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New Tops Volume 22 (1982) by Gordon Miller
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  1. The New Tops - Volume 22, Number 1 - January 1982 - 52 pages
  2. Cover - Mark Sweet
  3. Contents
  4. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • miscellaneous
      • lists - Busby-Corin Inc., Jimmy Lake, Hank Lee, Len Cooper, Eon Allesi, Steve Spain, Robert Nelson, Lewis Kohrs
      • Hade-E-Gram
      • Bat Droppings
      • lithograph of drawing by Salvatore Salla - Lee Jacobs
      • Tannen's Topics
      • Trendy Trix - catalog - Supreme
      • Simplex Magic - James Rainho - catalog
      • Clowns Canada News
      • Len Vintus - various productions
      • 1981 Reference File - Sid Lorraine
    • In the Club Papers
      • The Christian Conjurer
      • Boston Barnstormer
      • Yogi-Gram
      • Magicana
      • Magicol
      • The News Sheet, Nos. 3 & 4
      • The Wizard's Scroll
      • Spellbinder
      • Washington Wizards
    • In the Magazines
      • Genii, June thru September
      • Magigram
      • Magic Info
      • Legerdemain, April thru June
      • Calliope
      • Current Comedy
      • The New Pentagram, May thru October
      • Magic Sounds, Summer
      • Alla-Kazam, Vol. 2 No. 2
      • Buff's Leaflets
      • The Magic Manuscript, August-September
      • Magick
      • Arcane, No. 4
      • Blue Print
    • New Books, Tricks and Tape Recordings
      • 2500 Jokes to Start 'Em Laughing - Robert Orben
      • Commercial Card Routine - Joe Riding
      • You Win the Cigar - Joe Riding
      • Fantasio's Cane & Candle Book No. 4 - David Ginn
      • Feather Flowers from Nowhere - David Ginn
      • Children Laugh Louder - new edition - David Ginn
      • A Conjurer's Collage - Ronald J. Dayton
      • catalog - Hades International
      • Doves - Doug Collins
      • A Set-Up Reset - George Blake
      • Metali-Stik - Micky Hades International
      • Twist and Shout - Meir Yedid
      • Mirror Miracle - Meir Yedid
      • Nap Hand - Billy McComb, Vol. 6 - Magicassette
  5. Magic for the Gospel Magician - Ralph Mills
    • Checkmate effect - Edward Davis
  6. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
  7. cartoon - Ed Harris
  8. Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
  9. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
  10. Lost in the Forest - John Sherwood
    • Trying Times Magic
      • ideas from Richard Hughes
  11. Jack Aces - Ed Marlo
  12. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
  13. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
  14. Pets 'N Prestidigitation - Hal Diamond
  15. This Business of Magic - Thomas Zoss
    • Scholl Bells - Part Three
  16. Vent Views - Bill Boley
    • Circus Whirled - Richard Oden
  17. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
  18. Men of Magic - Robert E. Olson
    • re: Marco the Magi
    • Prelude
  19. Cover Story - Mark Sweet
  20. Correction - Tam Gagnon's Floater in December 1981 issue
  21. Tom-Foolery - Tom Mullica
  22. On The Road Again - Re; Abbott's
  23. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • replacing the ink with paper in a BIC pen with Transparent barrel
  24. Magic-Up-Date - Richard Greeno
  25. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • The Gambler, Again
  26. [four] Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
  27. Gimmicks, Gadgets & Optical Illusions - Robert E. Olson
    • Wooden Thimble Production
    • Second Ball Production
    • Thimble Color Change
  28. [two] Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
  29. Flashback!
    • The Panel Chest - Joel Ross
    • Tipsy Turvy Production Box - Joel Ross The Magic Cupboard - Joel Ross
  30. Performed with Joy and Kindness in the Style of the Turn of the Century - Marco the Magi's Production - Le Grand David and his own Spectacular Magic Company

  1. The New Tops - Volume 22, Number 2 - February 1982 - 56 pages
  2. Cover - Bill Karlton [possibly]
  3. Contents
  4. How to Perform Magic on Local T.V. - Ron Bauer
  5. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • miscellaneous
      • Abracadabra - periodical
    • What's New?
