New Tops Volume 20 (1980)
by Gordon Miller

Recil Bordner, Publisher
Gordon Miller, Editor

681 pages

1. The New Tops - Volume 20, Number 1 - January 1980 - 54 pages
1. Cover - Three New Features
5. Contents
6. Sampler
   • The Vicious Triangle - Eddie Joseph - reprinted from "Coin & Money Magic"
7. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
8. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
10. Vent Views - Colonel Bill Boley
    • Down on the Farm - John J. Bogorae
11. It's Never Too Late - Frances Marshall
12. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
14. Clownin' Aroun' - Daren Dundee
    • Center Ring
    • Prop Trunk
      • Rare Fruit Collection
    • Clown Alley
      • Bobby The Clown (Robert pope)
15. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
17. El Maravilloso Mundo de la Magia - Arlene Louie - continued
18. Pets 'N Prestidigitation - Hal Diamond
19. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Getting Started (Part Five)
20. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • A Startling Revelation
20. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • Trik-A-Tapes
21. TrendSetter - Phil Goldstein
22. Press Release - re: Proclamation of "Magic Week" in Oregon
22. Magic-Up-Date - Richard Greeno
23. Magic for the Gospel Magician - Ralph C. Mills
    • Key-R-Rect effect
24. Out of My Mind - Looking Into Things Mental and Psychic - Micky Hades
    • Mental Marriage - Stephen Skomp
25. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • miscellaneous
      • lists - Ron Allesi, Robert Nelson, Steve Spain, Micky Hades International, Meyer Books, Tannen, Karl Fulves
      • News and Notes - Busby Corin, Inc.
      • Supreme Super News
      • Magic, Inc. - book catalogs Nos. 1 thru 4 & Catalog No. 21
      • Bev Bergeron - list of Burling Hull books and props
    • Books, Tricks, Tapes 'N Things
      • Another Book - Karrell Fox
      • Troublewit Simplified, Ideas, Routines and Patter - Herb Morrissey, compiler
      • Sleight Unseen - Martin Nash
      • 2500 Jokes - Robert Orben
      • The Close-Up Magic of Danny Tong - Magic Art Book Co.
      • Variations - Earl Nelson
      • Lecture Notes by Cy Keller
      • Creation - Bob Mason & Gen Grant
      • Prediction - Bob Mason
      • Simplicity, Audacity and Bluff - Val Andrews
      • Marcom Presents Magic - Magic, Inc.
      • Cycle - Phil Goldstein
      • Snow - Phil Goldstein
      • Tearable - Phil Goldstein
      • Polish Poker - Nick rost
      • Bunny Topper - Alan Kennaugh
      • Terry Seabrooke, Vol. 2 - Magicassette
      • Abracassetta, October
      • Abracassetta, November
30. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
    • Comparing
32. Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
33. Tipsy Turvy Production Box - Joel Ross
34. Flashback!
    • Karrell Fox's Korny-Bill-Kollection
36. Gimmicks, Gadgets & Optical Illusions - Robert E. Olson
    • The Checker Cabinet
    • The Haunted Cabinet and Blocks of Quong Hi
    • In Defense of Gospel Magic - Robert J. Zoerman, Jr.
    • Letter From The Editor - Gordon Miller
    • Changing of the Editor - poem - Esther Olson
    • S.B.I [Special Bonus Insert] Vol. 1 No. 1
      • Hindu Ring Mystery - Eddie Joseph

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1. The New Tops - Volume 20, Number 2 - February 1980 - 54 pages
1. Cover - features
3. Contents
4. Presenting
   • Real Gone Aces, Method No. 9 - Ed Marlo
8. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
   • bit of business for Cups and Balls - Paul Fishman
9. On the Road ... with the Amazing Conklins
9. New Arrival
   • Bellamie Gay Blackstone born to Harry and Gay Blackstone
10. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
11. Out of My Mind - Looking Into Things Mental and Psychic - Micky Hades
13. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Starting Out (Part Six)
14. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
16. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • The Phantom Fifth!
17. Magic for the Gospel Magician - Ralph C. Mills
    • Abbott's Botaniette effect - Dan Matter
18. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
20. Final Curtain
    • Millie Bouton
21. It's Never Too Late - Frances Marshall
21. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
22. Flashback!
    • The Linking Clips - Tom Osborne
24. Sampler
    • Walking Thru A Keyhole - Ormond McGill - reprinted from "21 Gems"
25. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • miscellaneous
      • Paul Diamond's Magic Shop - catalog
      • La Wain - used magic list
    • A Glance at the New Tricks, Books, Tapes 'N Things
      • Ventriloquism: Magic with Your Voice - George Schindler
      • How to Make $ Clowning - Kibbey the Clown
      • Dewey's Gospel Balloon Routines - Ralph Dewey
      • Dewey's New Balloon Animals - Ralph Dewey
      • A Guide to Increasing Your Money Magic Power - Mariano Palhinha - Publicity and Promotion Series No. 17 - Lee Jacobs Productions
      • Willard thee Wizard - poster - Lee Jacobs Productions
      • Genillusions - Micky Hades International
      • From Mephisto's Notebook - C. W. Vermeys
      • O-I-C-U-F-E-S-P - Howard Adams
      • O-I-C-U-F-E-S-P - Volume 2 - Howard Adams
      • The Houdini Birth Research Committee's Report - Larry Arcuri
      • Ibidem 36
      • Aziz - periodical
      • A New Look at Card Fans - Lewis Ganson - Teach-In Series
      • Werry's Fantastic Thimbles - Lewis Ganson's Teach-In Series
      • above with thimbles - Supreme
      • Mighty Moth - Repro 71
      • Lockets - Repro 71
      • Cash Galore - Peter Kane
      • Floating Lady - Hiroshi Kondo
      • Silks and Drinks - Sam Berland
      • Cards and Coins - Sam Berland
      • Sleeving ... How to Do it ... What to Do with it - Magic, Inc.
      • Sid Lorraine - Magicassette
      • The Patter of Magic Feats by John Wade - Magicassette
30. Trend Bender! - Phil Goldstein
32. Pets 'N Prestidigitation - Hal Diamond
33. This Business of Magic - Thomas Zoss
    • Considering How to Modernize Your Act or ... Are You Out of Date?
34. Final Curtain
    • Vic Torsberg
35. Magic-Up-Date - Richard Greeno
36. Vent Views - Colonel Bill Boley
    • Blazing Arrows - Richard Oden
37. So You Want to be an Escape Artist! - John Novak
39. Tom-Foolery - Tom Mullica
42. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
43. Abbott's Magic Talent Contest - Neil Foster
44. Opinion
    • Dr. Larry Kettlehake
45. Tenko - by Geoffrey Hansen
1. S.B.I [Special Bonus Insert] Vol. 1 No. 2
   • Milk-Glass-Coins - Eddie Joseph

