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New Tops Volume 8 (1968) by Neil Foster
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  1. The New Tops - Volume 8, Number 1 - January 1968 - 56 pages
  2. Cover - Edward Marlo
  3. Cover Portrait - Edward Marlo ... The Man - by Jimmy Nuzzo
  4. Harold Martin Testimonial - J. Gary Bontjes
  5. Contents
  6. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
  7. Deep Sleight Technique - Edward Marlo
    • Double Stop (Marlo Drop Sleight)
    • The Four Ace Stop
    • An Observation
  8. Tops Sends Get-Well Wishes To
    • Don Sweet
    • Thomas P. Molloy
  9. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
    • 5 to 2 & 3 Dollar Bills gag
  10. 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
  14. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • silk production tip - Joseph M. White
  15. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
  16. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • Patter for "Arturo's Links"
  17. Sand Frame Thought Picture - 'Monk' Watson
  18. Gleanings from Keoki's Notebook - George Hanneman
    • Another 4-Ace (!)
  19. Knowing the Ropes - Bert Douglas
  20. Thoughtoform - Eddie Joseph
  21. Oldie Revisited - Peter Warlock
  22. The Magic Of New New Haven - Dick Hodes
  23. Patter & Presentation - Gene Gordon
    • Aladdin's Lamp - Bill Severn
  24. 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
  28. Gleanings from Keoki's Notebook - George Hanneman
    • A Lesson in English
  29. Fooling Around - Ren Fetzer
    • Tel-a-Phoney
  30. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Predestination
  31. The Houdini Silk - Walter J. Gydesen
  32. Letter to the Editor from Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
  33. Magic Nuts I Have Known - by One of Them
    • Walter Willman
  34. Holiday in Magicland - David Price
  35. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Magicians of the Month - The Smooth Operator's [Bellwood, IL]
  36. Premonition Plus - Carl Wentworth
  37. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
  38. On The Spot - Ed Mishell
  39. 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
  40. Duke's Crazy Page - Duke Stern
  41. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy
    • On Literature - Jim Williams

  1. The New Tops - Volume 8, Number 2 - February 1968 - 52 pages
  2. Cover - Joe Berg
  3. Cover Portrait - Joe Berg - by Werner Dornfield
  4. Contents
  5. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
  6. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • card games for children
  10. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy
  11. Cat Burglar - Stewart James
  12. Magic at the Circus - H. R. Foster
  13. The Dragon - Page dedicated to Vernon E. Lux
    • Magic for Beginners
      • How About Your Personality? - John Goodrum
  14. Poet's Corner - Marie Antoinette Dornfield
    • St. Valentine's Day
  15. The Reluctant Runagate - Eddie Joseph
  16. Entre Nous - Dorny (Werner Dornfield)
    • Magicalities Miscellaneous
    • Three in One - Dorny
  17. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Numerology
  18. Final Curtain
    • Mr. Marsh, Betty Johnstone's father
    • Mrs. Adeline E. Coleaux
  19. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
  20. The Professional Touch - "Monk" Watson
    • Advice from Whom?
  21. The Hyudrogenic Candle - Addini
  22. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Magician of the Month - Ken Baker
  23. Visual Change-Appearance-Vanish - Edward Marlo
  24. S.A.M. Banquet & Paul Morris Christmas Party - Benjamin J. Kleinman
  25. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • The Crowd May Be Wrong
  26. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
  27. On The Spot - Ed Mishell
    • Tops - Sam Schwartz
  28. Change - P. Warlock
  29. Duke's Crazy Page - Duke Stern

