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New Tops Volume 5 (1965) by Neil Foster
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637 pages

  1. The New Tops - Volume 5, Number 1 - January 1965 - 48 pages
  2. Cover - Walter Zaney Blaney and Joyce
  3. Contents
  4. Cover Portrait - Walter Zaney Blaney - by Dave Hoy
  5. Magic on Today - Neil Foster
  6. The Al Wheatley [Chop Chop] I Knew - Jay Marshall
  7. Final Curtain
    • Edward M. Massey
  8. The Collector's Page - photo - Cardini
  9. Entre Nous - Dorny (Werner Dornfield)
  10. Final Curtain
    • Milt Levy
  11. Toots from the Calliope - L. E. Roba Collins
  12. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
  13. Poet's Corner - Marie Dornfield
    • Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
  14. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
  15. Chameleon Cuties - Clettis V. Musson
  16. Incomplete Faro - Edward Marlo
    • Multiple Peeks
      • Incomplete Double Peek
      • Incomplete Triple
      • Double Reverse Location
  17. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • hand treatment - Victor J. Pinto
  18. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
  19. Tops Photo Quiz & Answer to Last Month's Photo Quiz
  20. Twenty-Five Years Ago in "Tops"
    • A Suggestion for Lighting - As An Effect in Stage Lighting - Wayne Van Zandt
  21. 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
  22. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • Big News from Wisconsin
    • Color Changing Flower
  23. The Phantom Coin - Eddie Joseph
  24. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
  25. Organization - The Magic Word
  26. Balloonology - Jim Church III
    • Balloon Spider
  27. Patter & Presentation - Gene Gordon
    • Metamorpho Spots
    • Patter for the Santa Claus Sock "Egg Bag" Trick
  28. The Presto Pitch - Tommy Windsor
  29. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
  30. London Notes - Wilford Hutchinson, Jr.
    • The Royal Command Performance
    • Final Curtain - Denis Spicer
  31. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
  32. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Nick's Predestined Thought
  33. Girl from Cape Illusion - North Bigbee
  34. Fooling Around - Ren Fetzer
    • Cut and Restored Mike Cord
  35. Magic Nuts I Have Known - by One of Them
    • Marie Dornfield
  36. Just for Us Young Guys - Sandy Marshall
    • Magician of the Month - Terry Philip Holmes
  37. The Professional Touch - "Monk" Watson
  38. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy

  1. The New Tops - Volume 5, Number 2 - February 1965 - 44 pages
  2. Cover - John Mulholland
  3. Tops Silver Anniversary Contest Winners
  4. Contents
  5. Cover Portrait - John Mulholland
  6. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
  7. The Presto Pitch - Tommy Windsor
    • Merlin the Magician - Bob Faulkner
  8. Fooling Around - Ren Fetzer
    • Convert-I-Tent
  9. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
  10. Patter & Presentation - Gene Gordon
    • Wonder Blocks
    • Temple Screen
    • From the Stuart Cramer Notebook
      • Soup Plates and Handkerchiefs
  11. 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
  12. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • gifts for young assistants - Gene Kirk