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1. The New Tops - Volume 20, Number 3 - March 1980 - 54 pages
1. Cover - cartoon by R. Smith
3. Contents
4. Tom-Foolery - Tom Mullica
6. Doty? - poem - Gordon Miller
7. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
   • Color-Eureka - Improved
8. Magic for the Gospel Magician - Ralph C. Mills
   • Abbott's Squaring the Circle effect
   • My Sins Are Gone
9. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
   • Mysto the Magician Likes ...
10. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
11. Dear Neil, Thank You!! M- George B. Anderson
12. Flashback!
    • T-3 Multiple Prediction - Tom Batchelor
13. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
15. This Business of Magic - Thomas Zoss
    • Catching Up with Your Act
16. Sampler
    • impromptu lit cigarette thru handkerchief and then rises - reprinted from "Cigarette Tricks & Gags"
17. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Getting Started (Part Seven)
19. Pets 'N Prestidigitation - Hal Diamond
20. Out of My Mind - Looking Into Things Mental and Psychic - Micky Hades
    • MENTALmorphosis - Bob Brethen
21. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • easy DIY table - Mark J. Brown
21. Abbott's Magic Talent Contest - Neil Foster
21. cartoon
22. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
22. cartoon
24. On the Road ... with the Amazing Conklins
25. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • miscellaneous
      • Lists - Show-Biz Services, Ron Allesi, Hank Lee, Tannen, Magic Methods, Byron Walker, O'Dowd, Lewis Kohrs & Tad Wre
    • Books, Tricks, Tapes 'N Things
      • Magic from the Parade - Phil Wilmarth Lecture Notes
      • Bernard's Lessons in Dice Stacking - Lewis Ganson - Teach-In Series
      • The Lecture Notes of Bill Nagler, M.D.
      • Lines, Quips and Ad Libs - Bill Nagler, M.D.
      • The Children's Nightmare - Bill Nagler, M.D.
      • Final Call - Roy Johnson
      • Val Evan's Stop Trick of Tomorrow - Chas. Eastman & Lee Jacobs
      • Cottontail Capers - Walt Hudson
      • Coffee, Tea, or Magic - Larry Brodahl & Walt Hudson
      • New Thoughts for Old - T. A. Waters
      • Clowning Around for Children - Jack Collins (Weedy the Clown)
      • Charlie Miller on the Card Index - Magic, Inc.
      • How to Give a Magic Lecture - Val Andrews
      • Strangest of the Strange - Jerry Masters' Magic
      • Deja Vu - Jerry Masters' Magic
      • Mental Miracle - Jerry Masters' Magic
      • Sixth Sense - Jerry Masters' Magic
      • Real ESP - Jerry Masters' Magic
      • Mephisto's Gloves to Silks to Dove - Perfect Magic
      • Improved Stung Cards - Robbins Magic
      • Cloned - Ronnay
      • Lop-Sided Leader - Ronnay
      • Lewis Ganson, Vol. 1 & 2 - Magicassette
      • Abracasetta, December
      • Abracasetta, January
30. Metamor-Faces - Phil Goldstein
31. A Tribute to Howard Thurston - Series 13, Part 4 - Robert E. Olson
    • The Show goes On
    • Kellar
34. Gimmicks, Gadgets & Optical Illusions - Robert E. Olson
    • Mysto Magic Revisited Part 3 - Topsy-Turvy Match
36. So You Want to be an Escape Artist! - John Novak
37. Magic Becomes Theatre - Neil Foster
38. Viewpoint! - Mark Brandyberry
    • Magic - As Never Before
39. Vince Carmen - Robert E. Olson
40. Magic-Up-Date - Richard Greeno
41. Gimmicks, Gadgets & Optical Illusions - Robert E. Olson
    • REO's Checker Cabinet
45. Magic of Cabot Street - poem - Nancy Greeno
1. S.B.I [Special Bonus Insert] Vol. 1 No. 3
   • The "Drop-See" Ring Mystery - Stewart James

