New Tops Volume 8 (1968)

Recil Bordner, Publisher
Neil Foster Editor

682 pages

1. The New Tops - Volume 8, Number 1 - January 1968 - 56 pages
1. Cover - Edward Marlo
6. Cover Portrait - Edward Marlo ... The Man - by Jimmy Nuzzo
1. Harold Martin Testimonial - J. Gary Bontjes
1. Contents
2. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
6. Deep Sleight Technique - Edward Marlo
   • Double Stop (Marlo Drop Sleight)
   • The Four Ace Stop
   • An Observation
7. Tops Sends Get-Well Wishes To
   • Don Sweet
   • Thomas P. Molloy
8. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
   • 5 to 2 & 3 Dollar Bills gag
9. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
11. Sneaky Will - Stewart James
12. Rev. 'Bob' Olson's Italian Sojourn 1967
13. Twenty-Five Years Ago in "Tops"
    • Liquid Appear Idea - "Hen" Fetsch
13. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • silk production tip - Joseph M. White
14. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
15. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • Patter for "Arturo's Links"
17. Sand Frame Thought Picture - 'Monk' Watson
17. Gleanings from Keoki's Notebook - George Hanneman
    • Another 4-Ace (!)
18. Knowing the Ropes - Bert Douglas
19. Thoughtoform - Eddie Joseph
22. Oldie Revisited - Peter Warlock
23. The Magic Of New New Haven - Dick Hodes
24. Patter & Presentation - Gene Gordon
    • Aladdin's Lamp - Bill Severn
25. Final Curtain
    • Robert Lee Fultz, Sr.
25. The Professional Touch - "Monk" Watson
26. Poet's Corner - Marie Antoinette Dornfield
    • Happy New Year
    • Happy 1968
27. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
27. Gleanings from Keoki's Notebook - George Hanneman
    • A Lesson in English
28. Fooling Around - Ren Fetzer
    • Tel-a-Phoney
29. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Predestination
29. The Houdini Silk - Walter J. Gydesen
30. Letter to the Editor from Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
32. Magic Nuts I Have Known - by One of Them
    • Walter Willman
32. Holiday in Magicland - David Price
33. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Magicians of the Month - The Smooth Operator's [Bellwood, IL]
35. Premonition Plus - Carl Wentworth
36. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
38. On The Spot - Ed Mishell
40. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • reviews
      • L.K. Roy - program
      • Top Secrets of Magic, Vol. 2 - J.G. Thompson, Jr.
      • Tricks You Can Count On - Verne Chesbro & Larry West
      • Current Comedy, Volume 9 - Robert Orben
      • Card Party - Ned Rutledge & J.G. Thompson, Jr.
      • Wiles of a Wizard - Dave Ward
      • Sorcar - foreign language book
      • Spelling the Aces - Gene Finnell
      • Free Cut Principle - Gene Finnell
4. Duke's Crazy Page - Duke Stern
44. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy
    • On Literature - Jim Williams

