New Tops Volume 5 (1965)
by Neil Foster

Recil Bordner, Publisher
Neil Foster Editor

637 pages

1. The New Tops - Volume 5, Number 1 - January 1965 - 48 pages
1. Cover - Walter Zaney Blaney and Joyce
1. Contents
2. Cover Portrait - Walter Zaney Blaney - by Dave Hoy
3. Magic on Today - Neil Foster
4. The Al Wheatley [Chop Chop] I Knew - Jay Marshall
5. Final Curtain
   • Edward M. Massey
6. The Collector's Page - photo - Cardini
7. Entre Nous - Dorny (Werner Dornfield)
8. Final Curtain
   • Milt Levy
8. Toots from the Calliope - L. E. Roba Collins
9. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
9. Poet's Corner - Marie Dornfield
   • Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
10. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
12. Chameleon Cuties - Clettis V. Musson
14. Incomplete Faro - Edward Marlo
    • Multiple Peeks
      • Incomplete Double Peek
      • Incomplete Triple
      • Double Reverse Location
15. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • hand treatment - Victor J. Pinto
16. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
16. Tops Photo Quiz & Answer to Last Month's Photo Quiz
17. Twenty-Five Years Ago in "Tops"
    • A Suggestion for Lighting - As An Effect in Stage Lighting - Wayne Van Zandt
18. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • reviews
      • Abracadabra, nos. 972-979
      • The New Phoenix No. 393
      • Genii, September
      • The Ankus, No. 4, November
      • The Barnstormer, October & November
      • The Magic Cauldron, No. 13
      • A.I.M.C. Bulletin
      • The Christian Conjurer, September-October
      • Top Hat, September
      • Psycho Gizmo, Nos. 39-40
      • Magic Net, August & September
      • The Mentalist, September
      • Hade-E-Gram Magi-Zette, October
      • The New Jinx, October
      • La Wain's House of Magic - list
      • Hobby Bulletin
      • Teral Garrett - lists
      • Supreme Magic Co. - lists & Lucky List
      • Micky Hades - list
      • New Era Magic - list
      • Jack Heeren - list
      • Vince Healy - list
      • Edgar Heyl - lists 71 & 72
      • Don Tanner - lists
      • Lou Tannen - Top Hat Topics
      • Ireland Magic - Trick Talk
      • Manual of Magic - Gen Grant
      • routine for Handkerchief Changing Tube - Ireland's
      • Lessons in Dishonesty - Ireland's
      • Linking Ring Routine - reprint - Ireland's
      • Year Book - Ireland's
      • The Magic Book Case - The Jarrows
      • Bunny Bill - Robert Neale
20. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • Big News from Wisconsin
    • Color Changing Flower
21. The Phantom Coin - Eddie Joseph
22. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
22. Organization - The Magic Word
24. Balloonology - Jim Church III
    • Balloon Spider
25. Patter & Presentation - Gene Gordon
    • Metamorpho Spots
    • Patter for the Santa Claus Sock "Egg Bag" Trick
26. The Presto Pitch - Tommy Windsor
28. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
30. London Notes - Wilford Hutchinson, Jr.
    • The Royal Command Performance
    • Final Curtain - Denis Spicer
32. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
33. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Nick's Predestined Thought
34. Girl from Cape Illusion - North Bigbee
35. Fooling Around - Ren Fetzer
    • Cut and Restored Mike Cord
36. Magic Nuts I Have Known - by One of Them
    • Marie Dornfield
37. Just for Us Young Guys - Sandy Marshall
    • Magician of the Month - Terry Philip Holmes
38. The Professional Touch - "Monk" Watson
39. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy