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1. The New Tops - Volume 20, Number 4 - April 1980 - 54 pages
1. Cover - Trevor Lewis
3. Contents
4. Kardyro's Klose-Up Konjuring
   • Kardyro on Klose-Up
   • Opening Remarks & Close-Up Views
   • Table Invitations
   • Close-Up Quickies
   • Getting Tips - Fees, Tips, Etc.
   • Items at the Close-Up Table
8. Flashback!
   • Continuous Card Fans - Percy Abbott
10. Sampler
    • A Matchless Packet - reprinted from "Between Cocktails"
10. Abbott's Magic Talent Contest - Neil Foster
11. Magic for the Gospel Magician - Ralph C. Mills
    • Sword Thru Neck routine Dr. Jerry Burgess
12. On the Road ... with the Amazing Conklins
13. Darwin's Dove Creation #1
13. Darwin's Dove Creation #2
14. Darwin's Changing Dove - Darwin & Wharton
14. Gimmicks, Gadgets & Optical Illusions - Robert E. Olson
    • The Repeat Vanishing and Appearing Candle
    • The Repeat Vanishing and Appearing Candle Part 2
    • The Repeat Vanishing and Appearing Candle Part 3
    • The Repeat Vanishing and Appearing Candle Part 4
17. So You Want to be an Escape Artist! - John Novak
19. A Tribute to Howard Thurston - Series 13, Part 5 - Robert E. Olson
    • Thurston's Wife Dies and Their Daughter Gives Their Act
    • Shot from a Gun
21. [two] Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
22. Eggs-actly - poem - Esther Olson
22. Gwynne Memorial Fund
23. Magic-Up-Date - Richard Greeno
23. Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
24. Pets 'N Prestidigitation - Hal Diamond
25. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • Capsule Comment on Magazines Received
      • The Blue Print, Sept. '79 thru Feb. '80
      • Magic Info, Jan-Aug '79
      • The Chronicles, Nos. 19 & 20
      • Interlocutor 35 & 36
      • Magic Sounds, Nos. 28 & 29
      • Magick, Nos. 236 thru 243
      • The Journal of Magical History, No. 3
      • The New Pentagram, Nov. to Feb.
      • Magigram
      • Invocation, Issues 1-3
      • Legerdemain, Issue 25
      • Magicol, No. 53
      • Genii, January
      • Top Hat
      • Iliusionismo Brasil, October
      • The Magician Again, Christmas Issue
      • The New Oracle, Vol. 4, No. 5
      • The Hav-A-Laff Bulletin
      • Boston Barnstormer
      • Center Stage
      • Magic Manuscript, Nos. 3 & 4
      • Yogi-Gram
      • The Spellbinder
      • Magicteen's Minizene
      • Magico Magazine
      • The Numismatic Newsletter
    • From the Advertisers
      • Abbott's Magic CO. - folder
      • Magic Collector's Bulletin
      • Hade-E-Memo
      • Busby-Corin, Inc. - lists & catalog
      • The Raven Report - Anthony Raven
      • Lists - Lloyd Jones, Tannen's & Supreme
    • New Books, Tricks and Tapes
      • Instant Aces - Dick Goldshot
      • Shot in the Dark - Master Magic Co.
      • Just Another Magician? Hell No! [magic of Don Hudson] - Bill Nagler
      • M-2-3-4 - Bill Nagler
      • Close-Up Magic of the Masters - Jack Flosso, compiler
      • Buff's Leaflets - R. C. Buff
      • Super Unnatural - David Davis
      • Diamond's Aren't a Girl's Best Friend - Ken de Courcy
      • Bingo Divination - Marco DeMilo & Ken de Courcy
      • Modern Handcuff Secrets for Magicians - Dick Norman
      • The Bold Face Book Test - Samuel Gringras
      • clip art booklet - Ed Harris
      • Key Bending - Mark Walker
      • Dynamite Mentalism - George B. Anderson
      • Dizzy Dominoes - D. Robbins & Company
      • Magic Mike's Wizard Wands D. Robbins & Company
      • Solid Steel Blindfold - Micky Hades International
      • Harry Stanley - four Magicassettes
30. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
32. It's Never Too Late - Frances Marshall
33. This Business of Magic - Thomas Zoss
    • Adding that Touch of Class to Your Public Image
34. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • The Jack Comes Back
35. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Starting Out (Part Eight)
37. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
39. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • hockey player shoe laces instead of rope - Jerry Fulton
40. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
42. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
1. S.B.I [Special Bonus Insert] Vol. 1 No. 4
   • Scoop 'Em - Stewart James