  13. photo - Neil Foster & Jeanne
  14. Entre Nous - Dorny (Werner Dornfield)
    • Nineteen Sixty-Four ... In Retrospect
  15. 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
  18. Cane From Hat - North Bigbee
  19. My Handling of the Okito Coin Box - Eddie Joseph
  20. From the Tip of my Thumb - Bob Lewis
  21. London Notes - Wilford Hutchinson, Jr.
  22. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
  23. Twenty-Five Years Ago in "Tops"
    • Townery - Ton Cup
    • Dog-Gone - Joe Didalensky
  24. Everything but the Kitchen Sink - Ed Solomon
  25. Packet Switches - Edward Marlo
    • First Method
    • Second Method
    • Third Method
    • Sleightless Drop Switch
  26. 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
  37. Surprise Night for Gerald Kaufman

  1. The New Tops - Volume 5, Number 3 - March 1965 - 52 pages
  2. Cover - De Young & Company
  3. Cover Portrait - De Young & Company - Magic & Circus Revue - by Jack La Wain
  4. John Grdina Honored
  5. Contents
  6. The Presto Pitch - Tommy Windsor
  7. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • The Colorful Elevator
  8. Tops Photo Quiz & Answer to Last Month's Photo Quiz
  9. Fooling Around - Ren Fetzer
    • New Era
  10. 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
  14. Magic Nuts I Have Known - by One of Them
    • Bill Baird
  15. The Collector's Page - photo - Dr. Harlan Tarbell
  16. Entre Nous - Dorny (Werner Dornfield)
  17. 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
  24. The Professional Touch - "Monk" Watson
  25. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • cheap wig from ski hat - Bob Logan
  26. Poet's Corner - Marie Dornfield
    • Close Up
  27. Cam-O-Neyrd - Stewart James
  28. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
  29. Eddie's Repeat Speller - Eddie Joseph
    • The Repeat
  30. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
  31. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
  32. Next Month - Way Out of This World
  33. Toots from the Calliope - L. E. Roba Collins
  34. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
  35. Patter & Presentation - Gene Gordon
    • Fraidy Cat Rabbit - Al Thatcher
    • Nani's Rocket - Dale Salwak
    • Bolt of Lightning - Dale Salwak
  36. Just for Us Young Guys - Sandy Marshall
    • Dedicated to The I.C.M.
  37. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy
  38. Ascent of Roses - Joseph M. White

  1. The New Tops - Volume 5, Number 4 - April 1965 - 52 pages
  2. Cover - The Rene's
  3. Cover Portrait - The Renes - by Neil Foster
  4. 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
  11. Poet's Corner - Marie Dornfield
    • Chicago
  12. London Notes - Wilford Hutchinson, Jr.
  13. The Collector's Page - photo - Johnny Platt
  14. Entre Nous - Dorny (Werner Dornfield)
    • Questions and Answers - Dr. S. C. Uttlebutt
  15. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Deuces Wild
  16. Just for Us Young Guys - Sandy Marshall
    • Magician of the Month - Gari Schuber
  17. 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
  18. Patter & Presentation - Gene Gordon
    • silk routine - Larry Mense
    • The Secret Message - Dale Salwak
  19. Funny Detergent Bottle - Tommy Windsor
  20. The Presto Pitch - Tommy Windsor
  21. Magic Nuts I Have Known - by One of Them
    • Dr. George Mueller
  22. A Coin And Cards - Edward Marlo
  23. From the Tip of my Thumb - Bob Lewis
  24. The Professional Touch - "Monk" Watson
  25. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • Keeping Magic Clean
    • Humor Terminology Explained
      • Joe E. Brown
      • Bill Pitts
      • U. F. "Gen" Grant
      • Jean Hugard
  26. Twenty-Five Years Ago in "Tops"
    • The Cup of Tantalus - Stewart James
  27. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy
    • Street Scene - David J. Lustig (La Vellma)
  28. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
  29. Fooling Around - Ren Fetzer
    • Washington a la Bun
  30. My Magical Interlude - Eddie Joseph
  31. Toots from the Calliope - L. E. Roba Collins
  32. Tops Photo Quiz & Answer to Last Month's Photo Quiz
  33. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
  34. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
  35. Worldwide Magicians Convention - Honolulu, Spring 1970
  36. Daniel in the Lions Den - Leslie Davis
  37. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
  38. cartoon - O. Blake
  39. Gypsychology - Stewart James
  40. Balloonology - Jim Church III
    • Seal from One Balloon
  41. cartoon - O. Blake

  1. The New Tops - Volume 5, Number 5 - May 1965 - 52 pages
  2. Cover - Salvatore Salla
  3. Cover Portrait - Salvatore Salla - by George Johnstone
  4. 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
  7. 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
  10. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • "Tacky-Finger The Modern Fingertip Moistener" - Cliff Lesta