      • New Dove Magic - David Ginn - reprinted
      • Puppets with a Punch - Tony Green
      • Mentalism for Connoisseurs - Stanton Carlisle
      • Catalog No. 30 - Supreme
      • The Magic of Willard S. Smith - Micky Hades International
      • Classical Technique of Fire Eating - Gerald Taylor - reprint
      • George B. Anderson's Lecture Note Book
      • One Pitch is Worth a Thousand Words - Barry Govan
      • News Letter - from Joe Riding
      • Joe Riding's Gag Sequences
      • Glass-ic Magic - Gene Gloye
      • Getting Down to More Business - Lex Zaleta
      • The Magic Art of This and That - Ray Goulet
      • Thayer Catalog Instruction Sheets, Volume 3 - [Glenn Gravatt]
      • Thayer Catalog Instruction Sheets, Volume 4 - [Glenn Gravatt]
    • Tricks 'N Things
      • Perfection Sealed Envelope from Wallet - Sam Berland
      • Mexican IV - Karl Fulves
      • Pickpocket Coin Trick - Bob Brown
      • Billy McComb, Tape #7, Bill in Lemon - Magicassette
  6. Men of Magic - Robert E. Olson
    • re: Marco the Magi
    • Tableau
  7. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
  8. Pets 'N Prestidigitation - Hal Diamond
  9. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
  10. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Ace to King Variation
  11. D-D-T! - Ron Bauer
  12. Magic for the Gospel Magician - Ralph Mills
    • The Old and the New Testaments
  13. Vent Views - Bill Boley
    • A Little Bit of Everything - John J. Bogorae
  14. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
  15. Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
  16. Lost in the Forest - John Sherwood
    • The Secret Grove
  17. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
  18. Magic-Up-Date - Richard Greeno
  19. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
  20. It's Never Too Late - Frances Marshall
  21. Gimmicks, Gadgets & Optical Illusions - Robert E. Olson
    • The Growing Coin
    • Penetration # Two
    • Coin Vanish # One
    • The Side Steal Vanish
    • Coin Production
  22. QuiQuartet - Phil Goldstein
  23. School Assembly Shows - David James White II & Mitzi
  24. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • magic potion recipe - Oran B. Dent
  25. Notice - Bruce Posgate suffered a stroke

  1. The New Tops - Volume 22, Number 3 - March 1982 - 52 pages
  2. Cover - Landis Smith & Co.
  3. Contents
  4. Streamlined Transmutation - Ed Marlo
  5. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • In the Mail
      • Magic Limited - book catalog
      • Joe Riding - Newsletter No. 7
      • Wilbur Kattner - Small Magic Talk from Texas, No. 11
      • The Cabot St. Theatre News
      • Sterling Magic - list
      • Card Coin Creations - book - Sterling Magic
      • The Magic Dealer, Vol. 2 No. 2
      • Current Comedy
      • Arcane, No. 5
      • Legerdemain, July
    • Books, Tricks, Tapes 'N Things
      • The New Jinx, Volume 1 - reprint
      • Imagination, the Illusions of Eugene Poinc - Micky Hades International
      • Press-Tidigi-Tation - Ronald Dayton
      • T.K.'s Routine Supreme Encore - Tony Kardyro
      • Tony Kardyro/Kardyro Lecture - Tony Kardyro
      • Merrill's Knife Book - R. D. Merrill
      • Magic in a Game - John Palfreyman
      • After Dinner Techniques - Ken de Courcy
      • Card-Kerchiefs and Their Magic - Magic, Inc.
      • Spot the Joker - Lex Zaleta
      • Webster Noahs II - Lex Zaleta
      • Crazee Sign - Jack Ricketts
      • Card Tricks from Mount Olympus - Steve Beam
      • Diary of a Deranged Deck - Steve Beam
      • 50 Ways to Make Children Laugh - Daavid Ginn
      • 1981 Reference File - Sid Lorraine
  6. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
  7. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
  8. Lost in the Forest - John Sherwood
    • Trying Times Magic
      • Rice Bowls
      • Vanishing and Elephant for Free
      • For Card Fanning
  9. It's Never Too Late - Frances Marshall
  10. How to Perform Magic on Local TV - Ron Bauer
  11. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • "Pee Dee Dose" by Baxa Corporation