  1. The New Tops - Volume 8, Number 3 - March 1968 - 56 pages
  2. Cover - he Magic of Haskell - Bob - LaVerne
  3. Cover Portrait - Haskell - The Touch of Haskell
  4. Poet's Corner - Marie Antoinette Dornfield
    • Chicago
  5. Contents
  6. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
  7. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
  8. Entre Nous - Dorny (Werner Dornfield)
    • re: Ed Reno
  9. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
  10. The Blackstone Memorial Fund
  11. Joe Scott Classics
    • The Card on the Wall - Robert Parrish
  12. Tops Sends Get-Well Wishes To
    • Pete Bouton
  13. Mazda Show
  14. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
    • smoking banana gag
  15. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy
    • dialog with Phoney Phone
  16. Marko's Goshawful Sealed Message Reading Act - With an Equally Bad Method for Reading Billets - as told to Mark Schulzinger
  17. The Professional Touch - "Monk" Watson
    • A Great Man - re: 'Senator' Crandall
  18. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
  19. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • lighting for thread - Philip Morris
  20. Six Foot Silks with Magnets and Jet Sets Combination - Tommy Windsor
  21. The Envelope Prediction - Dale Salwak
  22. New Tops Index 1967 - Volume Seven - Dale Salwak, compiler
  23. 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
  24. Magic Castle East
  25. Patter & Presentation - Gene Gordon
    • Checkmate [Fabjance] Presentations - Bill Severn
  26. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Magician of the Month - Rick Neiswonger "Richardi"
  27. Crandall to be 'Burned Alive' - Robert H. Miller
  28. Aldini's Nu Way Linking Ropes
  29. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
  30. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • Passe Bottles
    • A Wonderful Bridge
  31. Cosmograohy - Eddie Joseph
  32. The Illusionary Bottom Deal - Edward Marlo
  33. photo - Ronald McDonald [Don Boles]
  34. Final Curtain
    • Giovanni Barbato
  35. London Notes - Wilford Hutchinson, Jr.
  36. Zelka - BBC Television, September 1967 - reviewed by Frederick Barlow

  1. The New Tops - Volume 8, Number 4 - April 1968 - 56 pages plus a one-page insert
  2. Cover - Marv Merillat
  3. Cover Portrait - The Visual Comedy of - Marv Merillat - by Oran B. Dent
  4. Contents
  5. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
  6. Entre Nous - Dorny (Werner Dornfield)
    • re: Jim Wobensmith
    • The Wobegorean Puzzle - James C. Wobensmith
  7. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
  8. 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.
  9. Symphony - Stewart James
  10. The Professional Touch - "Monk" Watson
  11. The Magic Threesome - Eddie Joseph
    1. The Pap-Cig Transformation
    2. Chameleon Ribbon
    3. Cut and Restored Ribbon
  12. P. D. Mental Stab - Edward Marlo
  13. Poet's Corner - Marie Antoinette Dornfield
    • New Trick
    • Abracadabra
  14. Aldini's Cardarama "It Fooled The Foolers"
  15. Korador - Stewart James
  16. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
  17. Routine with Abbott's Deluxe Drawer Box - Wallis Reid
  18. Aladdin Productions present ... The Magic Caravan - Ken Diamond & Hank Moorehouse
  19. Magic Nuts I Have Known - by One of Them
    • Len Carrion
  20. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Slow-Motion Red Aces
  21. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • Color Changing Handkerchiefs
    • Awake and Asleep Test
    • Sucker Tube
    • Ball Production or Return
    • Bev Bergeron
  22. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • cleaning silks - Wilford Hutchinson, Jr.
  23. On The Spot - Ed Mishell
    • S.A.M.
    • I.B.M.
    • card trick - Dunninger
    • The Magical Formula
  24. cartoon - O. Blake
  25. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
  26. Patter & Presentation - Gene Gordon
    • The Leopard's Tail - Bill Severn
    • Six Vanishing Wands - Bill Severn
  27. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Magician of the Month - David Seebach "The Mighty Divad"
  28. Final Curtain
    • Edwin H. Perkins
  29. London Notes - Wilford Hutchinson, Jr.
    • Harold Taylor at Leicester
    • Dill-Russell Escapes from Crane
    • Beautiful Amy's Beautiful Magipix
  30. Duke's Crazy Page - Duke Stern
    • Quick Coin Routine
  31. Conjuring with Cards II - Nick Trost
    • Cards and Dice Prediction
  32. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy
    • Speaking Out - John Bogorae
  33. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
  34. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
  35. Insert - Letter to Subscribers

