New Tops Volume 22 (1982)
by Gordon Miller

Greg Bordner, Publisher
Gordon Miller, Editor

643 pages

1. The New Tops - Volume 22, Number 1 - January 1982 - 52 pages
1. Cover - Mark Sweet
5. Contents
6. 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
11. Magic for the Gospel Magician - Ralph Mills
    • Checkmate effect - Edward Davis
12. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
14. cartoon - Ed Harris
14. Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
15. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
17. Lost in the Forest - John Sherwood
    • Trying Times Magic
      • ideas from Richard Hughes
18. Jack Aces - Ed Marlo
22. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
24. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
26. Pets 'N Prestidigitation - Hal Diamond
27. This Business of Magic - Thomas Zoss
    • Scholl Bells - Part Three
27. Vent Views - Bill Boley
    • Circus Whirled - Richard Oden
28. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
29. Men of Magic - Robert E. Olson
    • re: Marco the Magi
    • Prelude
32. Cover Story - Mark Sweet
32. Correction - Tam Gagnon's Floater in December 1981 issue
33. Tom-Foolery - Tom Mullica
34. On The Road Again - Re; Abbott's
34. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • replacing the ink with paper in a BIC pen with Transparent barrel
35. Magic-Up-Date - Richard Greeno
35. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • The Gambler, Again
36. [four] Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
37. Gimmicks, Gadgets & Optical Illusions - Robert E. Olson
    • Wooden Thimble Production
    • Second Ball Production
    • Thimble Color Change
40. [two] Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
41. Flashback!
    • The Panel Chest - Joel Ross
    • Tipsy Turvy Production Box - Joel Ross The Magic Cupboard - Joel Ross
44. 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
1. Cover - Bill Karlton [possibly]
5. Contents
6. How to Perform Magic on Local T.V. - Ron Bauer
7. 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
12. Men of Magic - Robert E. Olson
    • re: Marco the Magi
    • Tableau
20. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
22. Pets 'N Prestidigitation - Hal Diamond
23. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
24. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Ace to King Variation
25. D-D-T! - Ron Bauer
28. Magic for the Gospel Magician - Ralph Mills
    • The Old and the New Testaments
29. Vent Views - Bill Boley
    • A Little Bit of Everything - John J. Bogorae
30. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
30. Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
31. Lost in the Forest - John Sherwood
    • The Secret Grove
32. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
34. Magic-Up-Date - Richard Greeno
35. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
37. It's Never Too Late - Frances Marshall
38. Gimmicks, Gadgets & Optical Illusions - Robert E. Olson
    • The Growing Coin
    • Penetration # Two
    • Coin Vanish # One
    • The Side Steal Vanish
    • Coin Production
46. QuiQuartet - Phil Goldstein
47. School Assembly Shows - David James White II & Mitzi
47. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • magic potion recipe - Oran B. Dent
47. Notice - Bruce Posgate suffered a stroke

1. The New Tops - Volume 22, Number 3 - March 1982 - 52 pages
1. Cover - Landis Smith & Co.
5. Contents
6. Streamlined Transmutation - Ed Marlo
10. 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
14. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
15. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
17. Lost in the Forest - John Sherwood
    • Trying Times Magic
      • Rice Bowls
      • Vanishing and Elephant for Free
      • For Card Fanning
18. It's Never Too Late - Frances Marshall
19. How to Perform Magic on Local TV - Ron Bauer
20. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • "Pee Dee Dose" by Baxa Corporation
21. Magic for the Gospel Magician - Ralph Mills
    • cut and restored rope effect - Eddie Davis
22. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
23. Hoppy - Ron Bauer
29. Magic-Up-Date - Richard Greeno
30. Tom-Foolery - Tom Mullica
32. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
34. Pets 'N Prestidigitation - Hal Diamond
35. CoNtRaStRaNsPo - Phil Goldstein
36. Cover Story - Landis Smith & Co.
37. Men of Magic - Robert E. Olson
    • re: Marco the Magi & Le Grand David (David Bull)
42. Circus Cups & Balls - Gerald Burns