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1. The New Tops - Volume 8, Number 2 - February 1968 - 52 pages
1. Cover - Joe Berg
4. Cover Portrait - Joe Berg - by Werner Dornfield
5. Contents
6. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
10. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
12. Safety Can Be Fun - Ptm. Larry D. Squires
    • Strt-O-Spheres
    • Stop-Lite-Trix
    • Humpty-Dumpty
    • Hippity-Hop Rabbits
    • 'Safety First' 20th Century Silks
    • Watch Your Step
16. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • magazines
      • Magic Carpet, October
      • Abracadabra [1141 issues]
      • The Pentacle
      • The New Jinx, October & November
      • The Gen, September & October
      • Genii, November & December
      • The Magic Cauldron No. 26
      • The Magical Bookie, October
      • Top Hat, November-December
      • Magic Net
      • The Silent Messenger
      • Yogi-Gram, September, October & November
      • The Spirit Trumpet
      • Houdinigram, October
      • The Christian Conjurer, September-October
      • Cooper's Hero Hobby No. 10, August-September-October
      • The Pallbearers Review, October
      • The Barnstormer
    • books
      • The Master Index to Magic in Print, Volume 1 - Jack Potter
      • Magic for Magicians - Nightingale the Mystifier
19. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • card games for children
20. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy
21. Cat Burglar - Stewart James
22. Magic at the Circus - H. R. Foster
24. The Dragon - Page dedicated to Vernon E. Lux
    • Magic for Beginners
      • How About Your Personality? - John Goodrum
25. Poet's Corner - Marie Antoinette Dornfield
    • St. Valentine's Day
26. The Reluctant Runagate - Eddie Joseph
28. Entre Nous - Dorny (Werner Dornfield)
    • Magicalities Miscellaneous
    • Three in One - Dorny
29. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Numerology
29. Final Curtain
    • Mr. Marsh, Betty Johnstone's father
    • Mrs. Adeline E. Coleaux
30. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
31. The Professional Touch - "Monk" Watson
    • Advice from Whom?
32. The Hyudrogenic Candle - Addini
33. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Magician of the Month - Ken Baker
34. Visual Change-Appearance-Vanish - Edward Marlo
36. S.A.M. Banquet & Paul Morris Christmas Party - Benjamin J. Kleinman
37. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • The Crowd May Be Wrong
38. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
40. On The Spot - Ed Mishell
    • Tops - Sam Schwartz
42. Change - P. Warlock
43. Duke's Crazy Page - Duke Stern

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1. The New Tops - Volume 8, Number 3 - March 1968 - 56 pages
1. Cover - he Magic of Haskell - Bob - LaVerne
2. Cover Portrait - Haskell - The Touch of Haskell
3. Poet's Corner - Marie Antoinette Dornfield
   • Chicago
3. Contents
4. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
8. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
10. Entre Nous - Dorny (Werner Dornfield)
    • re: Ed Reno
11. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
11. The Blackstone Memorial Fund
12. Joe Scott Classics
    • The Card on the Wall - Robert Parrish
13. Tops Sends Get-Well Wishes To
    • Pete Bouton
13. Mazda Show
14. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
    • smoking banana gag
17. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy
    • dialog with Phoney Phone
18. Marko's Goshawful Sealed Message Reading Act - With an Equally Bad Method for Reading Billets - as told to Mark Schulzinger
20. The Professional Touch - "Monk" Watson
    • A Great Man - re: 'Senator' Crandall
21. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
23. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • lighting for thread - Philip Morris
23. Six Foot Silks with Magnets and Jet Sets Combination - Tommy Windsor
24. The Envelope Prediction - Dale Salwak
1. New Tops Index 1967 - Volume Seven - Dale Salwak, compiler
25. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • reviews
      • A New Way to Ventriloquism - recording to teach ventriloquists - LP or tape - Bon Neller
      • Stranger Mysteries - Arthur Setterington
      • Paper Bag Magic - The Amazing Maurice
      • T.K.'s Mastercator Move and Effects - Tony Kardyro
      • Welcome Stranger - Tony Kardyro
      • Deck-Sterity - Harry Lorayne
      • Paper Tearing Trick Talks - Arnold Carl Westphal
      • Expert Card Conjuring - Al Sharpe
      • The Horoscope Party - Robert Nelson
27. Magic Castle East
28. Patter & Presentation - Gene Gordon
    • Checkmate [Fabjance] Presentations - Bill Severn
29. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Magician of the Month - Rick Neiswonger "Richardi"
30. Crandall to be 'Burned Alive' - Robert H. Miller
31. Aldini's Nu Way Linking Ropes
32. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
33. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • Passe Bottles
    • A Wonderful Bridge
34. Cosmograohy - Eddie Joseph
36. The Illusionary Bottom Deal - Edward Marlo
38. photo - Ronald McDonald [Don Boles]
38. Final Curtain
    • Giovanni Barbato
39. London Notes - Wilford Hutchinson, Jr.
41. Zelka - BBC Television, September 1967 - reviewed by Frederick Barlow

