Few Words About the Magazines
      • Magick
      • Genii
      • The Chronicles
      • Interlocutor
      • New Image L'Majik Satirica
      • The Numismatic Newsletter
      • Current Comedy
      • The Blue Print
      • Magigram
      • Hocus Pocus
      • New Pentagram
      • Mystics Quarterly
      • Legerdemain
      • Magic Info
      • The Talon
      • Magic Sounds
      • Boston Barnstormer
      • Magicteen's Minizene
      • Top Hat
      • Yogi-Gram
      • The Wizard's Potpourri
      • Washington Wizards
      • Bat Droppings
      • The Spellbinder
      • The Red Tag
      • Magic Manuscript
      • Hade-E-Memo
      • The Christian Conjurer
      • Center Stage
      • S.E.E. Newsletter (Self Employed Entertainers)
      • Magicana
      • Magicol
      • Periodical for Collecting Conjurers
      • The Journal of Magic History, Vol. 1, No. 2
      • Abracadabra
    • Tricks, Books and Tapes
      • Stretching Wand - Al's Magic Shop
      • Shaggy Dog Tale - Larry West
      • Know Fuling - Larry West
      • Soup to Nuts - Jim Callan
      • The Skeleton Key - Ed Hill
      • African Ring Mystery - Magic Room
      • Twisting the Jokers - Ronnay
      • False Alarm - Ronnay
      • The cheap Detective - Pete Lentini
      • The Amazing Secret - Bob Mason
      • Fantastic 9 - Bob Mason
      • Mephisto's Dove Harness - Perfect Magic
      • Mephisto's Multiplying Silks to Dove - Perfect Magic
      • Magic on Wry - Jack Paul
      • Variations on an E.S.P. Theme - Russell J. Hall
      • Fun with Balloons - Van Dyke
      • Mental Miracles - The Great Dellini
      • Make Book on It - Al Desmond
      • It Takes Guts, Dammit! - Paul Diamond
      • Abracassetta No. 16, September
      • The Incredible Dr. Jaks - Magicassette
15. Pets 'N Prestidigitation - Hal Diamond
    • From a Little Rabbit - poem foir "Fun Card" - Bill (Bambay) Barvin
16. So You Want to be an Escape Artist! - John Novak
18. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Jack Watson's 7-Up Routine
    • Fifteen Card Mystery
19. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
20. From the Tip of My Thumb
21. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
23. Final Curtain
    • Mrs. Elizabeth Martin
24. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Tops' 'Young Guy' Magician of the Year - Richard Ballen
    • Getting Started (Part Four)
25. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
26. Salla's Magical Masterpiece - Dale Salwak
28. Darwin's Dove Crunch
29. On the Road ... with the Amazing Conklins - Jerry Conklin
30. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
31. The New Tops - Advertising Terms
32. Vent Views - Colonel Bill Boley
    • Hi-Yo Gold - Richard Oden
33. It's Never Too Late - Frances Marshall
34. Views on Showmanship - Mark Brandyberry
34. cartoon - Ed Harris
35. Pinsertion - Phil Goldstein
36. photo - re: Jim Holt
37. Magic for the Gospel Magician - Ralph C. Mills
    • ball release from rope
38. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
40. Clownin' Aroun' - Daren Dundee
    • Center Ring
    • Prop Trunk
      • Dancing Crayon
    • Clown Alley
      • Homer The Clown (Don Burda)
41. Tom-Foolery - Tom Mullica
43. El Maravilloso Mundo de la Magia - Arlene Louie
44. Magical Musings - Esther Olson
    • Christmas Magic ... Wow!
45. This Business of Magic - Thomas Zoss
    • Remember Your History, Add Nostalgia to Your Act
45. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • book table - Jimenex Martinex
46. A Tribute to Howard Thurston - Series 13, Part 3 - Robert E. Olson
    • Thomas Chew Worthington, III
    • Thurston Love Code
    • The Talking Skull
48. Magic-Up-Date - Richard Greeno
    • Magictime USA - tour route
    • Tom Ogden - lecture tour
    • Le Grand David - show schedule

Publisher: Abbott Magic