  11. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
  12. New Acts
    • Rhonda Jean Bauer - to Jack and Donna Bauer
    • Gregory James Wilson - to Nani Darnell and Mark Wilson
  13. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy
  14. Twenty-Five Years Ago in "Tops"
    • Grant's Blindfold Cigarette Mystery
  15. Fifty-Three Years Ago - Percy Naldrett, MIMC - re: de Biere/Le Roy Vanishing Lady Illusion
  16. Just for Us Young Guys - Sandy Marshall
  17. cartoon - Otho Blake
  18. Patter & Presentation - Gene Gordon
    • opening lines
    • Patter for the Genii Tube - Dale Salwak
    • Dyeing Silks - Dale Salwak
    • From the Stuart Cramer Notebook
  19. S.A.M. Parent Assembly Annual Show - Benjamin J. Kleinman
  20. Zip Code Numbers to be Mandatory
  21. Balloonology - Jim Church III
    • Two Balloon Airplane
  22. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
  23. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
  24. The Collector's Page - photo - Bert Allerton
  25. Entre Nous - Dorny (Werner Dornfield)
    • Dr. S. C. Uttlebot's Dispensary
  26. Glide Variation - Edward Marlo
    • A Routine of Surprises
  27. 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
  28. Doubly Rewarding - Eddie Joseph
  29. TV Phone Miracle - Tony Kardyro
  30. 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
  33. London Notes - Wilford Hutchinson, Jr.
  34. 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
  37. Fooling Around - Ren Fetzer
    • Duo-Foolard
  38. 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
  2. Cover - Josef Smiley
  3. Cover Portrait - Josef Smiley & Company
  4. Final Curtain
    • L. E. Roba Collins
  5. Contents
  6. Albright's "Kwik-Kut" - H. P. Albright
  7. Comedy Necktie Routine - H. P. Albright
  8. Fooling Around - Ren Fetzer
    • F.M.O. (For Magicians Only)
  9. New Acts
    • Joseph Raynold Jocelyn Deschenes - to MR. & Mrs. Maurice Deschenes
    • Erik David Curren - to Richard & Shelia Curren
  10. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
  11. Table Reverse & Effect - Edward Marlo
  12. [Jim] Bailey Teaches Tim a Martian Secret
  13. The Collector's Page - poster - "Silent" Mora
  14. Entre Nous - Dorny (Werner Dornfield)
    • questions and answers - Prof. S. C. Uttlebutt
  15. Hawaii Magic News
  16. Poet's Corner - Marie Dornfield
    • Is It Nostalgia Or Is It Spring?
  17. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
    • catfish gag for Dick Stoner's Eenie-Meenie-Weenie
  18. Calgary Magic Round-Up - Help Yourself
  19. Final Curtain
    • Gilmer Rinehart
  20. 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
  21. Final Curtain
    • Alexander Gordon
  22. The Professional Touch - "Monk" Watson
    • It's In The Can For Some Acts
  23. From the Tip of my Thumb - Bob Lewis
  24. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
  25. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
  26. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • "Scratch-Master Magic Brush Appliance Touch Up"
  27. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • Gospel Magic Session
    • Doc Mann
    • W. S. Berger
    • Magic Picture Table
  28. The Presto Pitch - Tommy Windsor
  29. Rocket Flight - Eddie Joseph
  30. Toots from the Calliope - L. E. Roba Collins
  31. Balloonology - Jim Church III
    • Balloon Bird
  32. 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
  2. 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
  9. She Married the Joker - Frances Ireland Marshall - re: Jean and Robert Orben
  10. Fooling Around - Ren Fetzer
    • The D. J. (Double Jumper)
  11. Tops Photo Quiz & Answer to Last Month's Photo Quiz
  12. Silken Lady Stage Illusion - North Bigbee
  13. Magic Nuts I Have Known - by One of Them
    • George Boston
  14. Final Curtain
    • Neil D. Sweet
  15. The Collector's Page - photos - 'Monk' Watson
  16. Entre Nous - Dorny (Werner Dornfield)
    • questions and answers - Prof. S. C. Uttlebutt
  17. Poet's Corner - Marie Dornfield
    • That Strange Lure of Magic
    • Recipe
  18. Straw Suspension - Eddie Joseph
  19. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
  20. Glass, Handkerchief, and Ring
  21. Novel Flower Production - Dale Salwak
  22. Linking-Rings Phantasia - North Bigbee
  23. Eskimo Rabbit - Paul Stadelman
  24. The Professional Touch - "Monk" Watson
    • Another Good Friend Leaves Tops
    • More About Elsie Janis
  25. 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"
  26. The Spinner Winner - Stewart James
  27. 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
  28. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Nick's Double Deck Miracle
  29. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • "Fotoflat Mounting Tissue" - Robert D. Reed