  12. Magic for the Gospel Magician - Ralph Mills
    • cut and restored rope effect - Eddie Davis
  13. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
  14. Hoppy - Ron Bauer
  15. Magic-Up-Date - Richard Greeno
  16. Tom-Foolery - Tom Mullica
  17. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
  18. Pets 'N Prestidigitation - Hal Diamond
  19. CoNtRaStRaNsPo - Phil Goldstein
  20. Cover Story - Landis Smith & Co.
  21. Men of Magic - Robert E. Olson
    • re: Marco the Magi & Le Grand David (David Bull)
  22. Circus Cups & Balls - Gerald Burns

  1. The New Tops - Volume 22, Number 4 - April 1982 - 52 pages
  2. Cover - Stan Allen
  3. Contents
  4. Men of Magic - Robert E. Olson
    • re: Marco the Magi & Le Grand David (David Bull)
  5. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
  6. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • miscellaneous
      • Micky Hades acquires rights to Videonics
      • Mario Carrandi, Jr. - catalog
      • Yellow Pages - Hand Witt - listing of dealers
      • The Laugh-Makers - new periodical
    • A Chat About Books, Tricks, 'N Things
      • Steve Beam on Coins, Vol. 1 - Steve Beam
      • Improvisations - William P. Miesel
      • A Gift from the Gods - Val Andrews
      • Routined Manipulation (parts 1 & 2 and Finale) - Lewis Ganson
      • The Magic of Frederica - Lewis Ganson, editor
      • Fun Magic - lecture notes - Herb Downs
      • Comedy Magic - lecture notes - Bev Bergeron
      • Table-Hopping Card to Wallet - Bill Nagler, M.D.
      • Sensational Tales of Mystery Men - Will Goldston - Magico reprint
      • Balancing Deck - Bob Koch
      • Miracle Monte - Shigeo Takagi
      • Smut Magic - Anonymous
      • Knock Out Card Trick - Terry Seabrooke
  7. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
  8. [two] Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
  9. The Phantom Rides Again! - Ed Marlo
  10. School Assembly Shows - David James White II & Mitzi
    • Stephen Daniel White arrived still-born
  11. This Business of Magic - Thomas Zoss
    • Ideas for Your Next Photo Session
  12. Implicaprint - Phil Goldstein
  13. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Al Thatcher's Further Than That!
  14. Magic for the Gospel Magician - Ralph Mills
    • humorous Lota Vase effect - Eddie Davis
  15. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
    • It's an April Wedding for Julie McCallum and Mark Sweet!
    • Louis Tannen - obituary - Frances Marshall
    • Bob Sharpe - obituary - Frances Marshall
  16. Pets 'N Prestidigitation - Hal Diamond
  17. Lost in the Forest - John Sherwood
    • Trying Times Magic
      • two-minute ring-and-rope routine performed to "Jabberwocky"
  18. Zoo-Magic - Mark Rosenthal
  19. photos - Abbott's Third Annual Close-Up Convention
  20. Magic-Up-Date - Richard Greeno
  21. Cover Story - Stan Allen
  22. Gimmicks, Gadgets & Optical Illusions - Robert E. Olson
    • Candy Box
    • The Garden Suspension
    • Flowers on Fan
  23. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • "Tray-Mate"

  1. The New Tops - Volume 22, Number 5 - May 1982 - 52 pages
  2. Cover - Rory Johnston
  3. Contents
  4. How to Perform Magic on Local TV - Ron Bauer
    • What is a Stereotype - Really?
  5. Lost in the Forest - John Sherwood
    • Mystic Reflections
  6. Vent Views - Bill Boley
    • Jimmy Watkins dies
    • Easy Questions - John J. Bogorae
  7. Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
  8. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • Looking Over the Books and Tricks
      • Your Money's Worth - Frank Herman
      • That the Troublewit - Frank Herman
      • Wiz-Pen - Frank Herman
      • Rest Stop - Frank Herman
      • Magic & More Backstage - periodical
      • Legerdemain - Ronald J. Dayton
      • Mystics Quarterly - periodical
      • Basil Horowitz Book, Vol. 1
      • Happy Birthday Surprise - Rick Fontanella
      • Abracadabra - weekly
      • The Most Popular Trick in Magic - Val Andrews
      • Manual of Balloon Modelling Vol. 1 - Val Andrews
      • Phantini's Challenge Mental Act - Gene Grant - Magico reprint
      • The Money Magic of Mike Bornstein - Oscar Wiegle & Alan Dell
      • The Laugh-Makers - first issue - Feb/March - periodical
      • Arcane, No. 6
      • How to gain the Experience to Give Hypnotic Suggestions - Busby Magic, Inc.
      • The Great Hypnotic Window Sleep - Busby Magic, Inc.