1. The New Tops - Volume 5, Number 2 - February 1965 - 44 pages
1. Cover - John Mulholland
3. Tops Silver Anniversary Contest Winners
3. Contents
4. Cover Portrait - John Mulholland
6. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
8. The Presto Pitch - Tommy Windsor
   • Merlin the Magician - Bob Faulkner
9. Fooling Around - Ren Fetzer
   • Convert-I-Tent
10. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
11. Patter & Presentation - Gene Gordon
    • Wonder Blocks
    • Temple Screen
    • From the Stuart Cramer Notebook
      • Soup Plates and Handkerchiefs
12. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • reviews
    • Bits and Pieces
    • What's New
      • Chen-Kai - "Magia en Mexico" & advertising material
      • Sorcar - program & advertising
      • The Great K. Lal - program
      • Genii, October
      • Ibidem, No. 30
      • Misdirection, No. 2 (April-May-June) & No. 3 (July-August-September)
      • Handle With Care - Robin Robertson
      • Memoirs of Robert-Houdin King of the Conjurers - Dover reprint
      • Ireland Year Book 1963-64
13. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • gifts for young assistants - Gene Kirk
14. photo - Neil Foster & Jeanne
15. Entre Nous - Dorny (Werner Dornfield)
    • Nineteen Sixty-Four ... In Retrospect
16. Poet's Corner - Marie Dornfield
    • Will You Be My Valentine
    • Quick Doctor The Adrenalin!
16. Balloonology - Jim Church III
    • One Balloon Swan
17. Clean Cane Vanish - North Bigbee
17. Cane From Hat - North Bigbee
18. My Handling of the Okito Coin Box - Eddie Joseph
19. From the Tip of my Thumb - Bob Lewis
20. London Notes - Wilford Hutchinson, Jr.
21. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
22. Twenty-Five Years Ago in "Tops"
    • Townery - Ton Cup
    • Dog-Gone - Joe Didalensky
23. Everything but the Kitchen Sink - Ed Solomon
24. Packet Switches - Edward Marlo
    • First Method
    • Second Method
    • Third Method
    • Sleightless Drop Switch
25. Letters Patent - Stewart James
27. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • Your Heart - Rev. Carl Gammel
28. The Professional Touch - "Monk" Watson
29. Magic Nuts I Have Known - by One of Them
    • Frank Van Hoven
30. Just for Us Young Guys - Sandy Marshall
    • The New Living and Dead Test Variation - Al Baker
    • Magician of the Month - Gene A. Anderson
31. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
32. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
33. Tops Photo Quiz & Answer to Last Month's Photo Quiz
34. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy
    • Poetic Nonsense - Jim Alburger, Jr.
    • One From Two Leaves Nothing - Ralph Hadley
35. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Double Thought Reading
36. Toots from the Calliope - L. E. Roba Collins
36. Surprise Night for Gerald Kaufman

1. The New Tops - Volume 5, Number 3 - March 1965 - 52 pages
1. Cover - De Young & Company
4. Cover Portrait - De Young & Company - Magic & Circus Revue - by Jack La Wain
5. John Grdina Honored
5. Contents
6. The Presto Pitch - Tommy Windsor
7. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
   • The Colorful Elevator
7. Tops Photo Quiz & Answer to Last Month's Photo Quiz
8. Fooling Around - Ren Fetzer
   • New Era
9. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
   • You Can't keep a Good man Down ... Especially if his Name is George Johnstone - re: recent illness
11. Balloonology - Jim Church III
    • Two Balloon Swan
12. London Notes - Wilford Hutchinson, Jr.
13. Tops Congratulates Goodliffe Who Will Publish the 1,000th Issue of Abracadabra This Month
13. Magic Nuts I Have Known - by One of Them
    • Bill Baird
14. The Collector's Page - photo - Dr. Harlan Tarbell
15. Entre Nous - Dorny (Werner Dornfield)
16. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
18. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • Let's Keep Magic Clean
      • Bob Rrethen
      • Percy Abbott
      • Howard Melson
19. From the Tip of my Thumb - Bob Lewis
20. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • reviews
    • Bits and Pieces
    • What's New
      • Lessons In Dishonesty - Laurie Ireland - reprint
      • Ireland's Linking Ring Routine - Laurie Ireland - reprint
      • Comedy Mentalism, Volume 3 - Robert Nelson
      • Mentalistrix - The Amazing Maurice
      • Folding Money Plus Make Money Selling Money - William E. King, Jr.
      • The Great Wong's Routine For The Chinese Rings - Tudor Brock, publisher
      • Trish - card trick - Zotz Magic
      • History of The Presto Club - Herb Downs
      • Supreme Magic - list
      • La Wain's House of Magic - newsletter
      • Ireland Magic Company - booklet
21. Twenty-Five Years Ago in "Tops"
    • Chosen Card in Reverse - W. Van Zandt
22. A Problem Posed - Edward Marlo
    • 35th Method
    • 36th Method
    • 37th Method
    • 38th Method
    • 39th Method
    • 40th Method
    • 41st Method
    • 45th Method
23. New Tops Index 1964 - Volume Four - Allan Ferguson, Jr., compiler
30. The Professional Touch - "Monk" Watson
30. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • cheap wig from ski hat - Bob Logan
30. Poet's Corner - Marie Dornfield
    • Close Up
31. Cam-O-Neyrd - Stewart James
32. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
34. Eddie's Repeat Speller - Eddie Joseph
    • The Repeat
35. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
36. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
36. Next Month - Way Out of This World
37. Toots from the Calliope - L. E. Roba Collins
38. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
39. Patter & Presentation - Gene Gordon
    • Fraidy Cat Rabbit - Al Thatcher
    • Nani's Rocket - Dale Salwak
    • Bolt of Lightning - Dale Salwak
41. Just for Us Young Guys - Sandy Marshall
    • Dedicated to The I.C.M.
41. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy
42. Ascent of Roses - Joseph M. White