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1. The New Tops - Volume 8, Number 4 - April 1968 - 56 pages plus a one-page insert
1. Cover - Marv Merillat
4. Cover Portrait - The Visual Comedy of - Marv Merillat - by Oran B. Dent
5. Contents
6. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
9. Entre Nous - Dorny (Werner Dornfield)
   • re: Jim Wobensmith
   • The Wobegorean Puzzle - James C. Wobensmith
10. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
13. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • What's New?
      • comedy wand - Abbott's
      • Hindu rope trick manuscript - August C. Kroeger
      • cut and restored string routine - Peter Tappan
    • Dealers' Lists
      • New Era Magic Shop
      • Paul Stadelman - vent figures
      • La Wain
      • Magical Trading Post
      • Inzani-Henley Magic Company
      • Guest Magical Service
      • C. B. Yohe
    • Club Papers
      • At Ease (Armed Forces Magician's Association)
      • The Flash Paper
      • Magic Lamp
      • Pentacle
      • The Boston Barnstormer
      • The Spirit Trumpet
      • The Christian Conjurer, Nov.-Dec.
15. Symphony - Stewart James
16. The Professional Touch - "Monk" Watson
18. The Magic Threesome - Eddie Joseph
    18. The Pap-Cig Transformation
    19. Chameleon Ribbon
    21. Cut and Restored Ribbon
22. P. D. Mental Stab - Edward Marlo
23. Poet's Corner - Marie Antoinette Dornfield
    • New Trick
    • Abracadabra
24. Aldini's Cardarama "It Fooled The Foolers"
25. Korador - Stewart James
26. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
28. Routine with Abbott's Deluxe Drawer Box - Wallis Reid
29. Aladdin Productions present ... The Magic Caravan - Ken Diamond & Hank Moorehouse
30. Magic Nuts I Have Known - by One of Them
    • Len Carrion
31. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Slow-Motion Red Aces
32. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • Color Changing Handkerchiefs
    • Awake and Asleep Test
    • Sucker Tube
    • Ball Production or Return
    • Bev Bergeron
33. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • cleaning silks - Wilford Hutchinson, Jr.
34. On The Spot - Ed Mishell
    • S.A.M.
    • I.B.M.
    • card trick - Dunninger
    • The Magical Formula
36. cartoon - O. Blake
37. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
38. Patter & Presentation - Gene Gordon
    • The Leopard's Tail - Bill Severn
    • Six Vanishing Wands - Bill Severn
39. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Magician of the Month - David Seebach "The Mighty Divad"
40. Final Curtain
    • Edwin H. Perkins
41. London Notes - Wilford Hutchinson, Jr.
    • Harold Taylor at Leicester
    • Dill-Russell Escapes from Crane
    • Beautiful Amy's Beautiful Magipix
43. Duke's Crazy Page - Duke Stern
    • Quick Coin Routine
44. Conjuring with Cards II - Nick Trost
    • Cards and Dice Prediction
45. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy
    • Speaking Out - John Bogorae
46. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
48. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
5. Insert - Letter to Subscribers