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1. The New Tops - Volume 20, Number 5 - May 1980 - 62 pages
1. Cover - Caldwell, Page & Biro
5. Contents
6. Kardyro's Klose-Up Konjuring - continued
   • T.K.'s Brain Dazzler Supreme
   • T.K.'s Flip Move
   • The Ambitious Card
   • T.K.'s Count Move
   • Mentally Select One Card, Please
9. Pin-Promptu!!! - A Haunted Deck - Tom Gagnon
11. Sampler
    • Cigarette from Nowhere - William S. Houghton - reprinted from "The Magic 36"
12. Vent Views - Colonel Bill Boley
    • Hospital Daze - John J. Bogorae
13. Presenting
    • Choice of Oil or Water - Ed Marlo
17. Flashback!
    • Fold-Up Fooler - Duke Stern
18. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • miscellaneous
      • Nickel Saver - Scott York
      • Larry Jennings Card in Envelope Wallet - Busby- Corin, Inc.
      • Current Comedy
      • Pin-Credible - Ronald J. Dayton
      • John Machniak - catalog
      • Gems with Jumbo Cards - Harry Stanley
      • The Chinaman's Paper Caper - Howard A. Adams
      • The Chop Cup - Mark Wilson
      • Lovecraftian Ceremonies - Tony Raven
      • Thayer Catalog Instruction Sheets, Volume 2 - [Glenn Gravatt]
      • The Magic of Mike Bornstein - Magico Magazine
      • The Uncanny Power - Will Dexter
      • O-I-C-U-F-E-S-P - Volume 3 - Howard Adams
      • Slow Change Plumes - Sam Dalal
      • Big Magic for Little Kids - Joe "Micro" White
      • Magic with Feather Bouquets - Gene Gloye
      • Magical Puppeteer - Walt Hudson
      • Masque - Phil Goldstein
      • Rule of Thought - Arthur Setterington
      • Tell The You Saw Dante - Val Andrews - Magicassette
      • Abracasetta, February
23. A Tribute to Howard Thurston - Series 13, Part 6 - Robert E. Olson
    • The Nest of Trunks
25. On the Road ... with the Amazing Conklins
26. It's Never Too Late - Frances Marshall
27. cartoon - math - Ed Harris
27. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • transformation of coins to tiny coins - Bill Barvin (Bomby the Clown)
27. Letter From The Editor - re: Caldwell, Page & Biro - Gordon Miller
28. photos - Abbott's First Annual Close-Up Convention
30. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
32. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Getting Started (Part Nine)
    • Magician of the Month - Brian Jay Robinson
    • Important Note to Readers - re: Transition to Trying Times Magic
34. Out of My Mind - Looking Into Things Mental and Psychic - Micky Hades
35. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
37. Pets 'N Prestidigitation - Hal Diamond
38. The Siamese Billet - Phil Goldstein
38. The Siamese Dealer - Phil Goldstein
40. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Fast Aces
40. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
41. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
43. Viewpoint! - Mark Brandyberry
    • Close-Up - For the Masses
43. Abbott's Magic Talent Contest - Neil Foster
44. Magic-Up-Date - Richard Greeno
45. Magic for the Gospel Magician - Ralph C. Mills
    • Abbott's Travelling Block effect - Art Zachman
46. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
48. This Business of Magic - Thomas Zoss
    • There's No Free Lunch But There are Still Free Shows!
49. Tom-Foolery - Tom Mullica
1. S.B.I [Special Bonus Insert] Vol. 1 No. 5
   • Grand Finale Ribbon Cut - U. F. Grant

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1. The New Tops - Volume 20, Number 6 - June 1980 - 54 pages
1. Cover - Masters of Illusion ... Divad & Kramien
3. Contents
4. Kardyro's Klose-Up Konjuring - continued
   • T.K.'s Magapaddle
   • T.K.'s Copper & Silver Routine Supreme
7. Vent Views - Colonel Bill Boley
   • A Ghost of a Chance - Richard B. Oden
8. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
10. Sampler
    • Cut and Restored Rope - Loring Campbell - reprinted from "This is Magic"
11. Flashback!
    • Omnipresent Half-Dollar
12. Abbott's Vent-O-Rama
13. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • Looking at the New Tricks, Books ad Tapes
      • Hoe to Make Your Own Trick Handcuffs (and use them) - John Novak
      • follow-up on Val Evans Stop Trick of Tomorrow
      • Australian Torture Crib Escape - Mariano Palhinha
      • The "How To" Book of the Chop Cup - Merlyn T. Shute
      • Sure-Fire Magic - David Ginn
      • Keep It a Secret - David Ginn
      • The A.B.C. of Magic Sets - Hans Witt - quarterly
      • Two in the Hand and One in the Pocket - Lewis Ganson Teach-In Series
      • The Immaculate Card Magic of Walt Lees - Lewis Ganson, editor
      • Gardyloo - Ed Eckl
      • Bill Severn's Guide to Magic as a Hobby
      • Just for Starters - Val Andrews
      • Mindbending Magic - Richard Mark
      • 75 Ways to Use Your Clip Board John Philip Machniak & Stephano E. Jasperson
      • John Kennedy's Floating Dollar Bill
      • Nu-Way Cut and Restored Bill - Magico Magazine
      • Mental Heat - Micky Hades International
      • Floating Gimmick - A. D. Robbins
      • Improved Tipsy Bag - Sam Berland
      • Premonition Outdone - Stan Lobenstern
      • Flight of the Aces - Stan Lobenstern
      • Mentalmania - Stan Lobenstern
      • It's Easier Than You Think, Volume 3 - Geoffrey Buckingham
      • John Calvert's Torn and Restored Magazine - Magicassette
17. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
18. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Getting Started (Part Ten)
    • Magician of the Month - Bruce Johnson
    • Special Notice - re: John C. Cox
    • Very Special Notice - re: Transition to "Lost in the Forest" containing "Trying Times Magic"
20. Magic for the Gospel Magician - Ralph C. Mills
    • Tithing is Right and Rewarding - Art Zachman
20. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • picking up objects with your magic wand
21. It's Never Too Late - Frances Marshall
21. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
26. Tom-Foolery - Tom Mullica
30. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
31. Viewpoint! - Mark Brandyberry
32. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Jazz Aces - Revised
33. A Tribute to Howard Thurston - Series 13, Part 7 & 8 - Robert E. Olson
    • The Crusader Bit
    • Thurston Agrees to Face Spiritualist
    • Objection Upsets Spiritism Debates
    • Police Called, No Arrests
    • The Inexhaustible Cocoanut
    • Water Fountains
37. Elevator Faces - Phil Goldstein
39. Opinion
    • Would You Like to Come Up and Help Me? - Tom Hubbard
41. Pets 'N Prestidigitation - Hal Diamond
42. Magic-Up-Date - Richard Greeno
43. Out of My Mind - Looking Into Things Mental and Psychic - Micky Hades
    • Paddle Proof - Henrique
44. New Arrival
    • Emily Ann Zoss born to Thomas and Bernadette Zoss
44. Abbott's Magic Talent Contest - Neil Foster
45. [four] Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
1. S.B.I [Special Bonus Insert] Vol. 1 No. 6
   • Grant's Ring Off Ribbon