1. The New Tops - Volume 5, Number 4 - April 1965 - 52 pages
1. Cover - The Rene's
4. Cover Portrait - The Renes - by Neil Foster
5. Sorcar Returns to India
5. Contents
6. Way Out of This World - Ron Wilson
7. T-K's Simple Speller - Tony Kardyro
   • The 'Show Off'
   • The T.K's 'Undercover Force'
8. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
9. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
   • "Handy Hangers" - David Hoy
10. The Egyptian Hall, London - Arthur Ivey, MIMC
12. Poet's Corner - Marie Dornfield
    • Chicago
13. London Notes - Wilford Hutchinson, Jr.
14. The Collector's Page - photo - Johnny Platt
15. Entre Nous - Dorny (Werner Dornfield)
    • Questions and Answers - Dr. S. C. Uttlebutt
16. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Deuces Wild
17. Just for Us Young Guys - Sandy Marshall
    • Magician of the Month - Gari Schuber
18. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • magazines
      • The New Jinx Nos. 32-33
      • The Mentalist, Nos. 22-24
      • The New Phoenix, No. 394
      • The Ankus
      • Hade-E-Gram Magi-zette, Nos. 71-74
      • The Christian Conjurer, Nov,-Dec. & Jan.-Feb.
      • Top Hat, Vol. 2, No. 11
      • Profile, Vol. 3
      • Magic Net
      • Genii, November & December
      • Bookie
      • Menta Lens, No. 2
      • The Silent Messenger
      • The Magic Carpet
      • Vent-O-Gram
      • Backstage With Magigals
      • The Barnstormer
      • The Magic Cauldron, No. 14
      • Abracadabra
    • other reviews
      • Match-Matic - Tom Hastings
      • Ultimate Color Separation - Verne Chesbro
      • Magic For You - Marvillo
      • From Cage to Stage - Brian Le Slie
      • Ropey Comedy - Val Andrews
      • Mystique Magic Co. - catalog-ette
20. Patter & Presentation - Gene Gordon
    • silk routine - Larry Mense
    • The Secret Message - Dale Salwak
21. Funny Detergent Bottle - Tommy Windsor
22. The Presto Pitch - Tommy Windsor
23. Magic Nuts I Have Known - by One of Them
    • Dr. George Mueller
24. A Coin And Cards - Edward Marlo
26. From the Tip of my Thumb - Bob Lewis
27. The Professional Touch - "Monk" Watson
28. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • Keeping Magic Clean
    • Humor Terminology Explained
      • Joe E. Brown
      • Bill Pitts
      • U. F. "Gen" Grant
      • Jean Hugard
29. Twenty-Five Years Ago in "Tops"
    • The Cup of Tantalus - Stewart James
30. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy
    • Street Scene - David J. Lustig (La Vellma)
31. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
32. Fooling Around - Ren Fetzer
    • Washington a la Bun
33. My Magical Interlude - Eddie Joseph
35. Toots from the Calliope - L. E. Roba Collins
35. Tops Photo Quiz & Answer to Last Month's Photo Quiz
36. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
38. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
38. Worldwide Magicians Convention - Honolulu, Spring 1970
39. Daniel in the Lions Den - Leslie Davis
40. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
41. cartoon - O. Blake
42. Gypsychology - Stewart James
43. Balloonology - Jim Church III
    • Seal from One Balloon
43. cartoon - O. Blake

1. The New Tops - Volume 5, Number 5 - May 1965 - 52 pages
1. Cover - Salvatore Salla
4. Cover Portrait - Salvatore Salla - by George Johnstone
5. Society of American Magicians Day at the New York World's Fair - July 11, 1965
5. Contents
6. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
8. Tops Photo Quiz & Answer to Last Month's Photo Quiz
8. Final Curtain
   • Gwen Strickland - by Wilford Hutchinson, Jr.
9. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
   • One Chance in 26
9. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
   • "Tacky-Finger The Modern Fingertip Moistener" - Cliff Lesta
10. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
11. New Acts
    • Rhonda Jean Bauer - to Jack and Donna Bauer
    • Gregory James Wilson - to Nani Darnell and Mark Wilson
12. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy
13. Twenty-Five Years Ago in "Tops"
    • Grant's Blindfold Cigarette Mystery
14. Fifty-Three Years Ago - Percy Naldrett, MIMC - re: de Biere/Le Roy Vanishing Lady Illusion
15. Just for Us Young Guys - Sandy Marshall
15. cartoon - Otho Blake
16. Patter & Presentation - Gene Gordon
    • opening lines
    • Patter for the Genii Tube - Dale Salwak
    • Dyeing Silks - Dale Salwak
    • From the Stuart Cramer Notebook
17. S.A.M. Parent Assembly Annual Show - Benjamin J. Kleinman
18. Zip Code Numbers to be Mandatory
18. Balloonology - Jim Church III
    • Two Balloon Airplane
19. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
21. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
22. The Collector's Page - photo - Bert Allerton
23. Entre Nous - Dorny (Werner Dornfield)
    • Dr. S. C. Uttlebot's Dispensary
24. Glide Variation - Edward Marlo
    • A Routine of Surprises
26. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • Gospel Magicians to Meet at S.A.M. Conference
      • Close-Up Session
    • Letters - D. R. Eaton
      • Birds of Burma
      • Balls, Box and Dove
      • Block Release
      • Reo's All Purpose Table
27. Doubly Rewarding - Eddie Joseph
28. TV Phone Miracle - Tony Kardyro
29. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • reviews
      • routined presentations for Comedy Mentalism, Vols. 1-3 - Eddie Clever
      • Psychic and Other ESP Party Games - David Hoy
      • New Era Magic - New Era News
      • Supreme Magic - list
      • La Wain's - newsletter
      • Micky Hades - book list & Perprtu-List
      • Dale Salwak - lists
      • MCA's Magic Carpet
      • Tannen's - Top Hat Topics
      • Teral Garrett - list
31. I.B.M. Convention News - Des Moines, Iowa - June 14-17
32. The Presto Pitch - Tommy Windsor
34. London Notes - Wilford Hutchinson, Jr.
35. From the Tip of my Thumb - Bob Lewis
35. Magic Nuts I Have Known - by One of Them
    • Bill Talent
36. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
    • rising cigar effect
38. Fooling Around - Ren Fetzer
    • Duo-Foolard
39. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
39. Poet's Corner - Marie Dornfield
    • Abracadabra
40. Final Curtain
    • Paul Morris - Benjamin J. Kleinman
    • Max Katz - Benjamin J. Kleinman
    • Richard DuBois
41. Francis Haxton's Color Confusion - Stewart James
42. The Professional Touch - "Monk" Watson
43. Toots from the Calliope - L. E. Roba Collins

