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• Idaho Travelers: A simple, strong version of the Vernon classic.
• A Visit to Boise: Scott's streamlined handling of Larry Jennings' "The Visitor".
• Red Hot Mama's Lips: Red Hot Mama with a charming theme and a killer kicker!
• Peanut, Butter & Jelly: Scott's favorite effect. Many have called this the best sponge ball routine out there!
• Magic Western...

11. La versione di Grant del Mazzo invisibile (brain wave deck di Dai Vernon) nel quale qualunque carta pensata si trova capovolta in un mazzo di carte messo in precedenza sul tavolo, fatto con UN MAZZO DI CARTE NORMALI !

12. La Forzatura di Grant: Questo modo di far scegliere una o più carte in maniera apparentemente libera ma in realtà facendo scegliere quella...

Special issue featuring Harapan Ong. Harapan has answered some really interesting questions and some intimate questions too. Harapan has also graciously contributed a trick called 'Triumph Squared' followed with contributions from Cameron Francis, Bizau, Sapan Joshi and Antariksh Pratap Singh.

Contents:

1. Triumph Squared by Harapan Ong - A cleverX2 approach for Vernon's Triumph.
2. Coupling by Cameron Francis - An interesting trick for couples
3. Unknown Spell by Antariksh Pratap Singh - Aces are lost and found ..... in an amusing way with a surprise at the end.
4. Chachu Triumph by Sapan Joshi - A nice handling for classic...

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  • ... Count
  • Jordan Count
  • Siva Count
• Forciermethoden
  • Fan Force
  • Henry Christ Force
  • Riffle Force (Abrauschforce)
• Kolorieren
  • Erdnase Color Change
• Mischmethoden
  • Blindes Mischen
  • Faromischen
  • Hindumischen
  • Reverse Faro Shuffle
• Palmagen
  • Erdnase Bottom Palm
• Verschiedenes
  • Dai Vernon Multiple Shift
  • Ed Marlo's "Little Finger Pull Down"
  • Findley Tent Vanish
  • New Pack Order
  • Ovette Master Move
• Volten
  • Abdeck Volte
  • Half Pass (Halbe Volte)
  • Mock Pass
  • Turnover Pass (Umdrehvolte)

3. Ace Hummer Place: 12 cards, randomly mixed face up and face down. Eight end up face up and the four Aces face down.

4. Sum Hummer Variations: Performer divines the sum of some randomly reversed cards. Variation of Charles Hudson's "Sum Hummer."

5. Vernon's IBM Trick, Simplified: Can be done over the telephone.

6. Isolani: Two face up cards eventually sandwich a predicted card.

7. A-10 Prediction: Two freely chosen cards are totaled to count down to a third card in the pack, which the performer has predicted.

8. The Homesick Card:...

The included tricks and applications are truly mind-boggling to the spectators and The Breather Crimp will provide an easier "path" for a more impossible ending.

CONTENTS

• Introduction
• How to make a Breather
• Three excellent Controls using a Breather
• Control of Multiple Selections
• Vernon/Flosso Card Control Method (You're going to love this very clever control)
• The Aces Rise Again - A "quickie" that will fool the pros
• Fire Breather - This is a fantastic 4 ace production that will make you look like a real professional.
• The "Floating Key" Principle using a Breather
  • Explanation...

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  • ... Diable
  • Notes on the Vase(Hurley)
  • Marlo's "Pitch" Routine
• The Satiricon
  • Lester Overton: Tragic Hero
  • Excerpt from the Adventures of Harry Inane
• Estimations
  • Albert Goshman: Boob on the Tube?
  • Last Word on the Fields' Book
  • 13 Ways of Looking at Criticism
  • An open letter to Nick Trost
  • Vernon, Gibson, and Sharpe
  • Aftermath
• Postscript

1st edition 1969, reprinted 1976, 1st digital edition 2016, 111 pages.

Hidden 21 is a very sneaky version of the 21 Card Trick and it will fool anyone familiar with the original. Also, it requires you to deal three piles of cards onto the table only once - a very distinct advantage.

Royal Rebound is an overlooked Vernon classic from Stars Of Magic, a monte type effect where the picture cards from a Royal Straight Flush unexpectedly change to tens. The effect is strong, but the original version is technically demanding. Ian has simplified the handling so that the original effect remains, but the skill level...

PLACEBO
A collection of routined demonstrations of sleight-of-hand and skill with a deck of playing cards...