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1. The New Tops - Volume 20, Number 7 - July 1980 - 62 pages
1. Cover - Dennis & Peg Metz & Tom & Sherrie
5. Contents
6. Kardyro's Klose-Up Konjuring - continued
   • T.K.'s Three Shell Game Supreme
   • The Punch Ending Supreme
   • Kardyro's Klose-Up Konjuring Rules - Advice, Rules & Words of Wisdom
8. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
   • pouring a glass of wine which could be set on fire
8. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
9. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
   • miscellaneous
     • lists - Mike O'Dowd, Mario Carrandi, Steve Spain. Robert Nelson & Anthony Vander Linden
   • New Books, Tricks, Tapes and Things of Interest
     • Houdini poster - Lee Jacobs Productions
     • French Pasteboards - Bernard Bilis
     • Magic with a Smile - Ralph Dell
     • 25 Miniature Miracles (with miniature cards) - Supreme
     • Warren Stephens' Lecture Notes
     • Coins - Scott York
     • Cups and Balls - Scott York
     • Scott Your Lecture
     • The M.C. Bit Book - Algonquin McDuff
     • Fun with Cards - John Yeager
     • The Silver Passage - Gary Ouellet
     • The Hound of the Baskervilles - force book - Magico Magazine
     • Search for the Soul - Milbourne Christopher
     • Masters of the Ring - Gerald Edmundson
     • Bamboozle Sticks - Accent Products
     • Super Needled Balloon - Accent Products
     • Hid-A-Color - Accent Products
     • New Improved Color Changing Records - Chu's Magic Shop
     • Billy McComb, Volume 5 - Magicassette
     • A Traveller's Tale - Percy Press - Magicassette
     • Abracassetta, March & April issues
13. Cocktail Magic - re: show at Lawrry's restaurant
14. Sampler
    • a thimble effect - Duke Stern - reprinted from "Latest Thimble Magic"
15. Opinion
    • Henry B. Valleau
15. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • It's A Joke(r)!
16. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
18. Padding the Deck Switch - Tom Gagnon
20. Senior Citizen's Brunch and Party
21. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
23. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
24. Magic for the Gospel Magician - Ralph C. Mills
    • Super Needled Balloon effect - Jim Payne
25. Tom-Foolery - Tom Mullica
26. Viewpoint! - Mark Brandyberry
27. On the Road ... with the Amazing Conklins - Jerry Conklin
    • On The Road - Kevin Lowery
30. Final Curtain
    • Bob Downey (Robert McEldowney)
31. Flashback!
    • A Mental Problem - Harry A. Canar
31. School Assembly Shows - David James White II and Mitzi
32. Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
33. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Getting Started (Part 11)
    • Magician of the Month - Fred L. Walker
    • Important Note - re: Transition in November to "Lost in the Forest"
35. Vent Views - Colonel Bill Boley
    • I Love Looney - Richard Oden
36. Gimmicks, Gadgets & Optical Illusions - Robert E. Olson
    • Wooden Okito Box
    • Sleight-of-Thumb Move
37. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
39. Magic-Up-Date - Richard Greeno
40. A Tribute to Howard Thurston - Series 13, Part 9 - Robert E. Olson
    • The Vanishing Automobile
    • The Great Automobile Surprise or, Mystery of the Abbott-Detroit "30"
42. Presenting
    • Cards and Signature Transpo - Edward Marlo
43. Letter from Bob Nelson - re: Eskimo Effect - Muk Aluuk
43. New Arrival
    • Drew Gregory Bordner born to Greg and Debbie Bordner
44. So You Want to be an Escape Artist! - John Novak
45. Side by Side - Phil Goldstein
47. Pets 'N Prestidigitation - Hal Diamond
47. Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
48. It's Never Too Late - Frances Marshall
48. [two] Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
49. Silver Replacement - Ron Bauer
51. Letter From The Editor - re: Second Tom-Fooolery Bash - Gordon Miller
43. New Arrival
    • Sarah Jane Nagel born to Jim and Timi Nagel
1. S.B.I [Special Bonus Insert] Vol. 1 No. 7
   • Ribbon Rise