1. The New Tops - Volume 5, Number 6 - June 1965 - 48 pages
1. Cover - Josef Smiley
4. Cover Portrait - Josef Smiley & Company
5. Final Curtain
   • L. E. Roba Collins
5. Contents
6. Albright's "Kwik-Kut" - H. P. Albright
6. Comedy Necktie Routine - H. P. Albright
8. Fooling Around - Ren Fetzer
   • F.M.O. (For Magicians Only)
8. New Acts
   • Joseph Raynold Jocelyn Deschenes - to MR. & Mrs. Maurice Deschenes
   • Erik David Curren - to Richard & Shelia Curren
9. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
10. Table Reverse & Effect - Edward Marlo
11. [Jim] Bailey Teaches Tim a Martian Secret
12. The Collector's Page - poster - "Silent" Mora
13. Entre Nous - Dorny (Werner Dornfield)
    • questions and answers - Prof. S. C. Uttlebutt
14. Hawaii Magic News
14. Poet's Corner - Marie Dornfield
    • Is It Nostalgia Or Is It Spring?
15. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
    • catfish gag for Dick Stoner's Eenie-Meenie-Weenie
15. Calgary Magic Round-Up - Help Yourself
15. Final Curtain
    • Gilmer Rinehart
16. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • reviews
      • The One-Handed Card Cutter - Rue LaMent
      • [Tops] Treasury of Illusions - Abbott's
      • Magic in Your Pockets - Bill Severn
      • Hamman-Esque - Brother John Hamman
      • Mumble Jumble - Brother John Hamman
    • This and That
      • Paul Stadelman - clipping
      • Ireland Magic - Magic Calendar
      • La Wain Magic Shop - list
      • Sorcar - letters and booklets
      • Jerry Cassel - clipping
17. Final Curtain
    • Alexander Gordon
18. The Professional Touch - "Monk" Watson
    • It's In The Can For Some Acts
19. From the Tip of my Thumb - Bob Lewis
20. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
24. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
25. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • "Scratch-Master Magic Brush Appliance Touch Up"
26. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • Gospel Magic Session
    • Doc Mann
    • W. S. Berger
    • Magic Picture Table
27. The Presto Pitch - Tommy Windsor
29. Rocket Flight - Eddie Joseph
30. Toots from the Calliope - L. E. Roba Collins
30. Balloonology - Jim Church III
    • Balloon Bird
31. London Notes - Wilford Hutchinson, Jr.
    • The Magic Circle: 1905-1965 - The Diamond Jubilee Celebrations: April 29th - May 1st
33. 4 Top Lectures Booked for Get-Together
    • New Slants on Magic - Jack Gwynne
    • The John Mulholland Lecture
    • The Mercer Helms Lecture
    • The John J. de Vries Lecture
34. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
35. photo - Society of American Magicians Day at the Fair
36. Just for Us Young Guys - Sandy Marshall
    • Magician of the Month - Ronald Allesi
37. Report on Abbott's Spring Spree - Duke Stern
38. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy
    • Do You Remember? - Charles Hook
    • Vent Routine Using Abbott's Wilting Bloom - Kenny Woodward, Jr.
39. Zip Code Numbers To Be Mandatory
40. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • The All-Fair Mental Spell
41. An Educated Guess - Stewart James
42. Twenty-Five Years Ago in "Tops"
    • Butterfly Album
    • 20th Century Rabbit Trick
    • Up-Side-Down Goldfish
    • Repeating Handkerchief Vanish

