New Tops Volume 21 (1981)
by Gordon Miller

Recil & Greg Bordner, Publisher
Gordon Miller, Editor

661 pages

1. The New Tops - Volume 21, Number 1 - January 1981 - 52 pages
1. Cover - The Magic of Le Grand David ...
5. Contents
6. Flashback!
   • The Story of William Tell - Eddie Joseph
7. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine - no column as Sid recuperates
8. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
9. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
9. Phil Chandler & Co. - Robert E. Olson
10. Sampler
    • Clevah - reprinted from "Tops Treasury of Cigarette Magic"
11. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
12. Magic-Up-Date - Richard Greeno
13. Vent Views - Colonel Bill Boley
    • High Tied - Richard Oden
14. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
15. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
17. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Stripper Deck - Double Location
18. On the Road ... with the Amazing Conklins
18. Lost in the Forest - John Sherwood
    • The Secret Grove: Temporal Teleportation
    • Trying Times Magic
20. Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
21. Pets 'N Prestidigitation - Hal Diamond
22. Le Grand David and his Own Spectacular Magic Company - Gordon Miller
26. Out of My Mind - Looking Into Things Mental and Psychic - Micky Hades
    • Card Con Coin - Henrique
27. Men of Magic - Robert E. Olson
    • Jean Eugene Robert-Houdin
29. You're Psychic - Edward Marlo
31. Magic for the Gospel Magician - Ralph C. Mills
    • Square Circle effect - H. Ralph Prager
32. Magictime U.S.A. - Robert E. Olson
33. Klever Kardyro Papers - continued
    • The Dollar Bill Routine
    • Dovetail Speller Supreme
    • T.K.,'s Coin Box Routine Supreme
    • A Magician's Test
    • Selected Card and Its Mates
    • T.K.'s One More Time
    • Flip Snap
      • Table Flip Snap
      • Single Card Flip Snap
    • Jump Up Flourish Count
    • Color Change Supreme
      • Second Method Color Change
38. Tom-Foolery - Tom Mullica
41. The First Fifty Years - A Brief Record of My Life in Magic - Frances Marshall
    • 1931-1936
42. Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
42. Final Curtain
    • Clyde Cairy - by Jim Alfredson
    • Lawrence Arcuri - by Jerry Oppenheimer
43. Letter From The Editor - Gordon Miller

1. The New Tops - Volume 21, Number 2 - February 1981 - 52 pages
1. Cover - Geoffrey Hansen
5. Contents
6. Tucanplay - Edward Marlo
9. You're Psychic - Edward Marlo - correction
9. Sampler
   • Abbott's Talking Skull - U. F. Grant - reprinted from "Sid Lorraine's Patter"
12. Magic for the Gospel Magician - Ralph C. Mills
    • message of Christ's last suffering at the Crucifixion - Stephen Matchette
13. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
14. Lost in the Forest - John Sherwood
    • Mystic Reflections
    • Windley's Wisdom
16. Flashback!
    • Sun and Moon Effect - Harry Cecil
18. Vent Views - Colonel Bill Boley
    • You Win One, You Lose One - John J. Bogorae
18. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
20. The First Fifty Years - A Brief Record of My Life in Magic - Frances Marshall - continued
    • 1937-1941
21. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
23. The Vernon E. Lux Silk Collection
23. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
24. Men of Magic - Robert E. Olson
    • favorite books
27. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Stewart Judah's Honeycutter Routine
28. Magic-Up-Date - Richard Greeno
29. Pets 'N Prestidigitation - Hal Diamond
30. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
31. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine - no column as Sid recuperates
32. Hyde & Seek - Phil Goldstein
33. Klever Kardyro Papers - continued
    • Two Bits and a Half
    • I've Got a Secret
    • Let's Stop Pretending
    • Penny & Dime Pentro Supreme
    • Screwy Cards
    • My Magic Cards
      • First Method
      • Second Method
    • A Mental Effect for the Card Man
    • The Probable Winner
38. So You Want to be an Escape Artist! - John Novak
40. 1980 - poem - Esther Olson
41. Gimmicks, Gadgets & Optical Illusions - Robert E. Olson
    • Color Coins
43. Cover Personality - Geoffrey Hansen