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1. The New Tops - Volume 20, Number 8 - August 1980 - 58 pages
1. Cover - Fantasio & Dale Salwwak
5. Contents
6. Introducing
   • Susan B.'s Diminishing Dollar - Ron Bauer
9. Flashback!
   • A Prize in Every Package - Sid Lorraine
11. Muk Aluuk Monte - Ed Marlo
15. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
17. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • miscellaneous
      • Robert Harbin Memorial Lecture Program - from Barry Gordon
    • A Quick Glance at the Magazines
      • Genii, February thru May
      • Hocus Pocus, Vol. 2, Nos. 1 & 2
      • The Chronicles, Nos. 21-24
      • Interlocutor, Nos. 37-40
      • The Journal of Magical History, April
      • Magigram, March thru June
      • The New Invocation, April
      • The Blue Print, Nos. 9 & 10
      • Magic Sounds, Spring
      • The New Pentagram, March thru June
      • Magick, Nos. 244-257
      • Abracadabra
      • Current Comedy
      • Calliope
      • Washington Wizards
      • Magico Magazine
      • Yogi-Gram
      • Magic Manuscript
      • The Magic Dealer
      • Top Hat
      • Bat Droppings
      • Boston Barnstormer
      • Magicol, No. 54
      • The Spellbinder
      • The National Magic Expansion Circle (India) - magazine
      • The Hav-A-Laff Bulletin
    • Books and Tricks and Tapes and Things
      • O-I-C-U-F-E-S-P - Volume 4 - Howard Adams
      • Lecture Notes - Barry Govan
      • Playmagic #2 - Tony Binarelli
      • The Complete Illustrated Book of Close-Up Magic - Walter B. Gibson
      • Zack Stacks - Jim "Zee" Zachary
      • The Violet Book of Mentalism - Phil Goldstein
      • Doll House Illusion Plans - Dennis Loomis
      • Devil Divination - George Blake
      • Elevator Coins - Tenyo - Hideo Kato
      • An Audio Session with Peter Kane - Two Magicassettes
      • Abracasetta, May
22. This Business of Magic - Thomas Zoss
    • Catching Up With The Magic World
23. On the Road ... with the Amazing Conklins
23. New Arrival
    • Bruce Richard Dean born to Marg and Dicky Dean
24. Your Pencil - My Ring - Ron Bauer
26. A Tribute to Howard Thurston - Series 13, Parts 10 & 11 - Robert E. Olson
    • Finale
    • A Health Buff
    • Perfect Sleep
    • Thurston's Kiss Waltz
    • The End of the Act
    • Thurston Halts Career
    • Thurston Soon to Return to the Stage
    • Howard Thurston - July 20, 1869 - April 13, 1936
30. Sampler
    • Self-Service - Ravelle & Andree - reprinted from "Magic Ala Carte"
31. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
33. Out of My Mind - Looking Into Things Mental and Psychic - Micky Hades
    • 8th Annual Magic Fun & Film Festival
34. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Effective Ace Opener
35. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Getting Started (last of a series)
    • Magician of the Month - Lou Leventhal
    • Announcement - re: Transition in November to "Lost in the Forest"
37. Magic-Up-Date - Richard Greeno
37. In Memoriam - Percy Abbott
38. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
40. Magic for the Gospel Magician - Ralph C. Mills
    • Time is Vanishing - Paul T. Walker
40. It's Never Too Late - Frances Marshall
41. Pets 'N Prestidigitation - Hal Diamond
42. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
42. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • Professor's Nightmare wit ties - Larry Arcuri
43. 3rd Degree - Phil Goldstein
45. [four] Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
46. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
1. S.B.I [Special Bonus Insert] Vol. 1 No. 8
   • Nite-Club Act - Part One - U. F. Grant

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1. The New Tops - Volume 20, Number 9 - September 1980 - 54 pages
1. Cover - Special September Spectacular - All Trick Issue
2. four] Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
1. Contents
2. The Blind Magician Does A Trick! - Eddie Joseph
6. Tom Hubbard's Cupboard
   6. Secret Knowledge
   7. Rope Through Neck
   8. The Double Cross
   9. Linking Ring Notes
   9. Susan
   10. Handy-Dandy Marked Card
   11. Salted
   11. Know It All
   13. Anticipation
   13. The Leaping Rubber Band
   14. Multiply by Three and Add Four
   15. Stunt Show
   16. One Hundred Percent Perfect
   17. Find Two
   18. Five Card Solution
   19. Two Themes
   20. Pet Shop
21. The Thinking Rings - Ed Eckl
23. Seeing Through A Girl - Illusion
26. 50 Ways to Produce a Silk
30. Presenting
    • Real Gone Aces - Method #10 - Ed Marlo
33. Black & White - Eddie Joseph
36. Out of the Smoke - El Ray
41. Ringastra - Eddie Joseph
42. Rib-Ring - Kirkpatrick
44. Magnetic Rice - Eddie Joseph
46. $1,000,000 Bill MYstery
3. four] Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
4. four] Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
1. S.B.I [Special Bonus Insert] Vol. 1 No. 9
   • Nite-Club Act - Part Two - U. F. Grant

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The New Tops - Volume 20, Number 10 - October 1980 - 58 pages

Cover - Mari Asakaze

Contents

August 1980 - Abbott's - Colon - photos by Jim Hanning

7. photos
9. photos
11. contest winners
12. photos
12. photos
13. Get-Together Photos - available for purachase
13. photos
14. photos