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1. The New Tops - Volume 8, Number 5 - May 1968 - 56 pages
1. Cover - Ken Griffin & Roberta
3. Announcement of marriage of Hazel Joseph and Roy Prior
3. Tops Sends Get-Well Wishes To
   • Duke Stern's Mother
3. Contents
4. Ken Griffin & Roberta - by Neil Foster
6. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
10. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
12. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
14. Duke's Crazy Page - Duke Stern
    • An Unusual Trip
14. News Release - re: Harold Taylor
15. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy
    • Sounding Off - John Bogorae
16. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Magician of the Month - Moshe Botwinick
17. Poet's Corner - Marie Antoinette Dornfield
    • Congratulations
    • Memories
17. The Thinking Rings - cartoon - Ed Eckl - Starting Next Month
18. Finger Ring Transplant - Eddie Joseph
    • Alternative Presentation
20. Bon Voyage - Wm. "Scotty" Lang and Dorothy sailed for Europe
20. Magi Nuts I Have Known - by One of Them
    • Ren Clark
21. The Professional Touch - "Monk" Watson
    • Blackout of 1931 - re: Dorny & Monk
    • Delphiniums for Dorny
    • Tadlocks a'coming
22. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • Utilizing the Bill Tube
    • Copper, Gold and Silver
23. George Val George
24. Twenty-Five Years Ago in "Tops"
    • Milk Vanish Ideas - "Hen" Fetsch
25. Cardnick - Al Aldini
26. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
28. News Release - re: Dr. Douglas Dean
29. I'll Do It Again - Tony Kardyro
30. Toreno
30. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • modification for Coin holders - Nicky Weiss
31. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
32. More Deuce Sandwiches - Edward Marlo
    • 1st Method
    • 2nd Method
    • 3rd Method
    • 4th Method
    • 5th Method
    • 6th Method
    • 7th Method
    • Notes - 1st Method
    • Notes - 2nd Method
    • Notes - 3rd Method
37. On The Spot - Ed Mishell
    • bill routine
39. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • reviews
      • Magic From the Seven Circles - Walter B. Graham
      • Bob's Fun Cards - Bob Lynn
      • Anthony A. Vander Linden - list of books and magazines
      • New Era Magic - lists
      • Ray Sajor Magic - lists
      • The Magigram, 3 issues from November to April
      • Genii, January & February
      • Castle's official Newsletter
      • Bookie, February
      • The Gen, November thru February
      • Top Hat, January-February
      • The New Jinx, January thru March
      • Vent-O-Gram, November-December
      • The Pallbearers Review, December, January & February
      • Magic Carpet, November, December & January
      • Abracadabra
      • Magic Net
      • Cooper's Hero Hobby, Nov.-Dec.-Jan. issue
      • The Magic Cauldron, March & supplement
    • Club Papers
      Pentacle
      • Houdini-Gram
      • Spirit Trumpet
      • Barnstormer
41. Tops Doubles Get-Well Wishes For
    • Pete Bouton
42. Entre Nous - Dorny (Werner Dornfield)
    • re: Doctor John Nichols Booth
    • Pot Pourri De Magie
45. Patter & Presentation - Gene Gordon
    • patter for Quadropelets trick
46. London Notes - Wilford Hutchinson, Jr.

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1. The New Tops - Volume 8, Number 6 - June 1968 - 60 pages
1. Cover - Philip Morris & Company
4. Cover Portrait - Philip Morris - Television's Wonderful World of Fantasy - by Tommy Windsor
5. Contents
6. Tommy Cooper ... a Funny Guy - Frances Ireland Marshall
9. Duke's Crazy Page - Duke Stern
10. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
13. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
14. Peter A. Bouton - March 2, 1887 - May 1, 1968 - by George Johnstone
17. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
18. Backing the Winner - Stewart James
19. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • reviews
      • Directory of magicians, societies and dealers - C. Field
      • yearly index of Magical Book Publications - C. Field
      • Technicolor Thimbles - Supreme
      • Jumbo Thimble Surprise - Supreme
      • Thimble Through Silk - Supreme
      • Thimble Dye - Supreme
      • Fantastic Thimbles - Supreme
      • The Hindu Rope - Johnny Ould
      • The Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields
      • dice effect - Ned Rutledge
      • The Impromptu Card Rise - Joseph K. Schmidt
      • Kid Stuff Volume 4 - Frances Ireland Marshall
      • Ireland Year Book 1967-68
    • Invitation to Mystery
      • David Price's "Egyptian Hall Museum"
    • Twenty-Five Years Ago in "Tops"
      • The Drunkard's Dream - G. McAthy
    • Statue of Liberty Illusion - Phillip Morris
    • Patter for Flag Blendo - Phillip Morris
    • Magi Nuts I Have Known - by One of Them
      • Dr. William Belanger
    • Sympathetic Silks - My Style - Eddie Joseph
    • Final Curtain
      • Harry C. Bjorklund - by Lyle A. Elliott
    • The Professional Touch - "Monk" Watson
      • The End of The Palace
    • Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
      • Magician of the Month - Gerald S. Richards "Magi Richeli"
    • The Invisible Knot to Dove - Tony Kardyro
    • Final Curtain
      • Svenne Herman DeHolt
    • The Thinking Rings - cartoon - Ed Eckl
    • Fooling Around - Ren Fetzer
      • The Sneaky Pitch
    • Poet's Corner - Marie Antoinette Dornfield
      • Close-Up
      • Is He a Glutton for Punishment?
      • Is IT Nostalgia or is It Spring?
    • The "Wringer Dye Box" - Aldini
    • Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
    • Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
      • "E-Z-UP Clips"
    • Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
      • Egg Cups or All Mixed Up
    • Slydini Lecture
    • Next Month - Marlo's Logic - Edward Marlo
    • Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
      • Cards and Dice Coincidence
    • Entre Nous - Dorny (Werner Dornfield)
      • re: Julius Sundman & Nadia
      • By-Lines, Etc. - Dorny
    • McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy
      • Bull Session - John Bogorae
    • On The Spot - Ed Mishell
      • Trick of the Month - card trick - John Dambrowsky
    • For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
    • My Friend Pete [Bouton] - by Monk