1. The New Tops - Volume 22, Number 4 - April 1982 - 52 pages
1. Cover - Stan Allen
5. Contents
6. Men of Magic - Robert E. Olson
   • re: Marco the Magi & Le Grand David (David Bull)
11. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
12. 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
17. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
18. [two] Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
19. The Phantom Rides Again! - Ed Marlo
23. School Assembly Shows - David James White II & Mitzi
    • Stephen Daniel White arrived still-born
26. This Business of Magic - Thomas Zoss
    • Ideas for Your Next Photo Session
27. Implicaprint - Phil Goldstein
28. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Al Thatcher's Further Than That!
29. Magic for the Gospel Magician - Ralph Mills
    • humorous Lota Vase effect - Eddie Davis
30. 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
33. Pets 'N Prestidigitation - Hal Diamond
34. Lost in the Forest - John Sherwood
    • Trying Times Magic
      • two-minute ring-and-rope routine performed to "Jabberwocky"
35. Zoo-Magic - Mark Rosenthal
36. photos - Abbott's Third Annual Close-Up Convention
37. Magic-Up-Date - Richard Greeno
38. Cover Story - Stan Allen
39. Gimmicks, Gadgets & Optical Illusions - Robert E. Olson
    • Candy Box
    • The Garden Suspension
    • Flowers on Fan
43. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • "Tray-Mate"

1. The New Tops - Volume 22, Number 5 - May 1982 - 52 pages
1. Cover - Rory Johnston
5. Contents
6. How to Perform Magic on Local TV - Ron Bauer
   • What is a Stereotype - Really?
9. Lost in the Forest - John Sherwood
   • Mystic Reflections
10. Vent Views - Bill Boley
    • Jimmy Watkins dies
    • Easy Questions - John J. Bogorae
11. Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
12. 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
17. In Reverse - Ken Simmons
18. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
20. Tom-Foolery - Tom Mullica
22. Magic for the Gospel Magician - Ralph Mills
    • rising wand effect
23. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
23. cartoon - The Costumer - Philip Morris & David Lady
24. Up Your Ladder - Ed Marlo
26. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
29. Magic-Up-Date - Richard Greeno
29. Abbott's Magic Talent Contest - Neil Foster
30. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • This is Your Card (With a Punch)
30. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • keeping the cap on spirit gum, glue, lacquer, etc. from sticking
30. Thanks from the Family of Lou Tannen
31. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
33. Pets 'N Prestidigitation - Hal Diamond
34. Le Grand David company at the White House Easter Egg Roll
34. Cover Story - Rory Johnston
35. Special
    • "One Of A Kind" revue and Hal Meyers
35. Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
36. Men of Magic - Robert E. Olson
    • re: Marco the Magi & Le Grand David (David Bull)
42. Gimmicks, Gadgets & Optical Illusions - Robert E. Olson
    • Surprise Production (Flowers)

1. The New Tops - Volume 22, Number 6 - June 1982 - 52 pages
1. Cover - Harry Blackstone, Jr.
5. Contents
6. PAC ket Man - Phil Goldstein
7. 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
12. cartoon - The Costumer - Philip Morris & David Lady
13. Not Out of This World! - Ed Marlo
15. Lost in the Forest - John Sherwood
    • Mystic Reflections
17. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
19. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
21. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
22. Magic-Up-Date - Richard Greeno
23. Tom-Foolery - Tom Mullica
24. Pets 'N Prestidigitation - Hal Diamond
25. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • tip for rub-on letters - Brooks Anderson
26. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
    • Hard Core Lecture Group, Chicago, present - Father Cyprian
28. Vent Views - Bill Boley
    • All the Ships at She - Richard Oden
29. This Business of Magic - Thomas Zoss
    • Judging the Book by the Cover, or, Watch Your Words
31. Viewpoint!
    • Magic Island ... Fact of Fiction? - Review/Report by Phil Temple
31. Magic for the Gospel Magician - Ralph Mills
    • A Vanishing Candle effect
32. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Dunbury Delusion Re-Done
33. School Assembly Shows - David James White II & Mitzi
34. Abbott's Magic Talent Contest - Neil Foster
35. Men of Magic - Robert E. Olson
    • re: Marco the Magi & Le Grand David (David Bull)
42. Doc Mann Flower Production - Robert E. Olson
43. Cover Story - Harry Blackstone, Jr.