  30. The Presto Pitch - Tommy Windsor
  31. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
  32. Just for Us Young Guys - Sandy Marshall
  33. Dr. William S. Walters Honored as "Dentist Of The Year"
  34. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
    • Eras-I-Bull Card
  35. Balloonology - Jim Church III
    • Bird In Flight
  36. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
    • Special Ladies' Event at the Get-Together
  37. Patter & Presentation - Gene Gordon
    • Out to Spy - Phil Goldstein
    • Afghan Bands - Phil Goldstein
    • A Trip to Monsterville - Dale Salwak
  38. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy
    • a Sad Sad Tale! - David J. Lustig
  39. London Notes - Wilford Hutchinson, Jr.
  40. Final Curtain
    • Vic. Maxwell (G. E. Thompson)

  1. The New Tops - Volume 5, Number 8 - August 1965 - 44 pages
  2. Cover - Percy Abbott
  3. Tops Photo Quiz & Answer to Last Month's Photo Quiz
  4. New Lamps For Old - Duke Stern - re: Get-Together
  5. Contents
  6. 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
  16. 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
  21. Thurston's "Buried Alive"
  22. The Professional Touch - "Monk" Watson
  23. 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
  27. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
    • Something Every Day for the Ladies at the Get-Together
  28. Final Curtain
    • Eddie McLaughlin
  29. Hawaii Magic News
  30. 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
  35. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Color Eureka
  36. Jamesway Junction - Stewart James
  37. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
  38. cartoon - O. Blake

  1. The New Tops - Volume 5, Number 9 - September 1965 - 44 pages
  2. Cover - Bev Bergeron - Rebo the Clown
  3. Cover Portrait - Bev Bergeron - creator of "Rebo the Clown" - by Jim Conley
  4. Contents
  5. The One-Ace Trick - Stewart James
  6. A Salute to Harry Blackstone - by George McAthy
  7. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
  8. Magic Nuts I Have Known - by One of Them
    • Duke Stern
  9. Just for Us Young Guys - Harry George
    • Magician of the Month - Harry George
  10. The Dragon - Page dedicated to Vernon E. Lux
    • Bull's Eye Silk Production - Oscar Weigle, Jr.
  11. The Collector's Page - photo - Tom Palmer
  12. Entre Nous - Dorny (Werner Dornfield)
    • Prof. S. C. Uttlebutt's Candid Column for September
  13. Poet's Corner - Marie Dornfield
    • Memories
  14. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
  15. Jack Bauer on Tour - Rick Rogers
  16. Twenty-Five Years Ago in "Tops"
    • Dramatic Living and Dead Test
  17. Tops Photo Quiz & Answer to Last Month's Photo Quiz
  18. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
  19. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • magnetic vinyl tape - Tommy Windsor
  20. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • The Magic of John de Vries