1. The New Tops - Volume 21, Number 3 - March 1981 - 56 pages
1. Cover - Doug Henning
5. Contents
6. Klever Kardyro Papers - continued
   • T.K.'s Cups & Coins Routine
   • T.K.'s Coin Clip Move
   • Phone-Nomenal
   • The Invisible Trip
   • T.K.'s Pentro Hank Move
   • T.K.'s Pentro Vanish Supreme
   • T.K.'s Pentro Exchange Supreme
   • T.K.'s Pentro Move Supreme
   • Pentro Coins
     • Variation
   • T.K.'s Pentro Coin Deception
11. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
12. Men of Magic - Robert E. Olson
    • Hero of Alexandria
15. Cover Personality - Doug Henning - Geoffrey Hansen
16. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
17. Magic-Up-Date - Richard Greeno
19. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
20. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine - no column as Sid recuperates
20. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Now You See It!
21. The First Fifty Years - A Brief Record of My Life in Magic - Frances Marshall - continued
    • 1941-1945
22. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
25. This Business of Magic - Thomas Zoss
    • Getting Into the Limelight or ... Take ME! Take Me!
26. Sampler
    • The Red Herring - reprinted from "The Last Word on Cups and Balls"
28. Lost in the Forest - John Sherwood
    • Mystic Reflections
    • Trying Times Magic
30. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
31. Magic for the Gospel Magician - Ralph C. Mills
    • silk effect - Ernie Johnson
32. Pets 'N Prestidigitation - Hal Diamond
34. Vent Views - Colonel Bill Boley
    • The Yanks Are Coming - Richard Oden
35. Out of My Mind - Looking Into Things Mental and Psychic - Micky Hades
    • A Hot Combination - Paul Marcus
36. Flashback!
    • The End
37. Traveling Aces - Edward Marlo
39. Octology - Phil Goldstein
40. School Assembly Shows - David James White II & Mitzi
41. Final Curtain
    • Goodliffe
    • Lewis Ganson - by Frances Marshall
    • Frances Stenner
43. A Report on Magic in Cuba Today - Mel Stover
43. Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
44. How Can It Be Put Into Words - Profesor Enrico Besco
46. Special - re: Shari Lewis
47. So You Want to be an Escape Artist! - John Novak
48. Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris

1. The New Tops - Volume 21, Number 4 - April 1981 - 52 pages
1. Cover - Mark & Marlynn Evans
5. Contents
6. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
   • miscellaneous
     • Wizard's Scroll - Dallas Magic Circle
   • Tricks, Books 'N Things
     • New One Cup Routine - Shigeo Takagi
     • Abbott's Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks, Vol. 3 - Stewart James, compiler
     • Audience Tested Originalities - Graham Reed
     • Hill-Ucinations - George Hills
     • Polished Presentations - Johnny Cooper
     • O.I.C.U.F.E.S.P. Volume 5 - Howard Adams
     • O.I.C.U.F.E.S.P. Volume 6 - Howard Adams
     • Promotion in Motion - Hal Diamond
     • Effective Card Magic - lecture notes - Nick Trost
     • The Best Dam Tricks - Magic Ian
     • Conjuring Psychology - Richard J. Weibel
     • The Bob Mason Picture Test
     • WOW - Bob Mason
     • Ultima Deck - Ronald J. Dayton
     • Tissue-Riffic - Ronald J. Dayton
     • Jumbo Card Paradox - Bill Elliott
     • Gem Stick - D. Robbins & Co.
     • Al Leech's Legacy - Magic, Inc.
     • Trevor Lewis - Children's Magic - Magicassette
10. Klever Kardyro Papers - continued
    • you Buy the Drinks
    • T.K.'s Chinatown Coin Routine
    • Chinese Coin on Rod
    • Take a Peek
      • Another Method
    • Behind My Back
    • T.K.'s Coins Thru Table
      • Second Method
14. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
16. Lost in the Forest - John Sherwood
    • Trying Times Magic
17. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
19. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Deucey-Deucey Routine
20. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
22. Sampler
    • Yumpin' Yo-Yo - reprinted from "Comedy Tricks & Gags" by Davey Davis
23. Magic-Up-Date - Richard Greeno
24. The Wring Hand - Again - Edward Marlo
25. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • "Helping Hands"
26. Men of Magic - Robert E. Olson
27. Vent Views - Colonel Bill Boley
    • Time Out - R.B. Oden
29. Tom-Foolery - Tom Mullica
31. Flashback!
    • Three-Purse Monte - Lu Brent
32. Magic for the Gospel Magician - Ralph C. Mills
    • Temptations
33. Special - re: Mystic Merlin
34. The First Fifty Years - A Brief Record of My Life in Magic - Frances Marshall - continued
    • 1946-1950
35. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
37. A Free Ride on the Subway - Tom Gagnon
40. Pets 'N Prestidigitation - Hal Diamond
41. Cover Personality - Mrk Evans & Marlynn - The Mad World of Magic
41. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
42. Out of My Mind - Looking Into Things Mental and Psychic - Micky Hades
    • Jumbo ESP Card Projection - Dr. Edward T. Schatz
42. "Monk" Watson 1894-1981 - has passed