1. The New Tops - Volume 5, Number 7 - July 1965 - 52 pages
1. Cover - Ken Diamond & Louise
3. Contents
4. From the Editor's Desk - Neil Foster
5. Cover Portrait - Ken Diamond and Louise - Illusionists - by Jack Gwynne
6. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
7. Westcott's Comedy Rope - T. E. Westcott
8. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
10. She Married the Joker - Frances Ireland Marshall - re: Jean and Robert Orben
12. Fooling Around - Ren Fetzer
    • The D. J. (Double Jumper)
13. Tops Photo Quiz & Answer to Last Month's Photo Quiz
14. Silken Lady Stage Illusion - North Bigbee
15. Magic Nuts I Have Known - by One of Them
    • George Boston
15. Final Curtain
    • Neil D. Sweet
16. The Collector's Page - photos - 'Monk' Watson
17. Entre Nous - Dorny (Werner Dornfield)
    • questions and answers - Prof. S. C. Uttlebutt
18. Poet's Corner - Marie Dornfield
    • That Strange Lure of Magic
    • Recipe
18. Straw Suspension - Eddie Joseph
20. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
21. Glass, Handkerchief, and Ring
22. Novel Flower Production - Dale Salwak
23. Linking-Rings Phantasia - North Bigbee
26. Eskimo Rabbit - Paul Stadelman
27. The Professional Touch - "Monk" Watson
    • Another Good Friend Leaves Tops
    • More About Elsie Janis
28. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • A Good Time Was Had By All
    • Frances Ireland Marshall
    • John de Vries
    • Jonah
    • Lee Wayne
    • Jim Sommers
    • The "Quicksilver Cube"
29. The Spinner Winner - Stewart James
30. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • reviews
      • Allen's Attic - Ken Allen
      • The Big Buck In Magic - Micky Hades
      • Fire Eating Do's and Don'ts - Roy LeRoy
      • Tops Treasury of Cigarette Magic - Abbotts
      • Tops Treasury of Dove Magic - Abbotts
    • magazines
      • Psycho-Gizmo, Nos 39-42
      • Barnstormer, February, March & April
      • A.I.M.C. Bulletin
      • Profile
      • Vent-O-Gram, Jan-Feb
      • Bookie, March
      • The Mentalist, January & February
      • Christian Conjurer, March-April
      • Flash Paper [ICM]
      • Pips No. 68
      • Magicol, December
      • The Magic Cauldron No. 15
      • Magic Net
      • Top Hat
      • Hugard's Magic Monthly, Vol. 21, No. 6
      • Magic World News
      • Backstage With The Magigals
      • Sisters-In-Magic
      • Magic Carpet
      • The New Jinx, February thru May
      • Genii, January thru April
      • Hade-E-Gram Magizette, March, April & May
      • Abracadabra
33. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Nick's Double Deck Miracle
33. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • "Fotoflat Mounting Tissue" - Robert D. Reed
34. The Presto Pitch - Tommy Windsor
36. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
38. Just for Us Young Guys - Sandy Marshall
39. Dr. William S. Walters Honored as "Dentist Of The Year"
40. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
    • Eras-I-Bull Card
41. Balloonology - Jim Church III
    • Bird In Flight
42. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
    • Special Ladies' Event at the Get-Together
44. Patter & Presentation - Gene Gordon
    • Out to Spy - Phil Goldstein
    • Afghan Bands - Phil Goldstein
    • A Trip to Monsterville - Dale Salwak
45. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy
    • a Sad Sad Tale! - David J. Lustig
46. London Notes - Wilford Hutchinson, Jr.
47. Final Curtain
    • Vic. Maxwell (G. E. Thompson)

1. The New Tops - Volume 5, Number 8 - August 1965 - 44 pages
1. Cover - Percy Abbott
4. Tops Photo Quiz & Answer to Last Month's Photo Quiz
4. New Lamps For Old - Duke Stern - re: Get-Together
4. Contents
5. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
7. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
   • Buckeye Dollar gag - Jerry Conklin
8. Impromptu Coin & Cards - Edward Marlo
9. Final Curtain
   • Alvin Richard Plough - by John Braun
10. London Notes - Wilford Hutchinson, Jr.
11. Final Curtain
    • Dorothy L. Wolf
    • Dr. Zina Bennett
12. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • Things I Liked at the S.A.M. 1965 Conference
    • Ideas for Gospel Magic
13. My Washington Bird - John de Vries
14. The Dragon - Page dedicated to Vernon E. Lux
    • Sleeving - Oscar Weigle, Jr.
15. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
17. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
17. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • "Twistee" ideas
18. The Collector's Page - photo - "Dorny" Werner C. Cornfield
19. Entre Nous - Dorny (Werner Dornfield)
20. Poet's Corner - Marie Dornfield
    • Suspended Animation
20. Thurston's "Buried Alive"
21. The Professional Touch - "Monk" Watson
22. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • reviews
      • Sorcar - booklet
      • Sensational Mentalism - Bob Nelson
      • about-to-be-published book - George Lonn
24. Spider Web Illusion - North Bigbee
25. The One & Three Ace Trick - Dale Salwak
26. Sword Screen Illusion - North Bigbee
28. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
    • Something Every Day for the Ladies at the Get-Together
30. Final Curtain
    • Eddie McLaughlin
30. Hawaii Magic News
31. Fooling Around - Ren Fetzer
    • The Linking Rings (with "The Linking Ring" magazine)
31. Correction - to last month's "It's A Mystery To Me" column
32. The Rude Transgressor - Eddie Joseph
33. Balloonology - Jim Church III
34. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy
34. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Color Eureka
35. Jamesway Junction - Stewart James
36. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
38. cartoon - O. Blake