The Poker Lesson. Perfect Aces. The Middle Deal: The Kennedy Tribute. The Centre Deal: The Vernon Tribute. Bad Aces. The Numbers. Click Palm. Centre Cop. Spread Flick. Blackout Shift. Blackout Shift Two. FSWE Shift. The Greek Shift. Rotation Palm. Back Deal. Holdout Deal.

the TYRANT
The full-deck playing-card-index that allows you to be secretly within possession of ANY needed playing...

• Close-Up
  • Giant Cigarette Production
  • Large Match-Stick Production
  • A Sweet Cigarette
  • Sponge Coins
  • An Idea For The Sponges
  • Another Sponge Ball Routine
  • Business Card Intro
  • Chopped Prices
  • Impromptu Ring Penetration
• Ideas For
  • Grown Up Hofzinser (Roy Walton Routine)
  • Ring In Rubik Cube
  • Levitated Deck
  • Pen And Con Starter
  • Paint Brush Variation
  • Vanishing Lighter Flame
  • Vanishing Pocket Watch
• Cards
  • Triple Card To Pocket
  • Mistaken Identity
  • Definitely Between Your Palms
  • Everywhere And Nowhere
  • Same Order Face Up Count
• Stand-Up (Cabaret)
  • Poem For Dai Vernon's Symphony Of The Rings
  • A Knot To Pluck
  • Poem For A...

A collection of four ace tricks.

• BLOOMING ACES
• COLLECTED POLLEN
• ASCANIO SELECTED
• HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF….CONTINUED
• TWISTING THE ACE PROBLEM
• SPECTATOR CUTS ACES (TO KINGS)
• TWIN DEPARTURESQUE
• VERNON, MY ANGEL~ YOU'RE HOME
• TROIKA ACES

1st edition 1995, 3rd edition 2013, 1st digital edition 2016, 20 pages.

1. ... Bill Neff
44. Magic News from Nova Scotia
44. Classified - ads

1. The "Tops" - Volume 3, Number 9 - September 1938 - 64 pages
3. Index - Contents (including advertisers)
4. Editorial - Percy Abbott
5. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
   • Ideas, No. 6 - Frank Lane
   • Questions and Answers
10. Program of Dai Vernon at Rainbow Grill, Radio City - The Magical Harlequin
11. Magic Pie - Francis Cain
13. Stage Rising Cards - H. Jerome Matson
14. Daughter of Magician Succumbs to Burns - re: Ruth Chavez
14. re: Eldon Nichols
15. Character Reading - R. S. Glover
    • Profiles - Colour - Texture
18. Central States Picnic a Success
19. Phantom Magic - Monte Harris - Part Four
20. Report of the Sixth Annual P.C.A.M. Convention - Arnold Furst
24. Conjuring Potpourri - John Braun
    • A Billiard Ball Routine
25. Karlin [the Magician]
26. A Grievance - William E. Cox (William the Wizard)
26. re: William the Great (William Plews)
27. Slick Tricks - ??Hypnotism?? - Gerber...

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        • Impromptu Silk Penetration
     42. James Hamilton [Jimmy] Muir
         • Nuts - From the "Cracker"
     44. Clayton Burke
         • From the Notebook of Claude Burke [vent dialogue]
     44. Ormond McGill
         • The Devil's Ladder Again
     47. Lloyd Jones
         • Dai Vernon's Brain Wave Deck
         • A Magician Goes to the World's Fair
         • Harry Canar
     50. R. S. Glover
         • Thought Reception
         • And So Long
  32. Magic Guild
  38. Hat lost at Abbott's
  43. re: Magigals
  51. Club News
      51. Wizard Club of Chicago - Zito
      52. Otago Magicial Society [New Zealand]
      53. Justo Hijo Jottings - Hugh Riley
  54. Classified - ads

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  1. The "Tops" - Volume 4, Number 8 - August 1939 - 52 pages
  3. Index - Contents (including advertisers) ...

1. ... in the South - Pvt. Benny Doss
23. The Cords of Phantasia - Presentation - Cahowen the Magician (Carl H. Wentworth)
25. The Future Greats - Bill Pitts
25. Justo Hijo of Magic Resumes
25. George Kitzinger Dies
25. re: Russell's Magic Circus
25. re: local magicians in Lancaster, Pa.
25. re: "Blackouts of 1944" & SSgt. Vernon D. Matheny
25. re: "Eddie" Hudson

1. The "Tops" - Volume 10, Number 2 - February 1945 - 32 pages
1. Cover - Bob Lotz
3. With the Editor - Mel
3. Contents
4. Bob Lotz - Suave Trickster!
5. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
   • reviews
     • The Dope Sheet
     • The Modern Magi, December
     • Hugard's Magic Monthly,...