1. The New Tops - Volume 22, Number 7 - July 1982 - 52 pages
1. Cover - Jeff Wawrzaszek
5. Contents
6. 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
11. A Timely Escape - Ron Bauer
13. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
15. Vent Views - Bill Boley
    • Store of the Rising Bun - David Sigafus
17. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
    • Roy J. Madsen died - Jay Marshall
19. Tom-Foolery - Tom Mullica
22. Forum - Bruce Posgate
24. Olram's Leaper!
27. Lost in the Forest - John Sherwood
    • Trying Times Magic
      • Poor Man's Salt Routine - David Allen
      • idea for 2th Century Silk - Ralph E. Paulson
28. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
30. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Choice and Chance - A Double Prediction
31. How to Perform Magic on Local TV - Ron Bauer
32. Pets 'N Prestidigitation - Hal Diamond
33. School Assembly Shows - David James White II & Mitzi
34. Zoo-Magic - Mark Rosenthal
35. Viewpoint!
    • "It's a Magic World" - Review/Report by Phil Temple
38. Twisting It Pure - Bill Kalush
39. Men of Magic - Robert E. Olson
    • re: Marco the Magi & Le Grand David (David Bull)
42. Magic-Up-Date - Richard Greeno
43. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • game pieces from fantasy games - Karl Fulves
43. Cover Story - Jeff Wawrzaszek
43. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris

1. The New Tops - Volume 22, Number 8 - August 1982 - 52 pages
1. Cover - Otto Wessely
5. Contents
6. Instant Lunch - Ron Bauer
8. 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
13. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
15. Magic for the Gospel Magician - Ralph Mills
    • list of effects with scripture that can be used
16. How to Perform Magic on Local TV - Ron Bauer
    • >The Shot - Ron Bauer
19. Forum - Bruce Posgate
20. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
22. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Opening Combination
23. Men of Magic - Robert E. Olson
    • re: Marco the Magi & Le Grand David (David Bull)
29. Vent Views - Bill Boley
    • Clean Sweep - Richard Oden
30. Pets 'N Prestidigitation - Hal Diamond
31. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
34. cartoon - The Costumer - Philip Morris & David Lady
34. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • two-inch bouncing balls - Jack Holland
    • Semi-spherical tops on "Tickle" products - Jack Holland
35. Quick Visuals for the Informed - Ed Marlo
36. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
37. Floating-Haunted Deck - Bill Kalush
39. An Added Surprise - Ken Simmons
40. The Grand One Magic Convention - Review/Report by Chris Sallek
41. Magic-Up-Date - Richard Greeno
41. cartoon - The Costumer - Philip Morris & David Lady
42. Cover Story - Otto Wessely
42. Gimmicks, Gadgets & Optical Illusions - Robert E. Olson
    • Silk Thru Sword #2

1. The New Tops - Volume 22, Number 9 - September 1982 - 52 pages
1. Cover - All Trick Issue
2. [four] Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
1. Contents
2. The Hubbard Collection 1982 Edition - Tom Hubbard
   2. Refinements on a Classic [cut & restored rope]
   3. Neighbors - Notes On Key Card Placements
   6. Fingertip Billet Reading
   7. The Updated Sliding Knot
   10. Platform Aces
   13. Notes on a Swindle
14. Abbott's Missing Body Illusion - plans
27. A Return Visit to "Bombay" Lee A. Morningstar
28. The Cocktail Hour - E. G. Ervin
29. Marlo Teaches Mullica - Ed Marlo
35. Cut and Restored Lemon - E. G. Ervin
36. The Seven Knaves - Spud Kump
36. Sherlock Holmes - Howard P. Albright
    • The Radio Test
    • A Musical Test
38. Impromptu Ribbon Mystery - Eddie Clever
39. Crazy Cut-Ups - Howard P. Albright
    • How to Make Your Own
39. The Spooky Egg - Howard P. Albright
40. The Fireproof Hand - Howard P. Albright
41. The Phantom Cartoonist - Howard P. Albright
42. The Balancing Glass - Howard P. Albright
42. Impromptu Pencil Trick - Howard P. Albright
43. The Great Money Grab - Howard P. Albright
43. The Bill and Nail - Howard P. Albright
44. A Dozen Ideas with Chinkotine - Jack Bridwell
45. How to Porta-Drape Your Abbott's Jet Set - Ron Bauer & Sandra Kort
47. More 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 22, Number 10 - October 1982 - 56 pages
1. Cover - "Dorney"
5. Contents
6. 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
11. Tom-Foolery - Tom Mullica
12. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Mistakes Will Happen!
13. Vent Views - Bill Boley
    • Vent-O-Rama - Howard Olson
14. Forum - Bruce Posgate
16. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
19. Final Curtain
    • "Dorny" [Werner F. Dornfield] - by Jay Marshall
20. Pets 'N Prestidigitation - Hal Diamond
21. Magic-Up-Date - Richard Greeno
22. 1982 Abbott's Magic Get-Together - Getting Together in 1982 - Frances & Jay Marshall
    23. photos - Lectures
    24. photos - Wednesday Night Show
    25. photos - Thursday Night Show
    26. photos - Friday Matinee Show
    27. photos - Friday Night Show
    28. photos - Close-Up Show
    29. photos - Saturday Night Show
    30. photos - Magic Talent Contest Winners & Awards
35. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
38. Lost in the Forest - John Sherwood
    • The Secret Grove
      • Cornelius "Pinnacle Pad" rotuine
39. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
41. How to Perform Magic on Local TV - Ron Bauer
    • Staging and Blocking - Part One - Ron Bauer
44. Magic for the Gospel Magician - Ralph Mills
    • more effects with scripture that can be used
44. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • "Listerine Breath Freshener" cap for Fantasio Cane- Jack Sandorse
45. Men of Magic - Robert E. Olson
47. Just For You - Ken Simmons