1. The New Tops - Volume 5, Number 9 - September 1965 - 44 pages
1. Cover - Bev Bergeron - Rebo the Clown
2. Cover Portrait - Bev Bergeron - creator of "Rebo the Clown" - by Jim Conley
3. Contents
4. The One-Ace Trick - Stewart James
5. A Salute to Harry Blackstone - by George McAthy
6. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
7. Magic Nuts I Have Known - by One of Them
   • Duke Stern
8. Just for Us Young Guys - Harry George
   • Magician of the Month - Harry George
9. The Dragon - Page dedicated to Vernon E. Lux
   • Bull's Eye Silk Production - Oscar Weigle, Jr.
10. The Collector's Page - photo - Tom Palmer
11. Entre Nous - Dorny (Werner Dornfield)
    • Prof. S. C. Uttlebutt's Candid Column for September
12. Poet's Corner - Marie Dornfield
    • Memories
13. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
14. Jack Bauer on Tour - Rick Rogers
15. Twenty-Five Years Ago in "Tops"
    • Dramatic Living and Dead Test
15. Tops Photo Quiz & Answer to Last Month's Photo Quiz
16. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
16. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • magnetic vinyl tape - Tommy Windsor
17. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • The Magic of John de Vries
      • The Holy Spirit
      • Okito Canister
      • Bible Monument
18. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
20. As An Opener - Edward Marlo
21. Bergeron's Champagne Bowl Production - Bev Bergeron
22. S.A.M. Day at World's Fair - Ed Levy
23. Get-Well Wishes to Pete Bouton
23. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Colorama
24. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • magazines
      • Magicol No. 17
      • The Magic Cauldron No. 16
      • Profile
      • Backstage With Magigals, June
      • Magic World News
      • The Christian Conjurer, May-June
      • Magic Carpet
      • Top Hat, May
      • Mentalist, March, April & May
      • Vent-O-Gram, March-April
      • The New Jinx No. 38
      • Flash Paper
      • The Magic 7
      • Hade-E-Gram Magizette, June
      • Genii, May & June
    • other reviews
      • Sid Lorraine's Chinese Folder
    • other advertisers
      • TAOM Convention
      • Edgar Heyl - list
      • Supreme Magic
      • New Era Magic - lists
      • Tannen's - Top Hat Topics
      • La Wain - list
      • Micky Hades' Perptu-List
25. London Notes - Wilford Hutchinson, Jr.
    • Final Curtain - Paul Casper - by Frederick Barlow
27. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
28. Patter & Presentation - Gene Gordon
    • The Pecoys - Dale Salwak
    • Kip's Ship's Trips - Phil Goldstein
30. The Professional Touch - "Monk" Watson
    • Oh My Aching Back
31. Fooling Around - Ren Fetzer
    • Foiled
32. Nuzzo's Pocket Appearance - Jimmy Nuzzo
34. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
    • Bank Note gag - Duke Stern
    • Billboard or Buckboard - Duke Stern
34. New Act
    • Darin Renyard Fox - to Karrell and Lynn Fox