      • Dr. Herbert L. Flint's Hypnotic Routine - Busby Magic, Inc.
      • A Little Magic Among Friends - Will Dexter
      • A Mixed Bag - John Yeager
  9. In Reverse - Ken Simmons
  10. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
  11. Tom-Foolery - Tom Mullica
  12. Magic for the Gospel Magician - Ralph Mills
    • rising wand effect
  13. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
  14. cartoon - The Costumer - Philip Morris & David Lady
  15. Up Your Ladder - Ed Marlo
  16. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
  17. Magic-Up-Date - Richard Greeno
  18. Abbott's Magic Talent Contest - Neil Foster
  19. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • This is Your Card (With a Punch)
  20. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • keeping the cap on spirit gum, glue, lacquer, etc. from sticking
  21. Thanks from the Family of Lou Tannen
  22. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
  23. Pets 'N Prestidigitation - Hal Diamond
  24. Le Grand David company at the White House Easter Egg Roll
  25. Cover Story - Rory Johnston
  26. Special
    • "One Of A Kind" revue and Hal Meyers
  27. Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
  28. Men of Magic - Robert E. Olson
    • re: Marco the Magi & Le Grand David (David Bull)
  29. Gimmicks, Gadgets & Optical Illusions - Robert E. Olson
    • Surprise Production (Flowers)

  1. The New Tops - Volume 22, Number 6 - June 1982 - 52 pages
  2. Cover - Harry Blackstone, Jr.
  3. Contents
  4. PAC ket Man - Phil Goldstein
  5. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • In Case You Haven't Been Looking at the Magazines
      • Magicana
      • The New Invocation, Index & Nos. 7 & 8
      • The Magic Dealer, Vol. 2, No. 3
      • Calliope, Sept/Oct
      • Magic Info, Vol. 5, Nos. 4 & 5
      • Martin Breese's Newsletter, Numbers 5 & 6
      • Hocus Pocus, Vol. 3 Nos. 2-4
      • The Magic Manuscript, Dec/Jan & Feb/March
      • Magigram
      • New Pentagram
      • Magick, #287
      • Genii
      • Legerdemain, No. 42
    • Among the Club Papers and Advertising I Have Seen
      • Lewis Kohrs - catalog
      • Karl Fulves - news
      • Ron Allesi - list
      • Robert Nelson - lists
      • Magic Talk from Texas - Wilbut Kattner
      • lists - Byron Walker, Al Cohen & Steve Spain
      • Hade-E-Memo
      • Hank Lee - list & newsletter
      • Larry Thornton - list
      • Clowns Canada News
      • The Christian Conjurer
      • Bat Droppings
      • Yogi-Gram
      • The Wizard's Scroll
      • The Spellbinder
      • Barnstormer
    • Looking at Books and Tricks
      • Buff Leaflets - R. C. Buff
      • The Talon #7 - Stephen Tucker
      • Ron Allesi - catalog of instruction sheets
      • The Shattered Chalice - Al Mann
      • The "H" Factor - Al Mann
      • The Seven Seals - Al Mann
      • La Presentation de Spectacles - Jean De Merry
      • My First Fifty Years - Frances Marshall
      • A Magic Primer - Frances Marshall
      • The Success Book - Volume Three - Frances & Jay Marshall
      • The Missing Spot - Supreme
      • Super-Simple-Silk-2-Egg - Karrell Fox idea - Supreme
      • Daemons-Darlings and Dopplegangers - Supreme reprint
      • collection of Geoffrey Scalbert magic - Supreme
      • The Journal of Magical History, Vol. 2, Number 1
      • 1981 Reference File - Sid Lorraine
  6. cartoon - The Costumer - Philip Morris & David Lady
  7. Not Out of This World! - Ed Marlo
  8. Lost in the Forest - John Sherwood
    • Mystic Reflections
  9. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
  10. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
  11. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
  12. Magic-Up-Date - Richard Greeno
  13. Tom-Foolery - Tom Mullica
  14. Pets 'N Prestidigitation - Hal Diamond
  15. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • tip for rub-on letters - Brooks Anderson