Wacky Words - Ed Harris

Sampler

• Point - Eddie Clever - reprinted from "Thought Wings Onward"

Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine

• miscellaneous
  • The Magic Dealer - new magazine
  • Lists - Ron Allesi, Robinson's Mysteries, Hank Lee, Tannen, El Duco, Terry Roses, Jerry Mentzer, Lee Jacobs, Paul Diamond, Supreme Magic, Magic Books by Post, The Ace Place, Micky Hades & Lewis Kohrs
• Comments on Books
  • Tannen Catalog
  • Richard Himber - The Man and His Magic - Magico Magazine
  • Nine Modern Classics - Merlyn T. Shute
  • A Ray of Magic - Jimmy Ray
  • The Magic of John Cornelius No. 1 - lecture notes
  • Roltair - Genius of Illusions - John McKinven
  • Mental Flashes - Jack Bridwell
  • Blue Spotties - Ken de Courcy
• Tricks 'N Things
  • Buff's Leaflets - monthly - R. C. Buff
  • mouth coils - David Cresey Products
  • defraction papers - David Cresey Products
  • spring flowers & kits - David Cresey Products
  • spring bills - David Cresey Products
  • Safari SO Good - Mr. Z Enterprises
  • The Know Bill Prize - Zeleta
  • Conjure Ring - Zeleta
  • 15 illusion plans - Paul Osborne and Associates, Inc.
  • Quazy Quik Change - Supreme
  • The Damned Thing - Al Mann
  • Basil Horowitz - 2 Magicassettes
  • The Creative Magic of William P. Miesel
  • Gene Gordon's Magical Legacy
  • P.T. Selbit's Mighty Cheese - poster - Lee Jacobs Productions
  • Ricky Jay's Cards as Weapons - poster - Lee Jacobs Productions
  • Phil Temple - poster - Lee Jacobs Productions

Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood

• Magician of the Month - Steve Ballen

Pets 'N Prestidigitation - Hal Diamond

cartoon - Ed Harris

Abbott's Get-Together - poem - Ester Olson

Letter From The Editor - Gordon Miller

Final Curtain

• Margaret Bamman - July 14, 1980
• Fred Kaps - July 23, 1980

photos - S.A.M. Convention - Irving Desfor

Gimmicks, Gadgets & Optical Illusions - Robert E. Olson

• REO's Rice Vase

Magic-Up-Date - Richard Greeno

Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris

Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]

Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate

Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson

Vent Views - Colonel Bill Boley

• The Trinity - Richard Oden

Tom-Foolery - Tom Mullica

Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month

• tip for using rub-on letters - Brooks Anderson

Answers to "Wacky Words" by Ed Harris

photo - re: Frances Ireland Marshall admission into the S.A.M. Hall of Fame

Magic for the Gospel Magician - Ralph C. Mills

• Chinese Sticks and Cords effect - Jule L. Miller

Out of My Mind - Looking Into Things Mental and Psychic - Micky Hades

• The Mind-Full Mental Coins

My Friend Bess - Hanry B. Valleau

Flashback!

• "The Limit" Production Box - Roxy

A Magical I.Q. Test - Geoffrey Hansen

Mari Asakaze - Japan's Newest Magical Star - Geoffrey Hansen

Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost

• Quadruple Shock Opener

Bi-Angle - Phil Goldstein

If Houdini Were Alive Today - Geoffrey Hansen

Answers to "A Magical I.Q. Test"

[two] Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris

S.B.I [Special Bonus Insert] Vol. 1 No. 10

• Surprise Thimble Act - Part One - El-Ray

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1. The New Tops - Volume 20, Number 11 - November 1980 - 62 pages
1. Cover - Silvan
5. Contents
6. Klever Kardyro Papers - continued
   • Close Up Views
   • T.K.'s Reverso-Nap Routine
   • I'll Do It Again
9. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
9. Magic for the Gospel Magician - Ralph C. Mills
   • God Can Change Things - Art Zachman
10. A Tribute to Howard Thurston - Series 13, Parts 12 & 13 - Robert E. Olson
    • The Ellison Models
    • The Thurston Wands
    • Thurston - The Man of Mystery
    • True Man of Mystery
    • Howard Thurston Time Chart
13. Presenting
    • Visual Transposition - Edward Marlo
16. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • Looking Over the magic Books
      • Gene Gordon's Magical Legacy
      • Daemon's Diary - Masklyn ye Mage
      • The Creative Card Magic of William P. Miesel
      • Balloonatrix - Dwight Damon - republished
      • Story Locks - Terry Roses
      • Gilbreath's Principles - Reinhard Muller
      • Decennial Prelection - Scotty York
      • Mind Novas - Stephen Minch
      • Magi - The Magic Circle of Denmark
      • Three Card Monte as Entertainment - Lewis Ganson Teach-In Series
    • Tricks 'N Things
      • How to Make Your Own Trick Cards - D. Grenewetzki
      • Diminishing Card Box - D. Grenewetzki
      • Lo Vision Playing Cards - Cidco Co.
      • Don Alan's Great Put-Ons
      • Oscar - Nick Trost
      • Roy Johnson - The Voice of Experience - 3 Magicassettes
21. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
22. Flashback!
    • Two Linking Ring Effects - Aldo Colombini
24. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
25. Final Curtain
    • Jack Baker
26. Sampler
    • A Coin Transposition - Tom Sellers - reprinted from "Twenty by Tom Sellers"
31. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
32. Out of My Mind - Looking Into Things Mental and Psychic - Micky Hades
    • Calculated with Great Effort - John Philip Machniak
33. Vent Views - Colonel Bill Boley
    • Go West Young Man - Richard B. Oden
35. Cover Personality: Silvan - by Geoffrey Hansen
35. School Assembly Shows - David James White II & Mitzi
36. In Memoriam - The Great Blackstone
37. Pets 'N Prestidigitation - Hal Diamond
38. Tom-Foolery - Tom Mullica
40. So You Want to be an Escape Artist! - John Novak
42. It's Never Too Late - Frances Marshall
42. Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
43. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • One-Pack Secret Knowledge
    • Routine For: 4 Card Do As I Do
43. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • $1.35 with Chinese coin - Franko the Magician
44. Lost in the Forest - John Sherwood
    • The Secret Groove
    • Trying Times Magic
46. Magic-Up-Date - Richard Greeno
46. Gimmicks, Gadgets & Optical Illusions - Robert E. Olson
    • No Gimmick Ball & Vase
    • Split-A-Drink
    • Knotty Fan Revisited (The Added Twist)
50. The Running Slip Knot - Tom Gagnon
1. S.B.I [Special Bonus Insert] Vol. 1 No. 11
   • Surprise Thimble Act - Part Two - El-Ray

