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January 1947 - December 1947
Abbott's Magic Novelty Company
Percy Abbott, Publisher and Editor
Howard Melson "Mel", Editor

393 pages

1. The "Tops" - Volume 12, Number 1 - January 1947 - 32 pages
1. Cover - Kathryne Campbell
3. With the Editor - Mel
3. Contents
4. Kathryne Campbell - Vent with Loring!
4. Colorado Magicians Honor [J. B.] Bobo
4. re: John Musselman
5. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
   • reviews
     • You Don't Have To Be Crazy Bit It Helps - Francis Ireland
     • Million-Dollar Bridge and Poker Demonstartions - Thompson
     • Dope Sheet - Tommy Windsor
     • 12 Ways to Use The Comedy Lit Cigar...

January 1964 - December 1964
& Tops 1964 Trick Annual
Abbott's Magic Manufacturing Company
Recil Bordner, Publisher
Neil Foster Editor

659 pages

1. The New Tops - Volume 4, Number 1 - January 1964 - 44 pages
1. Cover - Robert Orben
2. Tribute Page for John Fitzgerald Kennedy
3. Tops Silver Anniversary
3. Tops Anniversary Contest
3. Contents
4. Cover Portrait - Robert Orben - by Jack Bolter
6. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
8. The Collector's Page - poster - Harry Houdini - King of Cards
9. Entre Nous - Dorny (Werner Dornfield)
   • Prestidigitorial Pot Pouri
10. Poet's Corner...

1. ...
   • ... Pellet Steal
   • The Super-Billet-Switch Method
9. The Growing Banana - A Comedy Stunt - Prince Drakon
10. Dusting Off Some Old Ones - Eddie Joseph
    • A Crazy Trick
11. Chicago Magi Fete Father Lloyd
12. Wizard Club of Chicago - Art Johnson
12. Chicago Magigals Elect - Rose Mary Brigham
12. re: Masoni
12. Magic on Chicago's Rialto - George Coon
12. re: John Siems
17. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
    • reviews
      • The Master Method of Hypnotism - Ormond McGill
      • The Third Man - Amac
      • It's That Girl Again - Amac
      • The Professional Comedian's Source-Book - Robert Orben
      • The Apex Clock Vanish...

January 1956 - December 1956
Percy Abbott, Publisher and Editor
Howard Melson "Mel", Editor

389 pages

1. The "Tops" - Volume 21, Number 1 - January 1956 - 32 pages
1. With the Editor - Mel
1. Contents
2. Bank Night Supreme - Roxy
3. Aero Silks - Bert Douglas
4. Another Thumb Tie
   • Patter and Presentation
5. Canary Asrah - George Jo0hnstone
5. re: feather flower cleaning
6. A Rising Card Climax - Bert Douglas
6. Cards, Nuts and Bill
7. Rapid Flight Cards - Karson
7. A Tip, Magi and Hypnotists
8. Bitzemall Egg Bag - Roxy
8. Blindfold Magic
9. All Do As I Do
9. re: Mrs. Audrey Guido blindfold drive
10. Encyclopedia...

January 1962 - December 1962
& Tops 1962 Trick Annual
Abbott's Magic Manufacturing Company
Recil Bordner, Publisher
Neil Foster Editor

605 pages

1. The New Tops - Volume 2, Number 1 - January 1962 - 48 pages
1. Cover - Werner "Dorny" Dornfield
2. Letters to the Editor
3. From the Editor's Desk - Neil Foster
3. Contents
4. Cover Portrait - "Dorny" Werner C. Dornfield - by Frances Ireland Marshall
6. Subtle Problems You Will Do - John Braun & Stewart Judah
   • The Matches, The Silk, and Poof!
7. The Judah "Four Aces"
8. A Royal Marriage - Joseph M. White
9. Four Change Cigarettes To Cards - Allen...

Recil Bordner, Publisher
Neil Foster Editor

637 pages

1. The New Tops - Volume 5, Number 1 - January 1965 - 48 pages
1. Cover - Walter Zaney Blaney and Joyce
1. Contents
2. Cover Portrait - Walter Zaney Blaney - by Dave Hoy
3. Magic on Today - Neil Foster
4. The Al Wheatley [Chop Chop] I Knew - Jay Marshall
5. Final Curtain
   • Edward M. Massey
6. The Collector's Page - photo - Cardini
7. Entre Nous - Dorny (Werner Dornfield)
8. Final Curtain
   • Milt Levy
8. Toots from the Calliope - L. E. Roba Collins
9. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
9. Poet's Corner - Marie Dornfield
   • Merry Christmas and Happy New Year ...

1. ... to Last Month's Photo Quiz
12. McAthy's Ventopics - George McAthy
    • Question and Answer Period - John A. Bogorae
13. Undercover Transfer Supreme - Tony Torino Kardyro
14. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
15. Just for Us Young Guys - John Sherwood
    • Magician of the Month - Don Niemiec
16. Magic Nuts I Have Known - by One of Them
    • Gerald Lee
17. Oraclew - Stewart James
18. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
    • Sour Note gag
    • Cold Cash gag
19. Fooling Around - Ren Fetzer
    • Birdtania
20. Peter Pan The Magic Man - Benjamin J. Kleinman
22. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • Cane...