  16. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
    • Hard Core Lecture Group, Chicago, present - Father Cyprian
  17. Vent Views - Bill Boley
    • All the Ships at She - Richard Oden
  18. This Business of Magic - Thomas Zoss
    • Judging the Book by the Cover, or, Watch Your Words
  19. Viewpoint!
    • Magic Island ... Fact of Fiction? - Review/Report by Phil Temple
  20. Magic for the Gospel Magician - Ralph Mills
    • A Vanishing Candle effect
  21. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Dunbury Delusion Re-Done
  22. School Assembly Shows - David James White II & Mitzi
  23. Abbott's Magic Talent Contest - Neil Foster
  24. Men of Magic - Robert E. Olson
    • re: Marco the Magi & Le Grand David (David Bull)
  25. Doc Mann Flower Production - Robert E. Olson
  26. Cover Story - Harry Blackstone, Jr.

  1. The New Tops - Volume 22, Number 7 - July 1982 - 52 pages
  2. Cover - Jeff Wawrzaszek
  3. Contents
  4. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • miscellaneous
      • Mario Carrandi, Jr. - catalog
      • The Magic Collectors Bulleting, No. 6
      • Mike O'Dowd - list
      • The Circus Report - periodical
      • Martin Breese newsletter No. 7
    • A Word or Two About New Books and Tricks
      • The Modern Art of Coin Manipulation - Walt Lees
      • Dan Tong's E.S.P.
      • Clean Through - Charles Kardis
      • Just Like Magic - Lee Snyder
      • Magic, Inc. - Catalog No. 23
      • Handbook for Adult Banquet Shows - Hank Moorehouse
      • Cards in Cabaret - Ken de Courcy
      • Baker's Brainwaves - Supreme
      • Profit at the Party - David Hallett
      • Tiny's Balloon Animal Zoo - James A. Payne
      • The New Wiles of a Wizard - Ward the Wizard
      • Lu Brent's Best Magic Tricks Vol. 3
      • Best of Friends - Harry Lorayne
      • The Tates Compass - Mel Stover
      • Rainbow Nesting Wands - Earl Chaney
      • Color Changing Shoe Laces - Tom McCormick
      • Comedy Warm-Ups - David Ginn - reprint
      • Comedy Cut & Restored Neckerchief - David Ginn - reprint
      • Al Koran's Extra Sensory Plus - Supreme
  5. A Timely Escape - Ron Bauer
  6. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
  7. Vent Views - Bill Boley
    • Store of the Rising Bun - David Sigafus
  8. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
    • Roy J. Madsen died - Jay Marshall
  9. Tom-Foolery - Tom Mullica
  10. Forum - Bruce Posgate
  11. Olram's Leaper!
  12. Lost in the Forest - John Sherwood
    • Trying Times Magic
      • Poor Man's Salt Routine - David Allen
      • idea for 2th Century Silk - Ralph E. Paulson
  13. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
  14. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Choice and Chance - A Double Prediction
  15. How to Perform Magic on Local TV - Ron Bauer
  16. Pets 'N Prestidigitation - Hal Diamond
  17. School Assembly Shows - David James White II & Mitzi
  18. Zoo-Magic - Mark Rosenthal
  19. Viewpoint!
    • "It's a Magic World" - Review/Report by Phil Temple
  20. Twisting It Pure - Bill Kalush
  21. Men of Magic - Robert E. Olson
    • re: Marco the Magi & Le Grand David (David Bull)
  22. Magic-Up-Date - Richard Greeno
  23. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • game pieces from fantasy games - Karl Fulves
  24. Cover Story - Jeff Wawrzaszek
  25. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris

  1. The New Tops - Volume 22, Number 8 - August 1982 - 52 pages
  2. Cover - Otto Wessely
  3. Contents
  4. Instant Lunch - Ron Bauer
  5. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • miscellaneous
      • Meyerbooks - Catalog #7
      • Antoine Vander Linden - list
      • Acidus - A Method for Thought Reading - Al Mann
      • Acidus Plus - Al Mann
      • No Tocare - Al Mann
      • Secrets and Mysteries of the Close-Up Entertainer - Eugene Burger
      • Audience Involvement - Eugene Burger
      • Twenty Effects for Psychic Entertainers - Bruce Bernstein
      • The Thompson Pass - The Magic Art Books Co.