1. The New Tops - Volume 21, Number 5 - May 1981 - 60 pages
1. Cover - Tony Griffith
5. Contents
6. Klever Kardyro Papers - continued
   • T.K.'s German [Coin] Box Routine
   • Follow the Leader Supreme
   • T.K.'s Mini Cups & Balls Routine
     • Step One
     • Step Two
     • Step Three
     • Step Four
   • Gags and Such
   • A Thought or Two
   • How to Practice
   • Are We Sheep?
   • Three Heads and One Tail
   • Money to Burn
13. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • miscellaneous
      • The Magic Circle Show - Jay & Frances Marshall
      • lists - Mike O'Dowd, Steve Spain & Robert Nelson
      • Buff's Leaflets - R. C. Buff
    • Among the New Tricks and Books
      • The Gen - periodical
      • Ken Brooke's Magic - Supreme
      • Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets - Karl Fulves, publisher
      • Psycotechnics - Advanced Psychic Methods - Myriam Ruthchild
      • The Great Houdini Broadcasts - Val Andrews
      • Select Mental Effects - Joseph (Micro) White
      • Secrets of an Entertainer's Success - No. 1 - Negotiating the Fee - Bernard Gelman
      • Elliott's Last Legacy - James William Elliott - retitled: Card Tricks and Conjuring - Harry Houdini, editor
      • Miracle Mongers and Their Methods - Harry Houdini - reprint
      • Card Tricks and Conjuring - Harry Houdini, editor
      • The Two Goblets - No.4 of the Masters of Magic Series
      • Magic on Stage - Wally Reid
      • The Birthday Magician's Handbook - David Fiscus
      • Patented Illusions Vol. 1 - Wayne Alan, compiler
      • Colorful Magic - David Ginn - reprinted
      • Comedy Linking Rings - David Ginn - reprinted
      • Little Black Book - David Ginn - revised edition
      • Patriotic Ropes - Sam Dalal
      • Rainbow Riot - Sam Dalal
18. Men of Magic - Robert E. Olson
20. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • cleaning "Volcano" - Mark G. Peters
21. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
23. The Illogical Lie Detector - Edward Marlo
26. Abbott's Magic Talent Contest - Neil Foster
26. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
27. Cover Personality - Tony Griffith
27. Letter From The Editor - Gordon Miller - re: Second Annual Abbott Close-Up Convention
28. photos - Second Annual Abbott Close-Up Convention
30. It's Never Too Late - Frances Marshall
30. Obituary - Leslie Guest - by Warren J. Kaps
31. The First Fifty Years - A Brief Record of My Life in Magic - Frances Marshall - continued
    • 1951-1955
32. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
34. Lost in the Forest - John Sherwood
    • Mystic Reflections
    • Trying Times Magic
36. Flashback!
    • Clean-Cut Cigarette Vanish - Roxy
37. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
38. Magic-Up-Date - Richard Greeno
39. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
41. Sampler
    • Thought Discernment - reprinted from "Psychic Magic, 6 Volumes"
42. Vent Views - Colonel Bill Boley
    • Oh Blow Away - David Sigafus
43. Out of My Mind - Looking Into Things Mental and Psychic - Micky Hades
    • Instant Duplication - Dr. Edward T. Schatz
43. Magic for the Gospel Magician - Ralph C. Mills
    • Abbott's Humpty-Dumpty effect - Captain Don Ranall of the Salvation Army
44. Pets 'N Prestidigitation - Hal Diamond
45. Obituary - Monk Watson - Smile sand Styles - by Dan Waldron
47. Final Curtain
    • David Hoy
49. School Assembly Shows - David James White II & Mitzi
50. So You Want to be an Escape Artist! - John Novak
51. ????? - Questions and Answers