      • The Holy Spirit
      • Okito Canister
      • Bible Monument
  21. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
  22. As An Opener - Edward Marlo
  23. Bergeron's Champagne Bowl Production - Bev Bergeron
  24. S.A.M. Day at World's Fair - Ed Levy
  25. Get-Well Wishes to Pete Bouton
  26. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Colorama
  27. 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
  28. London Notes - Wilford Hutchinson, Jr.
    • Final Curtain - Paul Casper - by Frederick Barlow
  29. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
  30. Patter & Presentation - Gene Gordon
    • The Pecoys - Dale Salwak
    • Kip's Ship's Trips - Phil Goldstein
  31. The Professional Touch - "Monk" Watson
    • Oh My Aching Back
  32. Fooling Around - Ren Fetzer
    • Foiled
  33. Nuzzo's Pocket Appearance - Jimmy Nuzzo
  34. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
    • Bank Note gag - Duke Stern
    • Billboard or Buckboard - Duke Stern
  35. New Act
    • Darin Renyard Fox - to Karrell and Lynn Fox

  1. The New Tops - Volume 5, Number 10 - October 1965 - 52 pages
  2. Cover - Paul and Trudy Stadelman with Windy Higgins and Cindy Twiggins
  3. Cover Portrait - The Stadelman Family - by Winn D. (Windy) Higgins
  4. Contents
  5. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
  6. Doc & Ann Mahendra Honored
  7. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Mental Fantabulous
  8. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy
  9. The Collector's Page - photo - Ade Duval
  10. Entre Nous - Dorny (Werner Dornfield)
  11. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
  12. Poet's Corner - Marie Antoinette Dornfield
    • My Tribute to Ade
  13. Balloonology - Jim Church III
  14. Just for Us Young Guys - Harry George
    • Magician of the Month - Tom Dahl
  15. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
  16. Tragic Loss in Houdini Collection - Cleve Haubold
  17. The Lenient Smoke - Eddie Joseph
  18. Triplenary - Stewart James
  19. 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
    1. photos from Wednesday Night Show
    2. photos from Thursday Night Show
    3. photos from Friday Night Show
    4. photos from Saturday Night Show
  22. The Professional Touch - "Monk" Watson
    • More Touches on The Professional Touch
  23. 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
  24. A Multiple Effect - Edward Marlo
    • Effect
    • Multiple Effect - 2nd Method
    • Multiple Effect - 3rd Method
    • The 50% Miracle
    • Way Ahead Presentation
    • Alternate Method
  25. Final Curtain
    • Esther Joseph (daughter of Eddie and Sarah Joseph)
    • Howard G. Strickler
  26. Fooling Around - Ren Fetzer
    • Roll 'Em
  27. Tops Photo Quiz & Answer to Last Month's Photo Quiz
  28. New York City, Dateline November 5, 1926 n- Houdini Is Buried
  29. 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
  30. Used Magic - New Lamps For Old
  31. Twenty-Five Years Ago in "Tops"
    • Passe-Passe Combination - U. F. Grant
    • Simplex - Diminishing Cigarette Packet - Allan Lambie
    • Thimble Production Wand - Allan Lambie
  32. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • "Kleen Stik Metalizer Mylar"
  33. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
    • folding money bill gag - Jack Sandorse
  34. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
  35. Magic Nuts I Have Known - by One of Them
    • Rick Rogers
  36. London Notes - Wilford Hutchinson, Jr.
  37. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
  38. The Dragon - Page dedicated to Vernon E. Lux
    • The Bewitched Silks - William E. Cox, Jr.
  39. Texas Association Of Magicians Convention Highlights - North Bigbee

  1. The New Tops - Volume 5, Number 11 - November 1965 - 44 pages
  2. Cover - Christopher Woodward
  3. Cover Portrait - Christopher Woodward
  4. Letter To The Editor - Windy Higgins
  5. Contents
  6. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
  7. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
  8. Fooling Around - Ren Fetzer
    • Combination
  9. The Collector's Page - photo - Goodliffe
  10. Entre Nous - Dorny (Werner Dornfield)
    • The Professor's Page - Prof. S. C. Uttlebutt
  11. Want Ad Provides Magic Audience
  12. Twenty-Five Years Ago in "Tops"
    • Chinese Wands (Using Chinese figures on tassels) - Jimmy Trimble
  13. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Transposed Thought
  14. 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
  19. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • "Polyphane Garbage Bags" - for storing & transporting props