1. The New Tops - Volume 5, Number 10 - October 1965 - 52 pages
1. Cover - Paul and Trudy Stadelman with Windy Higgins and Cindy Twiggins
4. Cover Portrait - The Stadelman Family - by Winn D. (Windy) Higgins
5. Contents
6. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
8. Doc & Ann Mahendra Honored
8. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
   • Mental Fantabulous
9. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy
10. The Collector's Page - photo - Ade Duval
11. Entre Nous - Dorny (Werner Dornfield)
12. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
14. Poet's Corner - Marie Antoinette Dornfield
    • My Tribute to Ade
14. Balloonology - Jim Church III
15. Just for Us Young Guys - Harry George
    • Magician of the Month - Tom Dahl
16. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
17. Tragic Loss in Houdini Collection - Cleve Haubold
18. The Lenient Smoke - Eddie Joseph
19. Triplenary - Stewart James
20. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • Here, There and Everywhere
    • Professor's Nightmare
20. Correction - in September Issue's Gospel Magic, in "Bible Monument" Paths of Sin should have been Paths of the Sea
21. Abbott's Twenty-Ninth Annual Magic Get-Together - John Braun
    23. photos from Wednesday Night Show
    24. photos from Thursday Night Show
    25. photos from Friday Night Show
    26. photos from Saturday Night Show
28. The Professional Touch - "Monk" Watson
    • More Touches on The Professional Touch
29. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • reviews
      • Sorcar - publicity
      • The Elders - list
      • La Wain - Used Magic, August
      • Harry Stanley's Unique Studio - list & Five Minutes With Ken Brooke"
      • Cooper's Hobby Bulletin
      • Magic World News, July & August
      • Hade-E-Gram Magizette Index for Vols. 1 thru 5 - Dale Salwak
      • Psycho-Gizmo, Vol. 4 (nos. 37-48)
      • Top Hat, July
      • Magic Carpet, June
      • Magic Net
      • The Barnstormer, June
      • The New Jinx, July (#39)
      • The New Phoenix, Nos. 395-396 & 397
      • Abracadabra
      • The Gen
31. A Multiple Effect - Edward Marlo
    • Effect
    • Multiple Effect - 2nd Method
    • Multiple Effect - 3rd Method
    • The 50% Miracle
    • Way Ahead Presentation
    • Alternate Method
35. Final Curtain
    • Esther Joseph (daughter of Eddie and Sarah Joseph)
    • Howard G. Strickler
36. Fooling Around - Ren Fetzer
    • Roll 'Em
36. Tops Photo Quiz & Answer to Last Month's Photo Quiz
37. New York City, Dateline November 5, 1926 n- Houdini Is Buried
38. Patter & Presentation - Gene Gordon
    • Sword Thru Neck Routine
    • Rabbit Wringer Idea - Phil Goldstein (Mr. Zero)
    • From the Stuart Cramer Notebook
      • Walking Thru A Ribbon Patter
39. Used Magic - New Lamps For Old
39. Twenty-Five Years Ago in "Tops"
    • Passe-Passe Combination - U. F. Grant
    • Simplex - Diminishing Cigarette Packet - Allan Lambie
    • Thimble Production Wand - Allan Lambie
40. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • "Kleen Stik Metalizer Mylar"
41. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
    • folding money bill gag - Jack Sandorse
42. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
43. Magic Nuts I Have Known - by One of Them
    • Rick Rogers
44. London Notes - Wilford Hutchinson, Jr.
45. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
46. The Dragon - Page dedicated to Vernon E. Lux
    • The Bewitched Silks - William E. Cox, Jr.
47. Texas Association Of Magicians Convention Highlights - North Bigbee

1. The New Tops - Volume 5, Number 11 - November 1965 - 44 pages
1. Cover - Christopher Woodward
4. Cover Portrait - Christopher Woodward
5. Letter To The Editor - Windy Higgins
5. Contents
6. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
8. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
9. Fooling Around - Ren Fetzer
   • Combination
10. The Collector's Page - photo - Goodliffe
11. Entre Nous - Dorny (Werner Dornfield)
    • The Professor's Page - Prof. S. C. Uttlebutt
12. Want Ad Provides Magic Audience
13. Twenty-Five Years Ago in "Tops"
    • Chinese Wands (Using Chinese figures on tassels) - Jimmy Trimble
14. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Transposed Thought
15. Reed This - Graham Reed
15. Poet's Corner - Marie Antoinette Dornfield
    • Moonlight on Lake Palmer
    • Oh Bring Back Our Old Fashioned Dogs!
16. Abbott's Slick Post Illusion
17. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • routine - Robert Nelson (North Carolina)
18. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
18. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • "Polyphane Garbage Bags" - for storing & transporting props
19. Cute Clementine - Eddie Joseph
    • Color Sense
    • The Studious Duckling
    • The Tax Collector
    • Smoking Is Harmful
20. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
22. The Dragon - Page dedicated to Vernon E. Lux
    • Memoirs of a Small Town Entertainer - Harry Opel
      • Foreword
      • Chapter One
24. Francis Haxton and Dale Salwak present additional ideas for the: The 1 & 3 Ace Trick
25. A Card to Remember - Stewart James
26. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • routine for Sid Lorraine's Chinese Folder - Bill Severn
    • reviews
      • Magic Shows You Can Give - Bill Severn
      • Telepathy Rabbits - Steve Reno
      • Magi-Tutor - Ken Brooke
      • I.J.A. Newsletter
      • Backstage, September
      • Genii, July
      • Flash Paper
      • The Barnstormer, September
      • Yogi-Gram
      • Magic World News
      • Psycho Gizmo Vol. 4
    • Annual Listing of Magical Journals in the English Language
      • Abracadabra
      • Backstage
      • The Christian Conjurer
      • The Gen
      • Genii
      • Hade-E-Gram Magizette
      • Hugard's Magic Monthly
      • Ibidem
      • I.J.A. Newsletter
      • The Linking Ring
      • The Magic Carpet
      • The Magic Cauldron
      • Magicol
      • The Magic Net
      • The Magical Bookie
      • Magic World News
      • The Mentalist
      • M-U-M
      • The New Jinx
      • The New Phoenix
      • The New Tops
      • Psycho Gizmo
      • Top Hat
      • Vent-O-Gram
28. Tops Photo Quiz & Answer to Last Month's Photo Quiz
29. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy
30. Patter & Presentation - Gene Gordon
    • The Perils of Pauline - Lu Brent
31. The Professional Touch - "Monk" Watson
    • Monk recovering from surgery
32. London Notes - Wilford Hutchinson, Jr.
    • The British I.B.M. Convention
34. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
35. photo - Captain Kangaroo and John Giordmaine
36. The Olram Subtlety - Edward Marlo
    • In Oil and Water
    • For Blue Aces Routine
    • For a Double Face Card
    • The Choice Transformation
    • An Impromptu Method
38. Magic Nuts I Have Known - by One of Them
    • Buddy Hughes
39. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall

1. The New Tops - Volume 5, Number 12 - December 1965 - 96 pages - including The New Tops - Tops 1965 Trick Annual - 36 pages
1. Cover - Harry Blackstone
7. From the Editor's Desk - Neil Foster
7. Contents
8. The Great Blackstone - by George Johnstone
10. The John Braun Testimonial - Frances Ireland Marshall
12. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
14. The Collector's Page - photo - Victor Torsberg
15. Entre Nous - Dorny (Werner Dornfield)
    • Victor Torsberg
    • The Professor's Page - Prof. S. C. Uttlebutt
17. The Dragon - Page dedicated to Vernon E. Lux
    • Memoirs of a Small Town Entertainer - Harry Opel
      • Chapter Two
18. Patter & Presentation - Gene Gordon
    • The Magician Vs. The Spectator - A Comedy Card Act for Two Persons - Lu Brent
19. HOW - U.F. 'Gen' Grant
20. The Delightful Dove - Eddie Joseph
21. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Mental Coincidence
22. Marlo's Aces - Edward Marlo
25. Poet's Corner - Marie Antoinette Dornfield
    • Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
    • The Man In My Life
26. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
27. The New Tops - Tops 1965 Trick Annual - 36 pages
    28. Index
    29. Be An Entertainer - Mercer Helms
    32. Tangle Trickery - Sid Lorraine
    33. Stickshift - Harry George & Tom Reitze
    34. Faro Slough Offs - Jimmy Nuzzo
        • A Variation
    35. Lighting a Cigarette by Magic - Eddie Joseph
        • Self-Lighting Cigarette
    36. Mentalist Question Cards - Gerald Kosky
    37. The Bill and Nail - H. P. Albright
    38. Flame-Butterfly Illusion - North Bigbee and Paul J. Siegel
    40. Korny Bill Collection - Karrell Fox
    42. The Z-A-N-E-Y Lights - Walter Zaney Blaney
    44. Abbott's Vanishing Cage & Girl Illusion
    46. Hippity-Hop Skeletons - Dale Salwak
    47. Chink Can Comedy - Dale Salwak
    48. Fantasy in Color - Dale Salwak
    49. Sword Thru Girl Presentation - Carlos H. Colombi
    50. Sword Super-X - North Bigbee
    51. Things Aren't Always What They Seem To Be - Dale Salwak
    52. The Rambling Rabbits - Paul Stadelman
    53. A New Routine For The Blue Phantom - Joseph M. White
    54. The Wand Vanishes - George McAthy
    55. Reed This - Graham Reed
    57. Space Race to the Moon - Bruce Posgate
    59. "Carnival" Sword Box - Bob Lynn
    61. Abbott's Comedy Rope
63. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • reviews
      • Roydon's Magic Wand - Abbott's
      • Hathaway Handkerchief Cabinet - Abbott's
      • Squash - Percy Abbott
      • Unique Magic Studio
        • The Marconick Coin Mystery
        • I'll Start Again - Jimmy Rogers
        • The 5-Star Miracle
      • The Elders
        • Baby Rattlers
        • Matchless Boxes
        • Roughing Fluid
        • Panic Button - Gerald Bailey
        • Hamm's Kann
        • Call The Plumber - Frank Travis
65. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • "Creeping Hand" [Sears] - Colonel Philip Morris
65. Tops Photo Quiz & Answer to Last Month's Photo Quiz
66. The Professional Touch - "Monk" Watson
    • A Very Merry Christmas!
67. 'Real Gone' Book Test - Stewart James
69. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • Three Hearts
70. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
72. Just for Us Young Guys - Harry George
    • Magician of the Month - Thomas Montgomery (Monte the Mystifier)
73. Fooling Around - Ren Fetzer
    • The C. P. (Commercial Pitch)
74. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
76. Final Curtain
    • Mrs. Fern V. Bordner
76. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy
    • Daffynitions - Ronny Cortes
78. London Notes - Wilford Hutchinson, Jr.
    • Final Curtain - Bert Dexter
80. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
    • Anne Gwynne's Anniversary Salad
81. Final Curtain
    • Raymond F. Muse
81. Practical Presentation of Arturo's "Links"
82. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
    • squeeker for folding bill gag - Ronnie Gann
83. Ring-A-Ding-Ding - George Johnstone

Publisher: Abbott Magic