1. The New Tops - Volume 21, Number 6 - June 1981 - 52 pages
1. Cover - Joe Riding "Visualist"
5. [two] Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
5. Contents
6. Direct Cannibal Surprise - Edward Marlo
10. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
12. Men of Magic - Robert E. Olson
14. Lost in the Forest - John Sherwood
    • Mail Call
16. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • miscellaneous
      • lists, etc. - Magic Methods, Lee Jacobs, Jose de la Torre, Tricky Business, Karl Fulves, Supreme Magic, The Comedy Center. Pure Magic, Fred Wasserman, Meyerbooks, Paul Diamond, Hank Lee, Mike O'Dowd, Micky Hades & BTannen's
      • Arcane, Issues 1 thru 4 - new periodical from Jeff Busby
    • Among the Books and Tricks I've Seen
      • Secrets of an Entertainer's Success - No. 2 - Advertising - Bernard Gelman
      • Theorems and Corollaries on Good Magic and Card Tricks - Carl Dreher
      • Tom Craven's Pallbearers Review Lecture
      • 40 Fun Chalk Talk Gags - Ed Harris
      • Jim Ryan #1 Sensational Stunners - Phil Wilmarth
      • Jim Ryan #2 Entertaining Card Quickies - Phil Wilmarth
      • Jim Ryan #3 Classic Card Routines - Phil Wilmarth
      • Jim Ryan #4 The Famous Cups and Balls Routine - Phil Wilmarth
      • Best of Belcher - Len Belcher
      • Best Sellers - Tom Sellers - Supreme
      • Tetrad One - Peter Kane
      • Miniature Mysteries with Cards - Barbara Walker, compiler
      • Let the Audience Do the Show - George B. Anderson
      • My Favorite Easy Mental Card Magic - George B. Anderson
      • The Magic Pendulum - George B. Anderson
      • Chu's Oriental Rattle Box
      • Pocket Photo Miracle - Simplex Magic
      • 52 Plus 1 - Simplex Magic
      • Houdini's Miracle Escape - Simplex Magic
      • Anckner's Ace - Buddy Anckner
17. cartoon - Ed Harris
20. Vent Views - Colonel Bill Boley
    • What Do You Know - John J Bogorae
21. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
22. Flashback!
    • Cig-Pipe - Le Brant
23. Magic for the Gospel Magician - Ralph C. Mills
    • feather flower effect
23. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • "Dr. Scholl's Adhesive Foam" to prevent 'talking' - Oran B. Dent
24. Sampler
    • The 'Senator's' Lecture - reprinted from "Now You Can Get The Best of Senator Crandall"
26. Pets 'N Prestidigitation - Hal Diamond
27. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
29. The First Fifty Years - A Brief Record of My Life in Magic - Frances Marshall - continued
    • 1956-1960
30. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
32. It's Never Too Late - Frances Marshall
32. Abbott's Magic Talent Contest - Neil Foster
33. So You Want to be an Escape Artist! - John Novak
35. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • "Wild Deuce" Transposition
36. School Assembly Shows - David James White II & Mitzi
38. Magic-Up-Date - Richard Greeno
39. Gimmicks, Gadgets & Optical Illusions - Robert E. Olson
    • Lion of Judah Illusion
    • Cut and Restored Beads
43. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone] - returns next month
43. Cover Personality - Joe Riding