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1. The New Tops - Volume 8, Number 7 - July 1968 - 56 pages
1. Cover - O'Dowd & Sondra
3. Contents
3. Cover Portrait - O'Dowd and Sondra "Instant Magic" - by Gene DeVoe
6. The Houdini Magical Hall of Fame - Duke Stern
8. Stroll-In - "Senator" Crandall
9. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
   • Counterfeit $5 Bill gag - Ray Boston
10. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
12. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
17. Beakers - Peter Warlock
18. Tragedy Takes Lives of Mr. & Mrs. Stanley (Mandrake) Drake
19. Patterettes - Aldini
    • Patter No. 1 for Forgetful Fanny
    • Patter No. 2 for Forgetful Fanny
    • Patter for Six Card Repeat
20. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • card and matchbox effect
21. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • reviews
      • A New Way to Ventriloquism - recording to teach ventriloquists - LP or tape - Bon Neller
      • Sorcar - publicity
      • A Baker's Dozen - Stan Lobenstern
      • The Evanescent Ace - Leslie Guest
      • Cocktail Sticks - Carl Brema
      • Centration - M & B Magic
      • Die-Name Addition - M & B Magic
      • Aero - The Flying Knot - Williw Moreno - M & B Magic
23. Tops Sends Get-Well Wishes To
    • Lew Dick
24. Fooling Around - Ren Fetzer
    • Twist-er-Reeno
25. Memorial to Zina Bennett - from Mrs. Zina (Suzy Wandas) Bennett
25. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • chalk the will or will not erase - Mel Stover
26. Marlo's Logic - Edward Marlo
    • First Method
    • Second Method
    • Third Method
    • Fourth Method
    • Fifth Method
30. Miser's Dream Using a Paper Sack - Thomas Hubbard
31. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
33. Ken Griffin Show Loses Truck
34. Hal Sparks' Routines for Abbott's "Snake in the Basket"
35. The Thinking Rings - cartoon - Ed Eckl
36. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • Abbott's Goofus Plant
    • Blooming Bouquet
37. The Trans-Coin - Tony Kardyro
38. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy
    • Strictly for Laughs - John J. Bogorae
39. Vent-O-Rama - Paul Stadelman
40. Duke's Crazy Page - Duke Stern
41. Setting the Stage for the Midwest Magic Jubilee
41. Fire Kills Four of Family of Seven - re: of daughter of Charles T. Eckley
42. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
    • Oldsters Run Amuck at Magic Convention
46. On The Spot - Ed Mishell
    • Trick of the Month - The Invisible Thread
48. The Professional Touch - "Monk" Watson
49. Unforseen [sic] Difficulties ... or Why Editors Go Batty!