  20. Cute Clementine - Eddie Joseph
    • Color Sense
    • The Studious Duckling
    • The Tax Collector
    • Smoking Is Harmful
  21. 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
  23. Francis Haxton and Dale Salwak present additional ideas for the: The 1 & 3 Ace Trick
  24. A Card to Remember - Stewart James
  25. 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
  26. Tops Photo Quiz & Answer to Last Month's Photo Quiz
  27. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy
  28. Patter & Presentation - Gene Gordon
    • The Perils of Pauline - Lu Brent
  29. The Professional Touch - "Monk" Watson
    • Monk recovering from surgery
  30. London Notes - Wilford Hutchinson, Jr.
    • The British I.B.M. Convention
  31. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
  32. photo - Captain Kangaroo and John Giordmaine
  33. The Olram Subtlety - Edward Marlo
    • In Oil and Water
    • For Blue Aces Routine
    • For a Double Face Card
    • The Choice Transformation
    • An Impromptu Method
  34. Magic Nuts I Have Known - by One of Them
    • Buddy Hughes
  35. 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
  2. Cover - Harry Blackstone
  3. From the Editor's Desk - Neil Foster
  4. Contents
  5. The Great Blackstone - by George Johnstone
  6. The John Braun Testimonial - Frances Ireland Marshall
  7. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
  8. The Collector's Page - photo - Victor Torsberg
  9. Entre Nous - Dorny (Werner Dornfield)
    • Victor Torsberg
    • The Professor's Page - Prof. S. C. Uttlebutt
  10. The Dragon - Page dedicated to Vernon E. Lux
    • Memoirs of a Small Town Entertainer - Harry Opel
      • Chapter Two
  11. Patter & Presentation - Gene Gordon
    • The Magician Vs. The Spectator - A Comedy Card Act for Two Persons - Lu Brent
  12. HOW - U.F. 'Gen' Grant
  13. The Delightful Dove - Eddie Joseph
  14. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Mental Coincidence
  15. Marlo's Aces - Edward Marlo
  16. Poet's Corner - Marie Antoinette Dornfield
    • Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
    • The Man In My Life
  17. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
  18. The New Tops - Tops 1965 Trick Annual - 36 pages
    1. Index
    2. Be An Entertainer - Mercer Helms
    3. Tangle Trickery - Sid Lorraine
    4. Stickshift - Harry George & Tom Reitze
    5. Faro Slough Offs - Jimmy Nuzzo
      • A Variation
    6. Lighting a Cigarette by Magic - Eddie Joseph
      • Self-Lighting Cigarette
    7. Mentalist Question Cards - Gerald Kosky
    8. The Bill and Nail - H. P. Albright
    9. Flame-Butterfly Illusion - North Bigbee and Paul J. Siegel
    10. Korny Bill Collection - Karrell Fox
    11. The Z-A-N-E-Y Lights - Walter Zaney Blaney
    12. Abbott's Vanishing Cage & Girl Illusion
    13. Hippity-Hop Skeletons - Dale Salwak
    14. Chink Can Comedy - Dale Salwak
    15. Fantasy in Color - Dale Salwak
    16. Sword Thru Girl Presentation - Carlos H. Colombi
    17. Sword Super-X - North Bigbee
    18. Things Aren't Always What They Seem To Be - Dale Salwak
    19. The Rambling Rabbits - Paul Stadelman
    20. A New Routine For The Blue Phantom - Joseph M. White
    21. The Wand Vanishes - George McAthy
    22. Reed This - Graham Reed
    23. Space Race to the Moon - Bruce Posgate
    24. "Carnival" Sword Box - Bob Lynn
    25. Abbott's Comedy Rope
  19. 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
  20. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • "Creeping Hand" [Sears] - Colonel Philip Morris
  21. Tops Photo Quiz & Answer to Last Month's Photo Quiz
  22. The Professional Touch - "Monk" Watson
    • A Very Merry Christmas!
  23. 'Real Gone' Book Test - Stewart James
  24. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • Three Hearts
  25. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
  26. Just for Us Young Guys - Harry George
    • Magician of the Month - Thomas Montgomery (Monte the Mystifier)
  27. Fooling Around - Ren Fetzer
    • The C. P. (Commercial Pitch)
  28. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
  29. Final Curtain
    • Mrs. Fern V. Bordner
  30. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy
    • Daffynitions - Ronny Cortes
  31. London Notes - Wilford Hutchinson, Jr.
    • Final Curtain - Bert Dexter
  32. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
    • Anne Gwynne's Anniversary Salad
  33. Final Curtain
    • Raymond F. Muse
  34. Practical Presentation of Arturo's "Links"
  35. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
    • squeeker for folding bill gag - Ronnie Gann
  36. Ring-A-Ding-Ding - George Johnstone

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