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use as a poker demonstration." - Wm. Larsen, Sr.

"Really unbelievable and different. A most uncanny, miracle effect." - Mike Kanter

1st edition 1949, PDF 17 pages.

While this appears to be genuine mindreading of the contact and non-contact kind, no knowledge or study of actual contact mindreading is required. Yes, the routine is entirely impromptu, and yes, there are no gimmicks. And, to top it all off, the effect is equally suitable for groups from six to six thousand.

"Mentalists will find it a good value." - John Braun

"A workable system requiring no collusion, previous information or hidden gimmicks. The routine given should also puzzle the well-informed."...

• ...
  • ... Card To Card Case
  • 10. Divining Hanky
• Oddity & Other Miracles
  • Oddity!
  • Chameleon Deck Routine
  • Direct Backs And Faces
• The Perfect Stop Trick
• You Do As I Do
  • First Routine
  • Second Routine
  • Third Routine
• Simplex Card Stabbing
• Jab It!
• A Simple Ace Routine
  • Sympathetic Coincidence
  • Impromptu Remote Control
• Double Trouble
• Yogi Bird Card Trick
• Pip Card To Wallet
• Vocalepathy
• Simplex Card Transposition
• Double Prediction
• Pip Sucker Gag
• Unknown
  • Effects Without The Prepared Cards
  • A Quick Sandwich

A knock-out impromptu mentalism demonstration of answering audience questions. Can be worked solo, as a one-man effect, or by a crystal gazer, with an assistant, for use on the stage. Complete routine, with two methods described, and full opening lecture.

The original manuscript is very hard to find nowadays, being jealously hoarded by collectors. If you've wanted to perform a Q&A (question and answer) type of mental act, this title is one you should add to your library. In our opinion, the tips and suggestions from editor T. A. Whitney are alone worth the investment.

"If you are looking for something...

Table of Contents

• About The Year Book............
• The Community Chest Card Trick Or The Red Feather Card
• Community Chest Routine And Patter For The Square Circle
• New Idea For The Paddle Trick
• Restless Cigarettes
• Rabbit Out Of Top Hat
• Stage Size Out To Lunch Trick
• The Golf Ball "Egg" Bag
• To Vanish The Last Ball
• A Switch For The Mentalist
• Nice Doggy!
• Paper
• Glorifying Your Magic
• A Flash Paper And Match Stunt
• Joseph Dongu's Do As I Do Trick
• Production Load
• My Favorite Rising Card
• The Never Ending Tie
• Do You Drink?
• Producing Two Flashes Of Flame
• Billiard Ball To Playing Card ...

Imagine a technique that is totally impromptu, can be done surrounded with borrowed materials, and no evidence of trickery can be found. Imagine having someone print any piece of information on a borrowed slip of paper, which is then folded and torn to shreds. Yet you can instantly announce just what was written on it.

1st edition 1980, 18 pages; PDF 20 pages.

Table of Contents

• Greetings...
• Linking Rope Routine
• Who Gets The Prize
• The East India Card Trick
• Impromptu (?) Rigid Hank
• Cherchez La Rabbit
• Miracle Necklace
• Mrs. Murphy's Christmas Tree
• Allessandro's Marksmanship Act
• Divine Touch
• Allessandro's Comedy Routine No. 1
• Comedy Magic Routine No. 2.
• Comedy Convention Skit
• Allessandro's Cigarette Routine
• Magic Quickies
• Our Book-Within-A-Book-Feature (Leonard Austin)
  • Triple Transportation
  • No Beer
  • Sands Of Time
  • Production Box
  • Enchanted Cylinder
  • Aladdin’s Lamp
  • Silk Color Change
  • Novel Card Appearance
  • Sugar And Spoon Transportation ...

Another brilliant mental effect from the mind of Ed Stoddard. This time, Stoddard presents a book test, using any book, that you can perform anywhere. A spectator chooses a word and you name it instantly.

Utilizes an ingenious, natural method that can't be beat. Plus a healthy dose of Stoddard's brand of subtlety and refinements that make it so easy to use. Imagine the shock and awe when you present this at the home of a friend or family member, using their own book.

(To be upfront about it, while the original dealer ad stated that you can use a borrowed book, and do it impromptu, you...

• Asraloon
• Tommy Windsor And The Balloon Act
• Ring Off Balloon
• Change-About Animals
• Patter For Balloon Acts
• Grant's Pin Cushion Balloon
• The Tom Harris Egg Trick
• The George Johnstone Egg Trick
• Impromptu Card In Balloon
• About Our Contributors

1st edition 1959, 20 pages; PDF 19 pages.