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1. The New Tops - Volume 8, Number 8 - August 1968 - 56 pages
1. Cover - Tom & Sherrie
1. Contents
2. Cover Portrait - Tom & Sherrie - by Bob Lewis
4. Of Pete Bouton - by Daniel Waldron
7. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
12. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
13. Cokarama - Aldini
14. Final Curtain
    • Edward G. McGuire
    • Joseph Barbato
    • Mrs. Harold C. Rasmus
15. Magic at a Glance! - Mortimer the Magician (M. J. Ruger)
    • A Musician's Derby
    • The Traveling Knot!
    • Revolving Card!
    • Where Is It!
    • Corny! - Just a Gag
16. Elizabeth - Peter Warlock
18. Beveled-Edge Second Deal - Edward Marlo
20. Hand Made to Order - Eddie Joseph
23. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Nick's "Duece Sandwich"
23. Visitor From Hawaii - re: John Stephenson
24. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Magician of the Month - Kirk N. Patee "Mystikirk"
25. Magi Nuts I Have Known - by One of Them
    • Hasan the Magician
25. Poet's Corner - Marie Antoinette Dornfield
    • Ennui
26. Entre Nous - Dorny (Werner Dornfield)
    • re: Whitey Roberts
    • Magical Memlange
28. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
29. The Shape of Things to Come - Stewart James
30. On The Spot - Ed Mishell
    • Trick of the Month - No Sleight - No Gimmicked Cards - Six Card Repeat - Tony Russo
31. The Thinking Rings - cartoon - Ed Eckl
32. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • lists
      • Ray Sajor Magic
      • New Era Magic
      • La Wain House of Magic
      • Guest Magic Service Chat, No. 2
    • reviews
      • Mentalmania - Stan Lobenstern
      • Bang - Mickey Hades
      • Windows of the Mind - Paul J. Siegel
      • Magic Net, December & February
      • Houdinigram
      • The Pentacle, April, May & June
      • Spirit Trumpet
      • Yogi-Gram
      • Barnstormer, April, May & June
      • Cema Noticias [Brazil]
      • The Christian Conjurer, March-April & May-June
      • Top Hat, March-April
      • Vent-O-Gram
      • The Magic Carpet, March, April & May
      • Simsalabim [Finland], April
      • The Magigram, May-June
      • The New Jinx, April, No. 72 - last issue
      • The Gen, March, April & May
      • The Pallbearers Review, March, April & May
      • Epilogue
      • Hade-E-Gram, March
      • Genii, March, April & May
      • Abracadabra
      • Kid Stuff, Volume 4
      • poster-size blowups of photos - Images
36. Chicagoan - Bob Sharpe - Magician - by Frances Ireland Marshall
37. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • confetti ideas - Nicky Weiss
38. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • Chapeaugraphy
      • Napoleon the Great
      • Turban
      • Miter Board
      • Dress Hat
39. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
41. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
41. Memorial - Percy Abbott 1886-1960
42. The Professional Touch - "Monk" Watson
    • From One Pro to Another
43. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Part 2 - Bob Nelson
44. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy
45. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall

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1. The New Tops - Volume 8, Number 9 - September 1968 - 56 pages
1. Cover - Earl Canapp
2. Cover Portrait - Earl Canapp "The World's Oldest Magician" - by Mike Schirmer
3. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
   • thin rubber molds - Lu Brent
3. Contents
4. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
8. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
9. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
12. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
13. Our Tour of Viet Nam - Ken Griffin and Roberta
16. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Magician of the Month - Mark Hellerstein
17. Elm-K-B-E-J Ace Vanishes - Edward Marlo
    • Additional Methods of Exchange
      • First Method
      • Second Method
      • Third Method
      • Fourth Method
19. Shooting Script Format For Television Film - Aldini
22. The Dragon - Page dedicated to Vernon E. Lux
    • A Recollection of Mme. Adelaide Hermann - Ned Asbury
24. "The World's Greatest Magic Show" - Tokyo, Japan, May, 1968 - André Kole
28. Match - Peter Warlock
30. How Marko Forced a Number and Got Away With It - Mark Schulzinger
31. The Thinking Rings - cartoon - Ed Eckl
32. The History of, and Famous Exponents of, the Bullet-Catching Trick - Roy A, Snyder
36. Magic at a Glance! - Number 2 - Mort Ruger
    • Cane to Flower!
    • A Wrist Watch Coin Load!
    • Jumping Card
    • Overflowing Bowl!
37. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
39. Poet's Corner - Marie Antoinette Dornfield
    • Conventionitis
40. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • reviews
      • David Robbins
        • The Magic Tie
        • Feel-A-Color
        • Hypnotic Fortune Telling
        • The Miracle Wand
        • Miracle Cut and Restored Rope
      • Ibidem No. 33
42. Mark Wilson - Hemisfair '68
43. On The Spot - Ed Mishell
    • Trick of the Month - a messy card trick - Morty Rudnick
44. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy
    • Gab Fest - John J. Bogorae, MSGT
45. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • The Gate of Salvation
46. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Damn Thing Changed!