  1. The New Tops - Volume 8, Number 5 - May 1968 - 56 pages
  2. Cover - Ken Griffin & Roberta
  3. Announcement of marriage of Hazel Joseph and Roy Prior
  4. Tops Sends Get-Well Wishes To
    • Duke Stern's Mother
  5. Contents
  6. Ken Griffin & Roberta - by Neil Foster
  7. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
  8. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
  9. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
  10. Duke's Crazy Page - Duke Stern
    • An Unusual Trip
  11. News Release - re: Harold Taylor
  12. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy
    • Sounding Off - John Bogorae
  13. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Magician of the Month - Moshe Botwinick
  14. Poet's Corner - Marie Antoinette Dornfield
    • Congratulations
    • Memories
  15. The Thinking Rings - cartoon - Ed Eckl - Starting Next Month
  16. Finger Ring Transplant - Eddie Joseph
    • Alternative Presentation
  17. Bon Voyage - Wm. "Scotty" Lang and Dorothy sailed for Europe
  18. Magi Nuts I Have Known - by One of Them
    • Ren Clark
  19. The Professional Touch - "Monk" Watson
    • Blackout of 1931 - re: Dorny & Monk
    • Delphiniums for Dorny
    • Tadlocks a'coming
  20. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • Utilizing the Bill Tube
    • Copper, Gold and Silver
  21. George Val George
  22. Twenty-Five Years Ago in "Tops"
    • Milk Vanish Ideas - "Hen" Fetsch
  23. Cardnick - Al Aldini
  24. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
  25. News Release - re: Dr. Douglas Dean
  26. I'll Do It Again - Tony Kardyro
  27. Toreno
  28. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • modification for Coin holders - Nicky Weiss
  29. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
  30. 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
  31. On The Spot - Ed Mishell
    • bill routine
  32. 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
  33. Tops Doubles Get-Well Wishes For
    • Pete Bouton
  34. Entre Nous - Dorny (Werner Dornfield)
    • re: Doctor John Nichols Booth
    • Pot Pourri De Magie
  35. Patter & Presentation - Gene Gordon
    • patter for Quadropelets trick
  36. London Notes - Wilford Hutchinson, Jr.

  1. The New Tops - Volume 8, Number 6 - June 1968 - 60 pages
  2. Cover - Philip Morris & Company
  3. Cover Portrait - Philip Morris - Television's Wonderful World of Fantasy - by Tommy Windsor
  4. Contents
  5. Tommy Cooper ... a Funny Guy - Frances Ireland Marshall
  6. Duke's Crazy Page - Duke Stern
  7. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
  8. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
  9. Peter A. Bouton - March 2, 1887 - May 1, 1968 - by George Johnstone
  10. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
  11. Backing the Winner - Stewart James
  12. 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

  1. The New Tops - Volume 8, Number 7 - July 1968 - 56 pages
  2. Cover - O'Dowd & Sondra
  3. Contents
  4. Cover Portrait - O'Dowd and Sondra "Instant Magic" - by Gene DeVoe
  5. The Houdini Magical Hall of Fame - Duke Stern
  6. Stroll-In - "Senator" Crandall
  7. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
    • Counterfeit $5 Bill gag - Ray Boston
  8. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
  9. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
  10. Beakers - Peter Warlock
  11. Tragedy Takes Lives of Mr. & Mrs. Stanley (Mandrake) Drake
  12. Patterettes - Aldini
    • Patter No. 1 for Forgetful Fanny
    • Patter No. 2 for Forgetful Fanny
    • Patter for Six Card Repeat
  13. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • card and matchbox effect
  14. 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
  15. Tops Sends Get-Well Wishes To
    • Lew Dick
  16. Fooling Around - Ren Fetzer
    • Twist-er-Reeno
  17. Memorial to Zina Bennett - from Mrs. Zina (Suzy Wandas) Bennett
  18. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • chalk the will or will not erase - Mel Stover
  19. Marlo's Logic - Edward Marlo
    • First Method
    • Second Method
    • Third Method
    • Fourth Method
    • Fifth Method
  20. Miser's Dream Using a Paper Sack - Thomas Hubbard
  21. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
  22. Ken Griffin Show Loses Truck
  23. Hal Sparks' Routines for Abbott's "Snake in the Basket"
  24. The Thinking Rings - cartoon - Ed Eckl
  25. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • Abbott's Goofus Plant
    • Blooming Bouquet
  26. The Trans-Coin - Tony Kardyro
  27. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy
    • Strictly for Laughs - John J. Bogorae
  28. Vent-O-Rama - Paul Stadelman
  29. Duke's Crazy Page - Duke Stern
  30. Setting the Stage for the Midwest Magic Jubilee
  31. Fire Kills Four of Family of Seven - re: of daughter of Charles T. Eckley
  32. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
    • Oldsters Run Amuck at Magic Convention
  33. On The Spot - Ed Mishell
    • Trick of the Month - The Invisible Thread
  34. The Professional Touch - "Monk" Watson
  35. Unforseen [sic] Difficulties ... or Why Editors Go Batty!