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1. The New Tops - Volume 20, Number 12 - December 1980 - 52 pages
1. Cover - Mark Wilson
5. Contents
6. Sampler
   • The Knot of Foam - Tenkai - reprinted from "Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks, Volume Three"
7. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
   • Triumph Ace Opener
8. Out of My Mind - Looking Into Things Mental and Psychic - Micky Hades
   • Money International - Henrique
8. cartoon - Ed Harris
9. New Ways With Old Magic - Dr. Edmund E. Evans
   • Those Intrepid Spy Guys
14. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
15. Flashback!
    • Glass Vanish - Ken Allen
16. Mental Pictures - Edward Marlo
17. School Assembly Shows - David James White II & Mitzi
18. Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
18. Cartoon - Ed Harris
19. Hydeout - Phil Goldstein
20. Klever Kardyro Papers - continued
    • Deception with Sponges
    • T.K.'s Magic Dust
    • Keep Your Eye On My Hand
    • T.K.'s Hot Weather Handy Supreme (Miracle Stix)
    • T.K.'s Ball & Tube Routine
      • Alternate Ending
      • T.K.'s Ball & Tubes Routine
24. Gimmicks, Gadgets & Optical Illusions - Robert E. Olson
    • Napkin Rings Off Cord
25. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • Glancing at the Magazines
      • Magick
      • Genii, August & September
      • Current Comedy
      • The Chronicles, Nos. 25-26
      • Interlocutor, Nos. 41-42
      • Magicana, July & August
      • Magic Info, Sept/Oct '79 & Nov/Dec '79
      • The New Pentagram, July thru Sepetemebr
      • Magigram
      • Hocus Pocus, Vol. 2 Nos. 3 & 4
      • The Cabot Street Cinema Theatre News
      • Calliope
      • Legerdemain, May thru July
      • The Spellbinder
      • The Journal of Magic History, August
      • Magicol, May & August
      • Mystic Quarterly
      • E.S.P. News According to Hoy
    • Among the Club Papers
      • The Christian Conjurer
      • Top Hat
      • The Wizard's Scroll
      • Washington Wizards
      • Boston Barnstormer
      • Yogi-Gram
      • Hade-E-Memo
    • What's New?
      • Fab Features - catalog - Supreme
      • Varied Deceptions - Milbourne Christopher - republished
      • The Leipzig Book - Dai Vernon - republished
      • Pseudonyms - Peter Warlock
      • Stand Up Close - Fr. Cyprian - #8 in his You Are Magic Series
      • Vest Pocket Book Test - Grant
      • Non Pareil Book Mystery - Stanley Collins
      • The Zombie Floating Ball - The Magic Center
      • close-up effect with a clear plastic bottle and a borrowed coin - Accent Products
      • Oh! Wee Gee - Warren Stephens
      • Ultimate Backflips - Joe Farnia
      • Mystery Flight - Ed Alterman
      • Abracassetta, June
      • Bob Ostin - 2 Magicassettes
29. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
31. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
32. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
34. Lost in the Forest - John Sherwood
    • Mystic Reflections
    • Trying Times Magic
36. Magic for the Gospel Magician - Ralph C. Mills
    • Professor Nightmare effect - Captain Ed Jarvis II [Salvation Army] aka Jarona & Company
37. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
38. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • "Superex Convex Mirror"
39. Pets 'N Prestidigitation - Hal Diamond
40. Magic-Up-Date - Richard Greeno
40. It's Never Too Late - Frances Marshall
41. "Yours Aye-Leslie May" to be published
42. Cover Personality - Mark Wilson Tours China
42. Addenda - The Rice Vase - Henry O. Silsbee III
43. John Shirley's Report on Saudi Arabia
1. S.B.I [Special Bonus Insert] Vol. 1 No. 12
   • Chinese Chopper
   • Requested Patter - Vampire - Block and Stake

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