Greg Bordner, Publisher
Gordon Miller, Editor

673 pages

1. The New Tops - Volume 29, Number 1 - January 1989 - 56 pages
1. Cover - Geoffrey Hansen
5. Contents
6. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
   • miscellaneous
     • Seance - new magazine
     • Current Comedy
     • Morrissey Magic Ltd. - catalog
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   • Books, Tricks, and Things I've Seen
     • My Latest Book - Karrell Fox
     • package of mailing pieces - Irv Weiner
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     • Signed Bill...

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Neil Foster, Editor

597 pages

1. The New Tops - Volume 18, Number 1 - January 1978 - 52 pages
1. Cover - Harry Blackstone, Jr.
7. Contents
8. Cover Portrait - The Blackstone Magic Show - The Torch is Passed - Neil Foster
10. Tops Salutes Sid Lorraine on the Start of His 39th Year of - Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
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Neil Foster Editor

657 pages

1. The New Tops - Volume 11, Number 1 - January 1971 - 48 pages
1. Cover - Eddie Joseph
3. Contents
4. Cover Portrait - The Josephs - Eddie and Sarah
6. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
   • nutmeg grinder as cigarette holder - Paul Fishman
7. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
11. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • A Prelude to Oil and Water
12. Subject: Summer Resorts - Dave Seebach
13. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • Squaring the Circle - David Sigaful
    • Silk Caddy or A Changed Heart
14. Sid Lorraine's...

Recil Bordner, Publisher
Neil Foster, Editor

639 pages

1. The New Tops - Volume 16, Number 1 - January 1976 - 54 pages
1. Cover - Kramien
7. Magical Musings - Esther Francis Olson
   • Good Night - The End
7. New Arrival
   • Master Joseph Scott Bialek born to John and Carol Bialey
7. Contents
8. Cover Portrait - Stan Kramien & Co. - No Time for Nostalgia! - by Don Arthur
10. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
11. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Correction to "The 'Baby Hummer' Four-Ace Opener" - November, 1975 issue
    • Five by Five Mental Effect
12. This Business of Magic - Thomas Zoss ...

Greg Bordner, Publisher
Gordon Miller, Editor

643 pages

1. The New Tops - Volume 22, Number 1 - January 1982 - 52 pages
1. Cover - Mark Sweet
5. Contents
6. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
   • miscellaneous
     • lists - Busby-Corin Inc., Jimmy Lake, Hank Lee, Len Cooper, Eon Allesi, Steve Spain, Robert Nelson, Lewis Kohrs
     • Hade-E-Gram
     • Bat Droppings
     • lithograph of drawing by Salvatore Salla - Lee Jacobs
     • Tannen's Topics
     • Trendy Trix - catalog - Supreme
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Recil Bordner, Publisher
Neil Foster, Editor

633 pages

1. The New Tops - Volume 15, Number 1 - January 1975 - 52 pages
1. Cover - 'Monk' Watson & Bob Hope
7. Contents
8. My Pal, Bob Hope - by 'Monk' Watson
9. A Tribute to Howard Thurston - Series 8, Part 3 - Robert E. Olson
   • A Great Revolutionary
   • An Eight Hour Show
   • Only Hypnotized Women
   • Crushing a Woman - P. T. Selbit
12. Final Curtain
    • John J. DeVries
13. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
16. New Ways With Old Magic - Dr. Edmund E. Evans
18. Final Curtain
    • James E. Gemin
19. Magi-Go-Round
20. Golden Wedding Anniversary...

Greg Bordner, Publisher
Gordon Miller, Editor

633 pages

1. The New Tops - Volume 25, Number 1 - January 1985 - 52 pages
1. Cover - 1985
7. Contents
8. Invitation to Mystery, 3rd Series - Stewart James
   • Topside
9. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
9. Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
10. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • Books, Tricks, Tapes 'N Things
      • Strange Secrets Volumes 1 & 2 [3 just released] - Abbott's
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627 pages

1. The New Tops - Volume 10, Number 1 - January 1970 - 56 pages
1. Cover - Hans-Gerhard Stumpf
2. Cover Portrait - Hans-Gerhard Stumpf - by Neil Foster
3. Contents
4. Wrist Turn Passes - Edward Marlo
8. Let's Make a Date - re: Combined Chicago I.B.M. and S.A.M. Magic Show - Neil Foster
9. Eddie's Miracle Rollers - Eddie Joseph
14. Academy of Magical Arts Awards
15. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • reviews
      • Colour Tape - Johnny Ould
      • The Sikari Hand Flash Pot - Johnny Ould
      • The Sikari Shooting Wand - Johnny Ould
      • The...