January 1963 - December 1963
Abbott's Magic Manufacturing Company
Recil Bordner, Publisher
Neil Foster Editor

597 pages

1. The New Tops - Volume 3, Number 1 - January 1963 - 44 pages
1. Cover - Miss America and James Steele
2. Routines & Ideas - Neil Foster
3. Poet's Corner - Marie Antoinette Dornfield
   • Happy New Year!
3. Tops Photo Quiz & Answer to Last Month's Photo Quiz
3. Contents
4. Cover Portrait - James Steele
5. Final Curtain
   • Ben Chavez - by Neil Foster
6. Subtle Problems You Will Do - John Braun & Stewart Judah
   • Judah Monte
8. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The...

January 1941 - December 1941
Abbott's Magic Novelty Company
Percy Abbott, Publisher and Editor
Howard Melson "Mel", Editor

638 pages

1. The "Tops" - Volume 6, Number 1 - January 1941 - 52 pages
3. Index - Contents (including advertisers)
4. Editorial - Mel
5. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
   • Questions and Answers
9. Jumbo Discovery - Bryce Chambers
10. Bingo - A New Clever Novelty Trick
10. re: J. C. Bisbee
11. Where Was I? - "Monk" Watson
12. The Card Trick Without a Deck - Allan Lambie
13. Sucker Die Box Gag
14. Chinese Lantern Trick - Otto Waldmann
15. The Stuck Card Trick
15. Bury Peter Rabbit
15. Swann Suggested...

1. ... - 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...

January 1936 - December 1936
Abbott's Magic Novelty Company
Percy Abbott, Publisher and Editor

585 pages

1. The "Tops" - Volume 1, Number 1 - January 1936 - 36 pages
3. The Policy of this Magazine
4. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
5. Trading Center - announcement
8. Magicians Are The "Tops" - Alvin Richard Plough
10. We Remember - Lester Lake (Marvelo)
11. Our Nobel Prize For Today
    • Percy Abbott
12. Continual Production of Lighted Pipes - Lu-Brent
13. Why Not A Contest?
14. I'm Telling You - H. Adrian Smith
    • Snooping Around In Magic
15. Editorial - Percy Abbott
16. The Coin Cards - W. C. Oates
18. Tops and...

1. ... Technique for Magicians"
13. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
    • re: Sorcar
17. Duke's Crazy Page - Duke Stern
    • patter in rhyme for 'Give Away' card - Duke Stern
    • patter in rhyme for 'Give Away' card - Dr. F. Cheney
19. Mentalism & Things Psychic - Bob Nelson
20. Gospel Magic - Rev. Robert E. Olson
    • Dissolving Knot ala Jap Box
22. Duke Stern's Magic "Fun-Word Puzzle"
23. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • Full-House Poker Prediction
24. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
26. The Thinking Rings - cartoon - Ed Eckl
27. Shapes - Peter Warlock
30. David Meets Goliath - Eddie Joseph ...

January 1949 - December 1949
Abbott's Magic Novelty Company
Percy Abbott, Publisher and Editor
Howard Melson "Mel", Editor

385 pages

1. The "Tops" - Volume 14, Number 1 - January 1949 - 32 pages
3. With the Editor - Mel
3. Contents
4. An Appreciation! - Percy Abbott - re: Howard Melson
4. A Toast to the Flag
4. New Indianapolis Store Open
4. re: Edgar Bergen & Jim Sherman
5. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
   • reviews
     • new effect from Eddie Joseph
     • Forbidden Wisdom - Howard Albright
     • I.O.U. - C. V. Tebbetis
     • Six Foolers with a Miniature Skull - Eddie Joseph - re; Skullo
     • Laugh Card ...

1. ...[Jack] Kodell on Palladium Bill
18. For Vents Only - George McAthy
    • dialog - Don Frankel
19. The Future Greats - Bill Pitts
20. The Off and On Again Ring - G. A. Ammann
20. A Patter Bit
20. Cheepad - An Advertising Idea - George F. Wright
21. Seek Marker for Si's {Stebbins Grave
21. re: John Green
22. The Voice of the Mentalist - Ray Amy
23. Magic Outdoors - L. E. Roba Collins
23. Ministerial Magic - Gene Nielsen
24. Seven, Fourteen, Twenty-One - Sandu
25. re: 20th Annual Magi-Fest
25. Half Lady Illusion - Augustus Rapp
25. re: Ravelli

1. The "Tops" - Volume 16, Number 2 - February 1951 - 32 pages
1. With the Editor - Percy Abbott
1. Contents
2. Transposition of Cards - - Percy...