      • The Changing of the Cards - Steve Beam
      • The Legendary Scroll of Masklyn ye Mage - Tony Andryzzi
      • Kidbiz - David Ginn
      • Winners All - Charles Eastman - reprint
      • The Balloon Pitch - Tommy Windsor - reprint
      • Aerobic - Tom Mullica
      • Octet - Karl Fulves
      • Fourcast - Karl Fulves
      • Close-Up Capers - Clettis V. Musson
      • Burning Bill and Sealed Envelope - Sam Berland
      • Amazing Substitution - Sam Berland
      • Cutting a Bill in Half - Sam Berland
      • The Foxy Nest of Boxes - Karrell Fox
  6. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
  7. Magic for the Gospel Magician - Ralph Mills
    • list of effects with scripture that can be used
  8. How to Perform Magic on Local TV - Ron Bauer
    • >The Shot - Ron Bauer
  9. Forum - Bruce Posgate
  10. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
  11. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Opening Combination
  12. Men of Magic - Robert E. Olson
    • re: Marco the Magi & Le Grand David (David Bull)
  13. Vent Views - Bill Boley
    • Clean Sweep - Richard Oden
  14. Pets 'N Prestidigitation - Hal Diamond
  15. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
  16. cartoon - The Costumer - Philip Morris & David Lady
  17. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • two-inch bouncing balls - Jack Holland
    • Semi-spherical tops on "Tickle" products - Jack Holland
  18. Quick Visuals for the Informed - Ed Marlo
  19. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
  20. Floating-Haunted Deck - Bill Kalush
  21. An Added Surprise - Ken Simmons
  22. The Grand One Magic Convention - Review/Report by Chris Sallek
  23. Magic-Up-Date - Richard Greeno
  24. cartoon - The Costumer - Philip Morris & David Lady
  25. Cover Story - Otto Wessely
  26. Gimmicks, Gadgets & Optical Illusions - Robert E. Olson
    • Silk Thru Sword #2

  1. The New Tops - Volume 22, Number 9 - September 1982 - 52 pages
  2. Cover - All Trick Issue
  3. [four] Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
  4. Contents
  5. The Hubbard Collection 1982 Edition - Tom Hubbard
    1. Refinements on a Classic [cut & restored rope]
    2. Neighbors - Notes On Key Card Placements
    3. Fingertip Billet Reading
    4. The Updated Sliding Knot
    5. Platform Aces
    6. Notes on a Swindle
  6. Abbott's Missing Body Illusion - plans
  7. A Return Visit to "Bombay" Lee A. Morningstar
  8. The Cocktail Hour - E. G. Ervin
  9. Marlo Teaches Mullica - Ed Marlo
  10. Cut and Restored Lemon - E. G. Ervin
  11. The Seven Knaves - Spud Kump
  12. Sherlock Holmes - Howard P. Albright
    • The Radio Test
    • A Musical Test
  13. Impromptu Ribbon Mystery - Eddie Clever
  14. Crazy Cut-Ups - Howard P. Albright
    • How to Make Your Own
  15. The Spooky Egg - Howard P. Albright
  16. The Fireproof Hand - Howard P. Albright
  17. The Phantom Cartoonist - Howard P. Albright
  18. The Balancing Glass - Howard P. Albright
  19. Impromptu Pencil Trick - Howard P. Albright
  20. The Great Money Grab - Howard P. Albright
  21. The Bill and Nail - Howard P. Albright
  22. A Dozen Ideas with Chinkotine - Jack Bridwell
  23. How to Porta-Drape Your Abbott's Jet Set - Ron Bauer & Sandra Kort
  24. More Staging Ideas with Abbott's Jet Set - Ron Bauer & Sandra Kort
  25. [four] Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
  26. [four] Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris

  1. The New Tops - Volume 22, Number 10 - October 1982 - 56 pages
  2. Cover - "Dorney"
  3. Contents
  4. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • miscellaneous
      • The Black Hole - Dick Jarrow
      • German book on invisible thread - English translation - Martin Breese
      • Martin Breese - catalog
      • The American Museum of Magic - booklet
      • The Catalog of Magic - Micky Hades International
      • The Catalog of Mentalism - Micky Hades International
      • Book Catalog - Micky Hades International
      • Videonics Catalog - Micky Hades International
      • Videonics Catalog - Hans Zahn
      • Magic Manuscript - periodical now published by Tannen's
      • Close-Up Version of silver ball and Scarf - Vernet
      • Abbott's Catalog No. 22
      • advertising sampler set - Tom Zoss
      • Supreme Magic Catalog No. 31
      • Master Banknote in Nest of Boxes - Supreme
      • school assembly show booklet - David James White II & Mitzi
      • Le Grand David and his Spectacular Magic Company - illustrated program
      • Epoptica - periodical
      • Modern Close-Up Card Problems - Joseph K. Schmidt
      • The Goblin Tube - Morrissey Magic
      • The Professional Routines of Ron Frederick - Ron Zollweg
      • The Laughmakers, Issues 2 & 3
      • Arcane, Number Seven
      • Tell-Tale Timepiece - Arthur Emerson
      • Mexican Monte - Nick Trost
      • Razzle-Dazzle - Nick Trost
      • Blanko Wild Card - Nick Trost
      • Magic with Rope, Ribbon & String - Bill Severn
      • Houdini's Greatest Mystery - Burling Hull
  5. Tom-Foolery - Tom Mullica
  6. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Mistakes Will Happen!