1. The New Tops - Volume 21, Number 7 - July 1981 - 56 pages
1. Cover - Landis & Co.
5. [two] Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
5. Contents
6. Men of Magic - Robert E. Olson
9. Flashback!
   • Around the Clock - Wayne Van Zandt
     • The Routine for Two
11. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • miscellaneous
      • Calliope - periodical
      • Newsletter No. 8 - American Museum of Magic
      • Ledgerdemain - periodical
      • Colorful Magic - periodical
      • Anthony Vander Linden - list
      • Blue Print - periodical
    • Looking at Books and Tricks
      • Marino Palhinha's Famous Fastened Card Trick
      • book list - Supreme
      • Stand Up Sponges - Ken de Courcy
      • Rovi Reveals - Ganson Teach-In Series
      • Current Comedy - periodical
      • Secrets of an Entertainer's Success - No. 3 - The Performer's Guide to Jewish Audiences - Bernard Gelman
      • Dynamite Mentalism - George B. Anderson
      • Overcoming Magic Hazards - George B. Anderson
      • My Favorite Sucker Card Tricks - George B. Anderson
      • Book-A-Log No. 17 - Micky Hades International
      • The Astrological Reader - Micky Hades International
      • The Tarot Reader - Will Dexter
      • Exclusive Card Secrets - Frank Garcia
      • Exclusive Card Miracles - Frank Garcia
      • The Elegant Card Magic of Father Cyprian - Frank Garcia
      • The Wandering Hole - Tenyo
      • Multiplying Candles - Sam Dalal
      • Circular Perception - Simplex Magic
      • Ala Billy - Simplex Magic
      • Royal Elude - Simplex Magic
      • Safety-Pin - Richard Durham
      • Locking Linking Ropes - Richard Durham
      • X Marks the Choice - Richard Durham
      • Puncture Proof - Richard Durham
15. Octuple - Edward Marlo
17. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
19. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
20. Pets 'N Prestidigitation - Hal Diamond
    • Help the Magician - wordscan
21. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
23. Lost in the Forest - John Sherwood
25. Swap Meet - Phil Goldstein
28. Magic for the Gospel Magician - Ralph C. Mills
    • Tunnel of Darkness effect
29. The First Fifty Years - A Brief Record of My Life in Magic - Frances Marshall - continued
    • 1961-1965
30. Tom-Foolery - Tom Mullica
32. Magic-Up-Date - Richard Greeno
33. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
34. Abbott's Magic Talent Contest - Neil Foster
35. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
37. Sampler
    • The Handkerchief and Egg - Sid Lorraine
39. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Improved Fancy Triumph
40. So You Want to be an Escape Artist! - John Novak
42. School Assembly Shows - David James White II & Mitzi
43. In Memoriam - Don Tanner - by Frances Marshall
44. Prevue
    • Flip Up Production - Tom Gagnon
47. Cover Personality - Landis & Co. - by Doug Henning
47. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • "Scotch Bloc-Note Post It Note Pad"
47. Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris

1. The New Tops - Volume 21, Number 8 - August 1981 - 52 pages
1. Cover - Neil Foster
5. Contents
6. Tootsie!! - Ron Bauer
10. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • "Balloon in a Box"
11. Pets 'N Prestidigitation - Hal Diamond
12. Olram's Princess - Edward Marlo
15. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • One-Way Aviator Effect
16. The First Fifty Years - A Brief Record of My Life in Magic - Frances Marshall - continued
    • 1966-1970
17. Frances Marshall 50th Anniversary Celebration
17. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
18. Tom-Foolery - Tom Mullica
20. Flashback!
    • Pretty, Pretty, Bang, Bang - Sid Lorraine
22. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
24. Magic-Up-Date - Richard Greeno
25. Magic for the Gospel Magician - Ralph C. Mills
    • rising wand effect
26. Men of Magic - Robert E. Olson
29. Lost in the Forest - John Sherwood
31. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • miscellaneous
      • News-Sheet No. 2 - Martin Breese
      • George Dailey's Bulletin - periodical
      • Micky Hades - list of posters
      • Manuscript - new periodical
    • Here Are a Few Things of Interest
      • Purvis - The Newcastle Conjurer - Allen Berlinski
      • The Third Time's the Charm - Lecture Notes #3 - Tom Ogden
      • Polished Polish Prestidigitation - John Thompson
      • Magic - periodical
      • Shadows in Moonlight - poems - T. Page Wright - reprinted
      • Award Winning Comedy Magic, No. 1 - Comedy Opening Routine - David Roper
      • Award Winning Comedy Magic, No. 2 - Roper Comedy Card Mat - David Roper
      • Award Winning Comedy Magic, No. 3 - Less Than Perfect Magician - David Roper
      • Bernstein Center Tear Technique - Bruce Bernstein
      • Notes from Bruce Posgate's Kid Show Lecture
      • Ventriloque Pour Magiciens - Jean de Merry
      • Hocus Pocus - periodical
      • Further Confessions of a Psychic - Uriah Fuller
      • ESPecially Your - Stanton Carlisle
      • The Hindu Thread Trick - Ganson Tech-In Series
      • Jarrett - Jim Steinmeyer, compiler
      • You Have Been Fooled - D. Robbins & Co.
      • The Dancing Cane - Morrissey Magic
35. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
37. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
38. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
40. Sampler
    • Knots of Flame - Clayton Rawson - reprinted from "Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks, Volume Two"
41. Cover Personality - Neil Foster - Ronald Regan
41. Announcing - Hank Moorehouse to join Abbott's
42. Gimmicks, Gadgets & Optical Illusions - Robert E. Olson
    • Bamboo Cage Vanish
43. Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
43. New Lamps for Old

1. The New Tops - Volume 21, Number 9 - September 1981 - 52 pages
1. Cover - Special All Trick Issue
2. [four] Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
1. Contents
2. Mahendra's Needle Routine - M. S. Mahendra
   • Requisites
   • Method of Needle Trick
   • Routine and Patter
   • Comedy Patter for Needle Trick
11. Magnetic Harmony - Eddie Joseph
    • Introduction
    • As Witnessed by the Spectators
      • First Presentation
      • Second Presentation
      • Third Presentation
      • Fourth Presentation
      • Fifth Presentation
        • Phase One
        • Phase Two
        • Phase Three
        • Phase Four
        • Phase Five
    • The System
    • Applying The System
      • First Presentation
      • Second Presentation
      • Third Presentation
      • Fourth Presentation
      • Fifth Presentation
        • Phase One
        • Phase Two
        • Phase Three
        • Phase Four
        • Phase Five
    • Climax
23. The One You Choose Is The One We Use - Edward Marlo
26. The Spectator Names a Card - Jeremy Holt
29. A Red Hot Number - Edward Marlo
30. The Hubbard Collection - Tom Hubbard
    30. Options Hoy
    31. A Return Visit
    32. Unlinks - Doubles & Triples
    34. Finding Four
    36. Message Reading
    38. A Prompt Find
    39. Quick Tips
    41. Easy Effort
    42. Lock and Key
43. Sale - Abbott's First Annual Fall Clearance Sale
43. The Artist's Dream
47. Staging Ideas with Abbott's Jet Set - Ron Bauer & Sandra Kort
3. [four] Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
4. [four] Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris

1. The New Tops - Volume 21, Number 10 - October 1981 - 56 pages
1. Cover - Recil Bordner
5. Contents
7. Abbott's 44th Annual Magic Get-Together 1981 - Frances Marshall
   6. photos - Wednesday
   8. photos - Thursday
   10. photos - Friday
   12. photos - Saturday
   14. photos - Friday Matinee
   15. photos - Lectures & Close-Up
   15. Talent Contest, Trophy & Award Winners
16. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • What's New?
      • Paul Osborne Illusion Systems - blue prints
      • Magicomedy - Mike Caveney
      • Coin Creations - Lamont Ream
      • Miracle Mongers and Their Methods - Harry Houdini - reprint
      • Threshold - Gary Ouellet - No. 5 in the Masters of Magic Series
      • Phantagraphs - Al Mann
      • The Thinking Machines - Al Mann
      • Cards That Mean Business - Ernie Heldman
      • Rope Without End - Ronald J. Dayton & R. C. Buff
      • Priceless Magic - George P. Sanderson
      • New, Revised, Reference File and Supplement - Sid Lorraine
      • Nuts 'N Bits - Merlyn T. Shute
      • Mentalism for Magicians - Larry Becker
      • Spectacle - Phil Goldstein
      • The Devon Drum - Sam Dalal
20. Letter of Recognition to Sid Lorraine from the American Museum of Magic
21. New Lamps for Old
22. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
24. General Mills Offers Multi-Million Magic Promotion Through MagicCom Organization - re: Lucky Charms Magic Set
24. photo - Philip Morris Show
25. Cover - In Memoriam - Recil Bordner
29. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
31. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
33. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
34. Pets 'N Prestidigitation - Hal Diamond
35. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
37. Lost in the Forest - John Sherwood
38. This Business of Magic - Thomas Zoss
    • Small is Better, or, Maximum Value from Minimums
39. Magic for the Gospel Magician - Ralph C. Mills
    • Abbott's Giant Squaring the Circle routine - Mrs. Pat Oberlin
40. Magic-Up-Date - Richard Greeno
40. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Big Casino Packet Effect
41. Men of Magic - Robert E. Olson
43. Vent Views - Colonel Bill Boley
43. Frances Marshall 50th Anniversary Celebration
44. Flashback!
    • Copper & Silver - Duke Stern
45. School Assembly Shows - David James White II & Mitzi
46. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • "Table Top Clips" for outdoor shows
46. [two] Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
47. Slow Fade - Phil Goldstein

1. The New Tops - Volume 21, Number 11 - November 1981 - 56 pages
1. Cover - Vince Carmen
5. Contents
6. Pig Pad - Ron Bauer - drawing
7. Introducing
   • Pig Pad - Ron Bauer
8. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
   • Among New Items
     • The Magic Dealer - periodical
     • Magician's Gallery - Todd Karr
     • Omninancy - T. A. Waters
     • Trionic - T. A. Waters
     • Cerberus - T. A. Waters
     • Merlin's Catalog of Magic - Charles Barry Townsend
     • O.I.C.U.F.E.S.P. Volume 7 - Howard Adams
     • O.I.C.U.F.E.S.P. Volume 8 - Howard Adams
     • Das Große Hokuspokus Aus Dem Leben Beruhmter Winkler - Isela & Dietmar Winkler
     • McDuff on Close-Up - Algonquin McDuff
     • The Art of Escape, Volume 5 - The Bohemian Torture Escape - John Novak
     • The Art of Escape, Volume 6 - The Mail Bag Escape - John Novak
     • The Art of Escape, Volume 7 - The Thumb Tie - John Novak
     • The Art of Escape, Volume 8 - The Protege - John Novak
     • Cups-Cups-Cups - Merlyn T. Shute
     • Horror Magic - Jim Magus
     • Baker's Bonanza [re: Roy Baker] - Hugh Miller
     • The Eljay Book of Ventriloquism - Len (Eljay) James
     • All of Leech - Abbott's
     • Paul Diamond - 2 Magicassettes
     • Mirror Fantasy - Sam Dalal
     • Yonezo Mikame's Coin Tube - D. Robbins, Inc.
     • A Fine Mesh - Phil Goldstein
     • Quasimodo - Phil Goldstein
12. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Reversed Coincidence with One Pack
13. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
15. Pets 'N Prestidigitation - Hal Diamond
16. Lost in the Forest - John Sherwood
    • Mystic Reflections
17. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
19. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
21. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
22. Magie Montreal '81 - with photos - Frances Marshall
24. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
26. Tom-Foolery - Tom Mullica
28. Magic for the Gospel Magician - Ralph C. Mills
    • Lord's Prayer by the colors of Nature - Rev. C.H. Woolstrom, DD
29. Magic-Up-Date - Richard Greeno
30. Cover Personality - Vince Carmen - by Robert & Esther Olson
    • poem
31. This Business of Magic - Thomas Zoss
32. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • "Super OOM" from Art Thompson - Walter "Zaney" Blaney
32. Octology/Octuple Revisited - James E. Sansotera
34. So You Want to be an Escape Artist! - John Novak
36. Viewpoint!
    • Once a Year - Tom Hubbard
38. No Myth-Smyth - Edward Marlo
    • Second Method
41. Jokers' Progress - Phil Goldstein
42. Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
43. Men of Magic - Robert E. Olson
45. School Assembly Shows - David James White II & Mitzi
46. New Lamps for Old
46. [two] Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
47. Special
    • Joe Scott's Handkerchief to Egg - Bob Parrish