January 1944 - December 1944
Abbott's Magic Novelty Company
Percy Abbott, Publisher and Editor
Howard Melson "Mel", Editor

389 pages

1. The "Tops" - Volume 9, Number 1 - January 1944 - 32 pages
1. Cover - Joe Ovette
3. With the Editor - Mel
3. Contents
4. The Great Ovette - Nuff Said!
4. Thanks for Holiday Greetings - Percy Abbott
5. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
   • reviews
     • Tarbell Course, Volume 3
     • Fleming Book Reviews No. 50
     • Hugard's Magic Monthly, December
   • Questions and Answers
7. re: Bob Haxton
7. re: John J. Oakes
8. "Magic on Broadway" - Al Minder
9. Talk About Philadelphia...

January 1950 - December 1950
Abbott's Magic Novelty Company
Percy Abbott, Publisher and Editor
Howard Melson "Mel", Editor

385 pages

1. The "Tops" - Volume 15, Number 1 - January 1950 - 32 pages
3. With the Editor - Mel
3. Contents
4. Wright's Steal Pass - George F. Wright
5. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
   • Death of Tom Bowyer
   • reviews
     • Mental Magic - Al Baker
   • Origin of the Center Tear
   • Questions and Answers
9. cartoon - Otho Blake
9. A Close-Up Fooler - Clettis V. Musson
9. Passed Through a Flame - Ken de Courcy
10. For Vents Only - George McAthy
    • Dialog - Ed Hall ...

• ... Card In Wallet
• Handy Dandy Thought Reader
• Psi - Peek
• Star Wars
• Sign Language
• Psi Pow!
• Solitaire Sorcery
• Stock Market Manipulations
• State Lottery
• The Tossed Out Zodiac
• Karnac, The Magnificent
• Mental Block
• Something Borrowed ...
• Higher Municipality
• Time Killer
• It's A Double Date!
• Impromptu Psychometry
• Parachute Prediction
• Backstage

1st edition 1984, PDF 73 pages

This is the first of three parts. It is by far the most thorough compilation of rope tricks ever created. From the preface by Percy Abbott:

From the introduction:

• Winning At Gin Rummy
• Hole Card Wild
• Cards Of Unrest
• Double Denouement
• Mental Reverse
• The Incredible Prediction
• Four-Card Finale
• Thoughts Across Space
• Miracle From Smoke
• Miracle From Smoke (No. 2)
• Impromptu Daub Location
• Cards Do Not Lie

PDF 14 pages.

January 1981 - December 1981
William Larsen, Jr., Publisher and Executive Editor

836 pages

1. Genii - Volume 45, Number 1 - January 1981 - 72 pages
1. Cover - Superstars of Magic - Siegfried & Roy
5. In This Issue - contents
22. The Genii Speaks - WWL (Jr)
23. The Vernon Touch - Dai Vernon
24. Siegfried and Roy - Superstars of Magic
    24. Their Lives
    27. Their Home
    30. Their TV Special
32. Illusion Plans - Paul Osborne and Associates
    • She's Come Undone
34. Professor Hockmann's Illusion Tips - Paul Butler
    • ASRAH
35. Magicana - A Magazine Within A Magazine - Charlie Miller & William Reede...

January 1984 - June 1985
William Larsen, Jr., Publisher and Executive Editor

918 pages

1. Genii - Volume 48, Number 1 - January 1984 - 78 pages
1. Cover - Le Grand David Spectacular Magic Company
5. In This Issue - contents
16. The Genii Speaks - WWL (Jr)
17. The Vernon Touch - Dai Vernon
18. Illusion Plans - Paul Osborne and Associates
    • Dena - The Exibitron
20. OICUFESP - Genii Edition 23 - Howard Adams
    • Notion's Eleven
22. Dialogue With The Past - Robert Murphy
    • Part 1
24. Eight Years of Sundays - Robert Lund
25. The Original Current Program of Marco the Magi's Production of "Le...

January 1983 - December 1983
William Larsen, Jr., Publisher and Editor

888 pages

1. Genii - Volume 47, Number 1 - January 1983 - 84 pages
1. Cover - Roy, Lynette and Siegfried
5. In This Issue - contents
19. The Genii Speaks - WWL (Jr)
20. Siegfried and Roy
    22. The Lady Behind The Magic ... Lynette Chappell - Mary Anderson
    24. Program - Siegfried & Roy in "Beyond Belief"
    28. Program - Siegfried & Roy "Superstars of Magic"
    45. Program - Siegfried & Roy in "Beyond Belief" at the Frontier
62. The Vernon Touch - Dai Vernon
63. Darwin's Card to Coin Change - Gary Darwin
63. Darwin's Cage Change - Gary Darwin ...

November 1991 - October 1992
William Larsen, Jr., Publisher and Editor

856 pages

1. Genii - Volume 55, Number 1 - November 1991 - 76 pages
1. Cover - Doc Eason
5. In This Issue - contents
25. The Genii Speaks - WWL (Jr)
26. Doc Eason Feature - The Rocky Mountain Magic of Doc Eason
    26. My First Visit to The Tower - Michael Ammar
    27. Doc Eason Interviewed by Eric Mead
    28. The Tower Magic Bar
    29. Have Card Trick ... Will Travel - Doc Eason
    31. Jamy Ian Swiss on: Magic Bar
        • The Legend Lives
        • The Texture of the Weave
    32. Some Words about Doc from Ray Mertz and Karl Norman
    33. Mertz's...