  1. The New Tops - Volume 8, Number 8 - August 1968 - 56 pages
  2. Cover - Tom & Sherrie
  3. Contents
  4. Cover Portrait - Tom & Sherrie - by Bob Lewis
  5. Of Pete Bouton - by Daniel Waldron
  6. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
  7. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
  8. Cokarama - Aldini
  9. Final Curtain
    • Edward G. McGuire
    • Joseph Barbato
    • Mrs. Harold C. Rasmus
  10. 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
  11. Elizabeth - Peter Warlock
  12. Beveled-Edge Second Deal - Edward Marlo
  13. Hand Made to Order - Eddie Joseph
  14. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Nick's "Duece Sandwich"
  15. Visitor From Hawaii - re: John Stephenson
  16. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Magician of the Month - Kirk N. Patee "Mystikirk"
  17. Magi Nuts I Have Known - by One of Them
    • Hasan the Magician
  18. Poet's Corner - Marie Antoinette Dornfield
    • Ennui
  19. Entre Nous - Dorny (Werner Dornfield)
    • re: Whitey Roberts
    • Magical Memlange
  20. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
  21. The Shape of Things to Come - Stewart James
  22. On The Spot - Ed Mishell
    • Trick of the Month - No Sleight - No Gimmicked Cards - Six Card Repeat - Tony Russo
  23. The Thinking Rings - cartoon - Ed Eckl
  24. 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
  25. Chicagoan - Bob Sharpe - Magician - by Frances Ireland Marshall
  26. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • confetti ideas - Nicky Weiss
  27. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • Chapeaugraphy
      • Napoleon the Great
      • Turban
      • Miter Board
      • Dress Hat
  28. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
  29. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
  30. Memorial - Percy Abbott 1886-1960
  31. The Professional Touch - "Monk" Watson
    • From One Pro to Another
  32. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Part 2 - Bob Nelson
  33. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy
  34. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall

  1. The New Tops - Volume 8, Number 9 - September 1968 - 56 pages
  2. Cover - Earl Canapp
  3. Cover Portrait - Earl Canapp "The World's Oldest Magician" - by Mike Schirmer
  4. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • thin rubber molds - Lu Brent
  5. Contents
  6. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
  7. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
  8. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
  9. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
  10. Our Tour of Viet Nam - Ken Griffin and Roberta
  11. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Magician of the Month - Mark Hellerstein
  12. Elm-K-B-E-J Ace Vanishes - Edward Marlo
    • Additional Methods of Exchange
      • First Method
      • Second Method
      • Third Method
      • Fourth Method
  13. Shooting Script Format For Television Film - Aldini
  14. The Dragon - Page dedicated to Vernon E. Lux
    • A Recollection of Mme. Adelaide Hermann - Ned Asbury
  15. "The World's Greatest Magic Show" - Tokyo, Japan, May, 1968 - André Kole
  16. Match - Peter Warlock
  17. How Marko Forced a Number and Got Away With It - Mark Schulzinger
  18. The Thinking Rings - cartoon - Ed Eckl
  19. The History of, and Famous Exponents of, the Bullet-Catching Trick - Roy A, Snyder
  20. Magic at a Glance! - Number 2 - Mort Ruger
    • Cane to Flower!
    • A Wrist Watch Coin Load!
    • Jumping Card
    • Overflowing Bowl!
  21. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
  22. Poet's Corner - Marie Antoinette Dornfield
    • Conventionitis
  23. 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
  24. Mark Wilson - Hemisfair '68
  25. On The Spot - Ed Mishell
    • Trick of the Month - a messy card trick - Morty Rudnick
  26. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy
    • Gab Fest - John J. Bogorae, MSGT
  27. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • The Gate of Salvation
  28. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Damn Thing Changed!

  1. The New Tops - Volume 8, Number 10 - October 1968 - 56 pages
  2. Cover - George McAthy
  3. Cover Portrait - George McAthy - by Neil Foster
  4. New Act
    • Marla to Mr. & Mrs. Gene Pronk (Marlowe the Magician)
  5. Contents
  6. Abbott's 31st Magic Get-Together - John Braun
    1. photos from Wednesday Night Public Show
    2. photos from Thursday Night Public Show
    3. photos from Friday Night Public Show
    4. photos from Saturday Night Public Show
  7. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy
  8. Correction - to Special Customer List No. 36
  9. Bobo Honored at T.A.O.M. Convention - Duke Stern
  10. Tops Congratulates
    • Allan Ackerman and Sara Lewis on their marriage
  11. Final Curtain
    • William A. Heisel - by Monk Watson
  12. 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!
  13. All India Magic Congress - Benjamin J. Kleinman
  14. Poet's Corner - Marie Antoinette Dornfield
    • Indian Summer
    • So I Hear
    • Zing Go the Strings!
  15. The Thinking Rings - cartoon - Ed Eckl
  16. The Fake Pickup - Edward Marlo
    • Face Up Transposition
    • Multiple Change and Transposition
    • Single Somersault
  17. Abbott's 1968 ConVENTion - Greg & Walt Berlin
  18. Letters for a Stranger - Stewart James
  19. 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
  20. The Two-Way Cot - Eddie Joseph
  21. Get-Together Photos [for sale]
  22. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
  23. Mickey Hades Workshop Festival
  24. Tops Congratulates
    • Mr. & Mrs. Peter Warlock on their 40th Wedding Anniversary
  25. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Black Seven - Seven Black
  26. Nick Williams' Portable Proscenium Arch
  27. Carl Ballantine [in "A Mother's Kisses"]
  28. Magic's Marco Polo & His Lady - Benjamin & Toni Kleinman
  29. On The Spot - Ed Mishell
    • Trick of the Month - Clippo Flash Paper Addition
  30. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
  31. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • hat-check tickets for kid's shows - Bob Logan
  32. Duke's Crazy Page - Duke Stern
  33. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • The Christian Conjurer
    • Dr. Harold Mann - obituary
  34. Fooling Around - Ren Fetzer
    • Seminar
  35. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
  36. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Magician of the Month - Josef Teeples
  37. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall

  1. The New Tops - Volume 8, Number 11 - November 1968 - 56 pages
  2. Cover - V-Roy and Peggy
  3. Cover Portrait - V-Roy "Barnum of the Sticks" - by Rick Bednar
  4. Contents
  5. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
  6. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Magician of the Month - David Allen
  7. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
    • card to bottle effect
  8. Osoeasy Card Prediction - Bert Douglas
  9. Double Faced Knife - Eddie Joseph
  10. photo - Dick Williams and Ann Rogers
  11. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Nick's "Stranger in Paradise"
  12. Answer to Last Month's Photo Quiz
  13. 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
  14. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
  15. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
  16. Personality - Toreno [of Toreno and Guro]
  17. Long Island Mystics
  18. New Act
    • Christie Caron Hubbard to Tom and Dorie Hubbard
  19. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy
    • Christmas with 'Archie the Frog' - Jim Williams
  20. Answer to Photo Quiz
  21. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • improvement to Super-X - Philip Morris
  22. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • letter from Dr. H. H. Murphy
    • letter from John Cooper
    • letter from Dr. David M. Wellard
  23. Poet's Corner - Marie Dornfield
    • Our October Anniversary
  24. Chronothot - Stewart James
  25. Duke's Crazy Page - Duke Stern
  26. Magic's Marco Polo & His Lady - Benjamin [& Toni] Kleinman
  27. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
    • Magician's Prayer - Ed Cherney
  28. On The Spot - Ed Mishell
  29. Tops Sends Get-Well Wishes To
    • Salvatore Salla
  30. Cover Portrait Postscript

  1. The New Tops - Volume 8, Number 12 - December 1968 - 64 pages
  2. Cover - George Goebel
  3. Tops Trick Annual - discontinued
  4. Tops Sends Get-Well Wishes To
    • Charles and Madeleine RossKam
  5. Abbott's Showroom Hours
  6. Contents
  7. Cover Portrait - George Goebel - A Review of His Show - by W. McCarl Roberts
  8. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • The Location of Four Aces with the Topsy-Turvy Shuffle
  9. 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
  14. 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
  15. Rainbow - Peter Warlock
  16. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • shell for Canadian nickel dollar - Mel Stover
  17. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
  18. A Magician's Test - Tony T. Kardyro
  19. Magic's Marco Polo & His Lady - Benjamin [& Toni] Kleinman
  20. Press Notice - re: Harold Taylor & "The Art of Magic"
  21. Waltzing with Matilda - Steve St. Eve
  22. Mass Thought Projection - Jim Darcy
  23. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
  24. Poet's Corner - Marie Dornfield
    • Lucky Me
  25. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
  26. Duke's Crazy Page - Duke Stern
  27. Frank Cole II - obituary
  28. On The Spot - Ed Mishell
    • Two Tricks for the Month
      • color change thimble - Al Faria
      • card trick - Sam Schwartz
  29. The Thinking Rings - cartoon - Ed Eckl
  30. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
  31. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Magician of the Year - David Seebach
  32. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • Gospel Magic Die Box and Cone
    • The First Christmas Gift
  33. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy
    • Let's Laff - Frances Patterson
  34. The Dizzy Divide - Eddie Joseph
  35. My Magic Cards - Tony T. Kardyro
    • First Method
    • Second Method
  36. Twenty-Five Years Ago in "Tops"
    • Magic and the Army - Milbourne Christopher

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