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1. The New Tops - Volume 8, Number 10 - October 1968 - 56 pages
1. Cover - George McAthy
2. Cover Portrait - George McAthy - by Neil Foster
3. New Act
   • Marla to Mr. & Mrs. Gene Pronk (Marlowe the Magician)
3. Contents
4. Abbott's 31st Magic Get-Together - John Braun
   5. photos from Wednesday Night Public Show
   7. photos from Thursday Night Public Show
   9. photos from Friday Night Public Show
   11. photos from Saturday Night Public Show
13. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy
13. Correction - to Special Customer List No. 36
14. Bobo Honored at T.A.O.M. Convention - Duke Stern
14. Tops Congratulates
    • Allan Ackerman and Sara Lewis on their marriage
14. Final Curtain
    • William A. Heisel - by Monk Watson
15. Magic at a Glance! - Number 3 - M. J. Ruger
    • Pop Devil Card Trick!
    • A Fish Story
    • So You Want A Rabbit!
    • Repeat Wand Vanish with a Surprise Finish!
16. All India Magic Congress - Benjamin J. Kleinman
17. Poet's Corner - Marie Antoinette Dornfield
    • Indian Summer
    • So I Hear
    • Zing Go the Strings!
17. The Thinking Rings - cartoon - Ed Eckl
18. The Fake Pickup - Edward Marlo
    • Face Up Transposition
    • Multiple Change and Transposition
    • Single Somersault
20. Abbott's 1968 ConVENTion - Greg & Walt Berlin
21. Letters for a Stranger - Stewart James
22. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • Colonotes
    • reviews
      • Candle to Flowers - Alexander
      • Thumb Fun - Sid Lorraine
      • The Alpha and Omega of Ventriloquism tape recording - Paul Stadelman
      • Ventriloquial Polyphony - tape recording - Paul Stadelman
      • Magic, Inc. Book Catalog
      • Sensational Mentalism, Part Two - Robert Nelson
26. The Two-Way Cot - Eddie Joseph
28. Get-Together Photos [for sale]
29. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
31. Mickey Hades Workshop Festival
31. Tops Congratulates
    • Mr. & Mrs. Peter Warlock on their 40th Wedding Anniversary
31. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Black Seven - Seven Black
32. Nick Williams' Portable Proscenium Arch
33. Carl Ballantine [in "A Mother's Kisses"]
34. Magic's Marco Polo & His Lady - Benjamin & Toni Kleinman
35. On The Spot - Ed Mishell
    • Trick of the Month - Clippo Flash Paper Addition
36. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
37. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • hat-check tickets for kid's shows - Bob Logan
38. Duke's Crazy Page - Duke Stern
39. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • The Christian Conjurer
    • Dr. Harold Mann - obituary
40. Fooling Around - Ren Fetzer
    • Seminar
41. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
42. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Magician of the Month - Josef Teeples
44. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall

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1. The New Tops - Volume 8, Number 11 - November 1968 - 56 pages
1. Cover - V-Roy and Peggy
4. Cover Portrait - V-Roy "Barnum of the Sticks" - by Rick Bednar
5. Contents
6. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
10. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Magician of the Month - David Allen
12. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
    • card to bottle effect
15. Osoeasy Card Prediction - Bert Douglas
16. Double Faced Knife - Eddie Joseph
19. photo - Dick Williams and Ann Rogers
20. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Nick's "Stranger in Paradise"
20. Answer to Last Month's Photo Quiz
21. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • reviews
      • The Professional Technique for Magicians - James Reneaux
      • Reneaux's Rising Card From Pocket - James Reneaux
      • The Pill - Gene Gordon
      • Ladies in Black - Gene Gordon
      • Entertaining Children with Magic - lecture - Gene Gordon
      • Mason's Mental Miracle
      • For That Special Occasion - Dale Salwak
      • Befuddled Bangle - Stan Lobenstern
      • Card Van-O - Stan Lobenstern
      • Laughter All The Way - Ron Bishop
      • Fingertip Fantasies - Bob Ostin
      • Clear Foo Glass - Abbott's
      • Top Secrets, Volume 3 - J.G. Thompson, Jr.
      • T-Formation - J.G. Thompson, Jr.
      • Astro Links - Abbott's
      • M. C. Corner - John Cooper
      • Magic Publicity - catalog - Bud Buonocore
26. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
29. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
30. Personality - Toreno [of Toreno and Guro]
35. Long Island Mystics
35. New Act
    • Christie Caron Hubbard to Tom and Dorie Hubbard
36. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy
    • Christmas with 'Archie the Frog' - Jim Williams
38. Answer to Photo Quiz
38. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • improvement to Super-X - Philip Morris
39. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • letter from Dr. H. H. Murphy
    • letter from John Cooper
    • letter from Dr. David M. Wellard
40. Poet's Corner - Marie Dornfield
    • Our October Anniversary
41. Chronothot - Stewart James
42. Duke's Crazy Page - Duke Stern
43. Magic's Marco Polo & His Lady - Benjamin [& Toni] Kleinman
45. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
    • Magician's Prayer - Ed Cherney
46. On The Spot - Ed Mishell
47. Tops Sends Get-Well Wishes To
    • Salvatore Salla
47. Cover Portrait Postscript