Recil Bordner, Publisher
Neil Foster, Editor

621 pages

1. The New Tops - Volume 17, Number 1 - January 1977 - 60 pages
1. Cover - Richard & Maria Suey
9. Abbott's Magic Talent Contest
9. Contents
10. Cover Portrait - Richard & Maria Suey - by Neil Foster
12. Out of My Mind - Looking Into Things Mental and Psychic - Micky Hades
    • book test using "Mathematics, Its Magic and Mystery" - Dirk Minnebo
13. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • New Books and Tricks
      • The Original Houdini Scrapbook - Walter Gibson
      • Houdini, The Pictorial Life - Milbourne Christopher
      • Houdini -...

Recil Bordner, Publisher
Gordon Miller, Editor

681 pages

1. The New Tops - Volume 20, Number 1 - January 1980 - 54 pages
1. Cover - Three New Features
5. Contents
6. Sampler
   • The Vicious Triangle - Eddie Joseph - reprinted from "Coin & Money Magic"
7. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
8. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
10. Vent Views - Colonel Bill Boley
    • Down on the Farm - John J. Bogorae
11. It's Never Too Late - Frances Marshall
12. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
14. Clownin' Aroun' - Daren Dundee
    • Center Ring
    • Prop Trunk
      • Rare Fruit Collection

January 1943 - December 1943
Abbott's Magic Novelty Company
Percy Abbott, Publisher and Editor
Howard Melson "Mel", Editor

393 pages

1. The "Tops" - Volume 8, Number 1 - January 1943 - 32 pages
1. Cover - R. S. Glover
3. With the Editor - Mel
3. Contents
4. Meet Professor Glover, M. M.
4. Another Milk Vanish Idea - "Hen" Fetsch
5. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
   • Tarbell Course, Volume 2
   • Miracle Methods Number Three - book - Hugrad & Braue
   • Easy Magic - "Windy Higgins" with Paul Stadelman
   • Questions and Answers
9. Karrell Fox Serves Magic
10. re: Dell O'Dell
10. Magician Plays Alaskan Circuit -...

January 1938 - December 1938
Abbott's Magic Novelty Company
Percy Abbott, Publisher and Editor

659 pages

1. The "Tops" - Volume 3, Number 1 - January 1938 - 52 pages
3. Index - Contents (including advertisers)
4. Editorial - Percy Abbott
   • Happy Birthday To You
6. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
   • Pig On the Slate by U. F. Grant not Oswald Williams
   • Loyd's Mystery Wand - trick
   • Questions and Answers
9. The Permeating Pasteboard - Arthur H. Roberts
10. Accumulated Magic - Ed Burchell
    • Cigarette Vanish
    • Another Cigarette Vanish
    • Eating A Lighted Cigarette
    • Silk Production ...

1. ... - Eddie Joseph
   • The Razor Blades
10. re: Percy Abbott
11. Calculated Confusion - J. P. Mintz, QM1 USN
12. Cigo - A Clean-Cut Cigarette Vanish - Roxy
17. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
    • reviews
      • Four Little Beans - John Ramsay
    • Questions and Answers
20. re: Lee Grabel
20. Merchandising Magic - Tommy Windsor
21. Now, On to the Get-Together - Demon Rembrandt
22. So It's Laughs You Want! - Bob Brethen
    • Don't Think
    • Ventrivia
    • The Poor Little Rich Girl
24. The Story of One-Card Pete - Andy Anderson
25. Magic on Chicago's Rialto - George Coon
26. Minneapolis Magi's '52 Banquet - Bill...

1. ...
   • ... Color Change
   • Card Fans Production
12. Rajah Turban Mystery
17. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
    • reviews
      • The Art of Using The Lap as a Servante - Slydini
      • Royal Monte - Dai Vernon
    • magazines
      • Abracadabra
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      • The Gen
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      • The Phoenix
      • The Linking Ring
      • M-U-M
      • Tops
      • The Wizard
      • The Magnet
    • Club Papers
      • Magic Makers
      • The Barnstormer
    • Teen-Age Magic Magazines

January 1939 - December 1939
Abbott's Magic Novelty Company
Percy Abbott, Publisher and Editor

621 pages

1. The "Tops" - Volume 4, Number 1 - January 1939 - 60 pages
3. Index - Contents (including advertisers)
4. Editorial - Percy Abbott
   • WE Give Thanks
5. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
   • A Few Questions and Answers
7. "Majah", Indian Mystic
7. re: Will Rock
7. "Greater Magic"
7. New York State Conclave
8. Dusting Off Some Old Ones - Eddie Joseph
   • The Travelling Coins - Joseph's Routine
10. Conjuring Potpourri - John Braun
12. Corrections - for December Issue of "Potpourri"
12. Fleming Trophy...