1. The New Tops - Volume 22, Number 11 - November 1982 - 52 pages
1. Cover - De Yip Loo
5. Contents
6. Seabrooke, McComb and Hastings - A Visit to England - Hank Moorehouse
8. England Invaded - September 1982 - The Combined Forces of Abbott's and Moorehouse - A Rebuttal - Terry Seabrooke
9. Pets 'N Prestidigitation - Hal Diamond
11. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
13. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Improved Destiny Deck
14. Magic for the Gospel Magician - Ralph Mills
    Abbott's Botaniette routine - The Palm Tree Christmas - Dan Matter
15. 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
19. cartoon - Ed Harris
20. Forum - Bruce Posgate
21. 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
23. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
24. How to Perform Magic on Local TV - Ron Bauer
    • Staging and Blocking - Part Two - Ron Bauer
26. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
27. Vent Views - Bill Boley
    • The Vacation - Steve Kilgore
28. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
31. Cover Story - A Visit with De Yip Loo - by Robert E. Olson
33. Magic-Up-Date - Richard Greeno
34. A Deck! A Box! A Coin! - Bill Kalush
35. Men of Magic - Robert E. Olson
36. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • "Earthgrown Canning Jar and Freezer Package Marker" for marking coins - John Colwell
37. The Card with No Name - Ed Marlo
38. Second Childhood - Spud Kump
40. Broil - Phil Goldstein
42. Gimmicks, Gadgets & Optical Illusions - Robert E. Olson
    • Chop Cup Finale
43. 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
1. Cover - cartoon - Happy Holidays to All
5. Contents
6. Broker - Phil Goldstein
7. 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
13. Tom-Foolery - Tom Mullica
16. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
    • new venture "Joy & Associates" occasioned by the birth of Miles Graham Putnam to Graham R. & Kathryn Andersen Putnam
19. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • "Post-It" notes for page marking (with notes) - John Colwell
19. Forum - Bruce Posgate
21. Magic for the Gospel Magician - Ralph Mills
    • High Sign routine - Ron London
22. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
24. How to Perform Magic on Local TV - Ron Bauer
    • Staging and Blocking - Part Three - Ron Bauer
26. Pets 'N Prestidigitation - Hal Diamond
27. Magical Whirligig - Walt Hudson
28. Lost in the Forest - John Sherwood
    • Mystic Reflections
29. This Business of Magic - Thomas Zoss
    • Paying Your Dues
31. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Double-Double Prediction
32. Magic-Up-Date - Richard Greeno
33. Kid Show Weekend - Greg Bordner
33. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
34. Men of Magic - Robert E. Olson
36. The Vanishing Hole - Tom Gagnon
    • Gaffed Cards
    • General Ideas
41. Miracles for Free - Ed Marlo
43. Letter From The Editor - Gordon Miller
1. 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

Publisher: Abbott Magic