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   • ... and Answers
9. Queen of Cards - P. C. Sorcar
10. How Far Down - Paul Stadelman
10. N. O. Magi Entertain Deaf Mutes
10. re: Bill Neff
11. The Campbell Caravan - Loring and Kathryne Campbell
11. Quad-City Magi Fete Orphans!
12. The Juggler's Art - Fred Merrill
13. Contest Starts Off "Big"!
13. Zombie Presentation - Vernon D. Carr
14. Jumping Colors - Jack Orlove
15. Telephone Trickery - Bob Klamm
16. Around New York - Max Holden
16. 'Round the Round Table - Chic Schoke
16. re: Eddie and Lucille Roberts
17. Merchandising Magic - Tommy Windsor
18. re: 16th Annual Magi-Fest
18. For Vents Only - George McAthy
    • Dialog - John Danby
19. Name the Star...

1. ... Only - George McAthy
   • He Has an Ear for Corn
19. re: Los Angeles SAM
19. re: G. Ray Terrell
20. Around New York - Max Holden
20. Grand Rapids Magicians Club - Bob Smith
21. The Juggler's Art - Fred Merrill - continued
    • Double Vertical Fall
    • Double Inside Fall
21. re: Norman Menge
22. photo - re: Vernon D. Carr
22. A Magic Brain Wash - Ward L. Miller
23. Magic Outdoors - L. E. Roba Collins
23. The Future Greats - Bill Pitts
24. Super Entrance Routine - R. F. Sparks

1. The "Tops" - Volume 13, Number 2 - February 1948 - 32 pages
1. Cover - Ormond McGill
3. With the Editor - Mel
3. Contents
4. Ormond McGill - Hypnotic Magician! ...

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   • reviews
     • Percy's Perpetual Balls
     • Pilsner Glass of Beer - Abbott
     • Merv Taylor's Bird Cage
     • Quartet - John Scarne
     • Les Trucs da Lacet - G. Gloria
     • Smart Comedy Book 4 - George McAthy
     • Mandroop's Laff Letters - George McAthy
     • Stars of Magic, Set 6 - Dai Vernon
       • The Ring On The Wand
       • Slow Motion Aces
       • The Travelers
     • Borrowed - Abbott's
     • The Book of Routines - Sam Berland
     • The Phoenix
     • The Wizard, January & February
     • The Sphinx, March, April & May
     • Hugard's Magic Monthly
9. N. Y. Gets '51 Joint Convention
9. re: early...

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   • The Phantom Card Game
8. Publicity for Magicians - Robert E. Berhard
   • Foreword - Ormond McGill
   • Preface
   • What Is Publicity?
15. Registrations Coming In - re: Get-Together
16. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
    • Questions and Answers - mixed in with the reviews
      • The Book of Dai Vernon - Lewis Ganson
      • Rotating Pencil - Bernard Blake
      • Guillo Cards - Irv Weiner
      • Flash-Gig-O-Silk - Senor Torino
      • Barnstormer
      • The Gimmick
      • Lines from Lawton No. 21
      • The Missing Link
      • Ken Allen - lists and Attics(?)
      • The DeVoe Magic Den - memo/list
      • Magic...

1. ... - Percy Abbott
   • Hank Box
   • Thirty Cards
   • Egg Bag Move
34. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
35. Roulet-Telekinesis - North Bigbee
36. Toots from the Calliope - L. E. Roba Collins
36. Private Michael G. Miller
37. Patter & Presentation - Gene Gordon
    • patter for The Fraidy-Cat Rabbit - Vernon Stiles
38. The Professional Touch - "Monk" Watson
38. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • putting two-sided clippings in a scrapbook
38. Poet's Corner - Marie Dornfield
    • Thanksgiving Tune
    • Sudden Thought
    • Exercises
39. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
    • Professor Cheer's endless rope trick idea
40. The Presto Pitch - Tommy Windsor
41. Twenty-Five Years Ago in "Tops"
    • Review of Rock Show - H. Adrian Smith
42. Magic Nuts I Have Known - by One of Them

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  38. London Notes - Wilford Hutchinson, Jr.
      • Final Curtain - Max Templeton - by Frederick Barlow
  40. Just for Us Young Guys - Sandy Marshall
      • Magician of the Month - Victor Van Meter
  41. Magic Nuts I Have Known - by One of Them
      • Dai Vernon
  41. Final Curtain
      • Arthur F. Bull "Francisco" - by Lloyd Jones
  42. Patter & Presentation - Gene Gordon
      • Vanishing Wand Routine - Ken Rocek
      • From the Stuart Cramer Notebook - patter for silk production
      • The Cut and Restored Jump Rope
  43. Toots from the Calliope - L. E. Roba Collins
  44. Twenty-Five Years Ago in "Tops"
      • Wrapped in Black - Frank Chapman
  44. It's Done by Magic - photo re: David Hoy
  45. Fooling Around - Ren Fetzer
      • Balloon

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  1. The New Tops - Volume 4, Number...