  7. Vent Views - Bill Boley
    • Vent-O-Rama - Howard Olson
  8. Forum - Bruce Posgate
  9. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
  10. Final Curtain
    • "Dorny" [Werner F. Dornfield] - by Jay Marshall
  11. Pets 'N Prestidigitation - Hal Diamond
  12. Magic-Up-Date - Richard Greeno
  13. 1982 Abbott's Magic Get-Together - Getting Together in 1982 - Frances & Jay Marshall
    1. photos - Lectures
    2. photos - Wednesday Night Show
    3. photos - Thursday Night Show
    4. photos - Friday Matinee Show
    5. photos - Friday Night Show
    6. photos - Close-Up Show
    7. photos - Saturday Night Show
    8. photos - Magic Talent Contest Winners & Awards
  14. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
  15. Lost in the Forest - John Sherwood
    • The Secret Grove
      • Cornelius "Pinnacle Pad" rotuine
  16. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
  17. How to Perform Magic on Local TV - Ron Bauer
    • Staging and Blocking - Part One - Ron Bauer
  18. Magic for the Gospel Magician - Ralph Mills
    • more effects with scripture that can be used
  19. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • "Listerine Breath Freshener" cap for Fantasio Cane- Jack Sandorse
  20. Men of Magic - Robert E. Olson
  21. Just For You - Ken Simmons

  1. The New Tops - Volume 22, Number 11 - November 1982 - 52 pages
  2. Cover - De Yip Loo
  3. Contents
  4. Seabrooke, McComb and Hastings - A Visit to England - Hank Moorehouse
  5. England Invaded - September 1982 - The Combined Forces of Abbott's and Moorehouse - A Rebuttal - Terry Seabrooke
  6. Pets 'N Prestidigitation - Hal Diamond
  7. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
  8. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Improved Destiny Deck
  9. Magic for the Gospel Magician - Ralph Mills
      Abbott's Botaniette routine - The Palm Tree Christmas - Dan Matter
  10. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • miscellaneous
      • Do You Believe in Magic - LP record - F.C.C.
    • What Is New in Books, Tricks, Tapes and Things
      • Hindu Rope Book - Jimmy Ould
      • O.I.C.U.F.E.S.P. Volume 9 - Howard Adams
      • Further Magic with Dots - John Yeager
      • Phantini Revisited - Gene Grant
      • 17th Annual Florida Magicians Association - poster - Lee Jacobs
      • Alternative Card Magic - Peter Duffie & Jerry Sadowitz
      • Close-Up Hallucinations - Meir Yedid
      • Tahoe File - Terry Lagerould & Bruce Floreki
      • Dice, Squares Tops & Shapes - Burton Williams
      • The Poltergeist Block - Bob Koch & Don Albrecht
      • Paragon Nail Writer - Donald and David Wilson
      • Five Alive - Paul Burdick
      • Utility Cigarette Box - D. Robbins & Co.