1. The New Tops - Volume 21, Number 12 - December 1981 - 64 pages
1. Cover - Bob Brown & Brenda
5. Contents
6. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
9. Mental Lock - Edward Marlo
12. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • Books 'N Tricks 'N Tapes and Things
      • Cyclescope - Myriam Ruthchild
      • Oriental Conjuring and Magic - Will Ayling
      • General Grant Lecture Notes
      • The Thurston-Dante Letter Set - Phil Temple & Company
      • Laughing Matters - periodical
      • Being a Mentalist - William T.J. Dempsey
      • Sensational Question and Answer Act - Bob Mason
      • Trevor Lewis E S O L C - Phil Wilmarth
      • Origins - Karl Fulves
      • Millennium Aces - Karl Fulves
      • Side Steal - Karl Fulves
      • The Children's Magic Kit - Karl Fulves
      • Meir Yedid's Finger Fantasies - Harry Lorayne
      • Three Ring Routine - Jerry Salazar
      • Index for Rice's Encyclopedia of Silk Magic - Tony & Shortie Birch
      • Hokey Poker - Nick Trost
      • Kannibal Kards - Nick Trost
      • Fly Circus - Nick Trost
      • Twenty-First Century Fire Bowl - Morrissey Magic
      • Excelsior! Productions - new dealer
      • Pair-A-Gone-Ropes - "Hen" Fetsch - Excelsior! Productions
      • Stone Age Lighter - Excelsior! Productions
      • Buddha Coin - Lex Zaleta
      • Sandwich Platter - Hiroshi Kondo - Tenyo
      • John Mendoza, Vol. 1 & 2 - 2 Magicassettes
18. In the Card Case - Ken Simmons
    • Method One
    • Method II
    • Method III
    • Comments
23. Pets 'N Prestidigitation - Hal Diamond
24. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
25. Floater - Tom Gagnon
27. Men of Magic - Robert E. Olson
29. This Business of Magic - Thomas Zoss
    • School Bells - Part Two
30. Lots O'Lock - Ron Bauer - drawing
31. Special
    • Lots O'Lock - Ron Bauer
32. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
34. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
35. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
37. Lost in the Forest - John Sherwood
    • Trying Times Magic
    • Put Your Kids' Toys to Work
    • Clothespins and Safety Pins
    • Paperclips
38. Magic for the Gospel Magician - Ralph C. Mills
    • Rice Bowls effect - Richard Gravel
39. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Simple 4 Ace Cutting
39. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • "Self-Adhesive 1001 Clips"
40. Cover Personalities - Bob Brown & Brenda
41. Introducing
    • Visually Startling - David Vogt
43. Magic-Up-Date - Richard Greeno
44. Diminishing Returns - Phil Goldstein
45. Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
46. So You Want to be an Escape Artist! - John Novak
48. Letter From The Editor - Gordon Miller
1. S.B.I [Special Bonus Insert] 1980
   • The Duplex Shuffle - Techniques for the Placement of Key Cards - Tom Hubbard
     • Introduction
     • The Idea
     • Part One - I Cut
     • Part Two - You Cut
     • Part Three - You Deal
     • Help from Within
     • In Conclusion

Publisher: Abbott Magic