1. ... to Howard Thurston - Part 6 - Robert E. Olson
   • Enchanted Flower Pots
   • The Barrel of Diogenes
   • Rooster and Duck
   • Health Card giveaway
17. Bangaloon - Wally Reid
18. Avadon Black - The Hitchhiking Troubadour 1970 Style - Monk Watson
20. Conjuring with Cards - Nick Trost
    • An Out for the Vernon Force
21. Subject: Contracts - Dave Seebach
22. Kid Show Forum - Bruce Posgate
25. Thank You - from Ken and Roberta Griffin
25. Santa's Tricks - poem - Marie Antoinette Dornfield
26. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
    • An Open Letter to a Fellow Columnist
28. News Release - Dick Ryan Triple Threat on Ed Sullivan Show
29. Duke's Crazy Page - Duke Stern
    • card trick gag - Jerry Lubin & Al Stevenson
30. Brad Lowe & Tom Lyons Present Magic
30. RossKams Return from Europe
31. Fox Tales - Karrell Fox
33. Patter & Presentation - Gene Gordon
    • Kleen-Kut Milko
    • The Comedy Show of Shallmar...

1. ... Sherwood
   • Tops' 'Young Guy' Magician of the Month - Greg Victoroff
48. Poetess' Corner - Marie Antoinette Dornfield
    • The Blaze of Summer
49. Johnstone's Column - By George [Johnstone]
52. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • Chinese Folder idea - Harry Franke
    • talking to not at - Vernon C. Stiles
54. On The Spot - Ed Mishell
56. A Volunteer from the Audience ... Please? - Walt Hudson
    • Part One
57. Memories - poem - Harry Opel
58. Out of My Mind - Looking Into Things Mental and Psychic - Micky Hades
    • One Chance in 26,000 Prediction - Robert Nelson
59. Subject: Illusions - Dave Seebach
61. 25 Years Ago in "Tops"
    • Soda Sorcery - "Hen" Fetsch
    • Two Tips on Tips - Karlin
    • Sorcar's Magic Circle - P. C. Sorcar
    • Strip Tease...

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     • ... Posters - Charles & Regina Reynolds, compilers
     • cleaning cloth for metal props - Brenden Crimmins
     • gospel card trick - Dick Schick
     • John Schoener, the Clown Shoemaker - list
     • X--Credible! - Dan Garrett
     • Dai Vernon's First California Lecture (1947) - Jeff Busby Enterprises
     • Vanishing Champagne Bottle - Magico & Boretti
     • Hats and Hares - Robert Gramer
     • 4 Card Monte - Nick Trost
     • The Road Runner - Nick Trost
     • Subtle Card Magic, Parts 1 and 2 - Nick Trost
     • Conjurer's Calculator - John C. Sherwood
     • Dots Magic - John Yeager
     • Magic in Store - Val Andrews
     • Math Miracles - Wallace Lee - reprint
38. Abbott's Magic Talent Contest - Conducted by...

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        • ... Minch
        • Creations of a Magical Madman - Stephen Minch
        • The New Phoenix, Volume 1 - Magic, Inc.
        • The New Phoenix, Volume 2 - Magic, Inc.
        • Magicopter Birthday Card - Magic, Inc.
        • The Super Show - Frances Marshall, compiler
        • Karl Fulves' Close-Up Folios 7, 8 9 & 10 - re: Dai Vernon
        • Weller Production Eggs - available again
        • Weller Thin Rubber Eggs - available again
        • Val Andrews - Martin Breese Cassette
        • Sun & Moon Trick - Supreme
        • Patter Punches - Sol Stone
        • Blanko Monte - David Allen
        • Blackstone "Oriental Nights" poster - Lee Jacobs
        • Dope Sheet - Tommy Windsor
        • Happy Birthday U.S.A. - Shiego Futagawa
        • Baccarat Fair and Foul - Professor Hoffmann - Jess Busby reprint
        • How to Control Fair Dice - Jess Busby reprint
        • Larry Jennings on Coin and Card...