      • Pin-E-Tration - Pat Conway
      • Berland's Carnival Magical Surprise - Sam Berland
      • Robert's Locked Chest - Magic Merchants
      • John Mendoza Vol. 3 - Magicassette
  11. cartoon - Ed Harris
  12. Forum - Bruce Posgate
  13. Lost in the Forest - John Sherwood
    • Trying Times Magic
      • inexpensive Himber Wallet - John Cornelius
      • inexpensive close-up pad - Robert Dempsy
    • The Secret Grove
      • idea from "The Conjurer's Calculator"
      • idea from "The Circuited Sorcerer"
      • using a pad as a clipboard
  14. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
  15. How to Perform Magic on Local TV - Ron Bauer
    • Staging and Blocking - Part Two - Ron Bauer
  16. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
  17. Vent Views - Bill Boley
    • The Vacation - Steve Kilgore
  18. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
  19. Cover Story - A Visit with De Yip Loo - by Robert E. Olson
  20. Magic-Up-Date - Richard Greeno
  21. A Deck! A Box! A Coin! - Bill Kalush
  22. Men of Magic - Robert E. Olson
  23. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • "Earthgrown Canning Jar and Freezer Package Marker" for marking coins - John Colwell
  24. The Card with No Name - Ed Marlo
  25. Second Childhood - Spud Kump
  26. Broil - Phil Goldstein
  27. Gimmicks, Gadgets & Optical Illusions - Robert E. Olson
    • Chop Cup Finale
  28. photo - Harry Blackstone, Jr. presenting the 1982 Blackstone, Sr. Award to Doug Henning

  1. The New Tops - Volume 22, Number 12 - December 1982 - 62 pages
  2. Cover - cartoon - Happy Holidays to All
  3. Contents
  4. Broker - Phil Goldstein
  5. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • Video Tapes
      • Videonics, Vols. 34-35 - Diabolical Card Control - Father Cyprian
      • Videonics, Vol. 36 - The Door to Door Card Sharp in Person - Father Cyprian
      • Videonics, Vol. 42 - comedy rising card trick - Father Cyprian
    • miscellaneous
      • advertising sheets & catalogs - David Ginn, Lloyd Jones, Hank Lee, Dock Haley's Gospel Magic, Robinson's Mysteries, Abbott's, Ron Allesi, Meyer Books, Robert Nelson, Lewis Kohrs, Laughmakers, Fedko Magic, Mark Leveridge, Mario Carrandi, Jr. (Catalog 15), Morris Costume, Excelsior-Productions, Michael O'Dowd (List #12) & George Dailey's Magic Collectors' Bulletin
      • Necklace Trickery - Bruce Posgate
      • Working Performer's Marked Deck - Ted Lesley
    • magazines
      • Abracadabra
      • Magicol
      • Top Hat
      • The Christian Conjurer
      • Hocus Pocus
      • The Magic Dealer
      • Magick
      • Genii
      • Invocation
      • Calliope
      • Orben's Current Comedy
      • Buff's Leaflets
      • Magic Info
      • Magigram
      • The New Pentagram
      • Laughmakers
      • The Magic Manuscript
    • miscellaneous again
      • The Crystal Thief - Vernet
      • 1+1=4? - Vernet
      • Rainbow Ends - Aldini
      • Rainbow 13 - Aldini
      • Warren's Wilter - Warren Stephens
      • Super Spell - Ken de Courcy
      • The Color Changing Card Case - Steve Beam
      • Michael Skinner's Intimate Magic
      • Not Just Another Triumph - Richard Pollack & Jerry Nadel
      • Hands Across the Table - Richard Pollack
      • Bill Nagler - Magicassette
  6. Tom-Foolery - Tom Mullica
  7. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
    • new venture "Joy & Associates" occasioned by the birth of Miles Graham Putnam to Graham R. & Kathryn Andersen Putnam
  8. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • "Post-It" notes for page marking (with notes) - John Colwell
  9. Forum - Bruce Posgate
  10. Magic for the Gospel Magician - Ralph Mills
    • High Sign routine - Ron London
  11. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
  12. How to Perform Magic on Local TV - Ron Bauer
    • Staging and Blocking - Part Three - Ron Bauer
  13. Pets 'N Prestidigitation - Hal Diamond
  14. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
  15. Lost in the Forest - John Sherwood
    • Mystic Reflections
  16. This Business of Magic - Thomas Zoss
    • Paying Your Dues
  17. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Double-Double Prediction
  18. Magic-Up-Date - Richard Greeno
  19. Kid Show Weekend - Greg Bordner
  20. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
  21. Men of Magic - Robert E. Olson
  22. The Vanishing Hole - Tom Gagnon
    • Gaffed Cards
    • General Ideas
  23. Miracles for Free - Ed Marlo
  24. Letter From The Editor - Gordon Miller
  25. S.B.I [Special Bonus Insert] 1982
    • I.O.U. - C. V. Tebbett
    • Wow - Revisited - John Luka
    • What? Another Rope Trick? - Tony Kardyro
    • Blacksmithed - Tom Gagnon
    • four-page color brochure from Abbott's

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