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1. The New Tops - Volume 8, Number 12 - December 1968 - 64 pages
1. Cover - George Goebel
3. Tops Trick Annual - discontinued
3. Tops Sends Get-Well Wishes To
   • Charles and Madeleine RossKam
3. Abbott's Showroom Hours
3. Contents
4. Cover Portrait - George Goebel - A Review of His Show - by W. McCarl Roberts
6. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
   • The Location of Four Aces with the Topsy-Turvy Shuffle
7. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
10. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
11. The Money Maker - Sid Lorraine
12. Silken Suicide - Bert Douglas
13. Latest Ace Vanishes - Edward Marlo
    • [First] Method
    • Second Method
    • Third Method
    • Fourth Method
    • Fifth Method
16. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • magazine reviews & addresses
      • Abracadabra
      • Boston Barnstormer, September & October
      • The Christian Conjurer, Special 15th Anniversary Issue & July
      • The Gen, June thru September
      • Genii, June thru September
      • Cooper's Hero Hobby
      • Houdinigram, June & August
      • Ibidem
      • The Linking Ring
      • The Magic Carpet, June thru September
      • The Magic Cauldron, Number 28, July & No. 29, October
      • The Magical Bookie
      • The Magigram
      • M-U-M
      • The New Tops
      • The Pentacle, July thru September
      • The Spirit Trumpet
      • The Spellbinder, September
      • Top Hat, May-June
      • Vent-O-Gram, March-April, May-June & July August
      • Yogi-Gram, September & October
    • Books and Tricks and Things
      • Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks - Abbott's
      • Mystery Adder - Hillcrest Enterprises
      • The Master Index to Magic in Print, Bulletin and Supplement - Jack Potter
      • Messages in Magic - Elwyn L. Carey
      • Where's Snow-White? - Abbott's
      • Card Tricks for Everyone - Ellis Stanyon
21. Rainbow - Peter Warlock
22. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • shell for Canadian nickel dollar - Mel Stover
23. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
25. A Magician's Test - Tony T. Kardyro
26. Magic's Marco Polo & His Lady - Benjamin [& Toni] Kleinman
29. Press Notice - re: Harold Taylor & "The Art of Magic"
30. Waltzing with Matilda - Steve St. Eve
32. Mass Thought Projection - Jim Darcy
33. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
35. Poet's Corner - Marie Dornfield
    • Lucky Me
36. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
39. Duke's Crazy Page - Duke Stern
40. Frank Cole II - obituary
41. On The Spot - Ed Mishell
    • Two Tricks for the Month
      • color change thimble - Al Faria
      • card trick - Sam Schwartz
42. The Thinking Rings - cartoon - Ed Eckl
43. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
44. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Magician of the Year - David Seebach
45. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • Gospel Magic Die Box and Cone
    • The First Christmas Gift
46. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy
    • Let's Laff - Frances Patterson
48. The Dizzy Divide - Eddie Joseph
51. My Magic Cards - Tony T. Kardyro
    • First Method
    • Second Method
52. Twenty-Five Years Ago in "Tops"
    • Magic and the Army - Milbourne Christopher

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