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• ... Smith and a pocketful of mumbles
• JJ and a famous American magician he met in Italy
• Walt Lees reviews Escapology on the Telly
• This year's competition prize winners
• Peter Duffie has an ingenious mystery where the values of three cards combine to reveal the identity of the fourth — a selected one.
• Peter Kane's original and ingenious Incredible Shrinking Card Case is reprised.
• Werner Miller comes up with a very clever and novel ESP matching theme.
• Stephen Tucker—shares a clever, spectacular, but oh so very easy to do playing card lévitation.
• Alan Ward shows how to be a Brilliant...

September 1943 - August 1944
Including S.A.M. and M-U-M pages - and Magigals
Mr. & Mrs. William W. Larsen, Editors

432 pages

1. Genii - Volume 8, Number 1 - September 1943 - 36 pages
1. Cover - Del Monte
6. Genii Speaks - editorial comments
7. The King and Queen and a Bet! - Julien Proskauer
7. Markers - R. M. Jamison
8. The Relentless Reel - Charles Waller
9. Two Favorites - Walter the Magicians
   • The Ghost Knots and Flying Silks
   • Cigarette and Fire
10. You Didn't Notice It? - R. M. Jamison
10. Del Monte [Charles Reagan] - interview by mail by Geraldine Larsen
11. Pitcher Pips - "Hen" Fetsch
11. The Invisible Cocktail...

September 1958 - August 1959
Geraldine Larsen-Baker, Publisher 7 William Larsen, Jr. & Milton Page Larsen, Dorothy Larsen Editors

446 pages (6 double pages)

1. Genii - Volume 23, Number 1 - September 1958 - 40 pages
1. Cover - Larry Weeks
6. Letters
7. In This Issue - contents
10. Our Cover - Meet Larry Weeks
11. The Genii Speaks - WWL (Jr)
12. Holy's Miracle - Holly F. Schramm
13. Noisy Comedy Cabinet - Johnny Geddes
14. The Linking Rings (For Bewildered Beginners) - Glenn Gravatt
15. Richard Himber Writes AN Open Letter To U. F. Grant [re: spike thru balloon]
16. Knee-Deep In Handcuffs - Larry Weeks
17. Ring And Rope - Glenn Gravatt
18. Pictures...

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...

Recil Bordner, Publisher
Neil Foster Editor

666 pages

1. The New Tops - Volume 13, Number 1 - January 1973 - 52 pages
1. Cover - Ed Mishell
7. [two] Comic Trickartoon - Ed Harris
7. Contents
8. Cover Portrait - Ed Mishell - by Leslie Guest
9. On The Spot - Ed Mishell
11. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • reviews
      • Club 71 - now quarterly
      • Mystics - to cease publication
    • With The Dealers
      • Robert Nelson [NC] - list
      • Norm Osborn's Magical Trading Post
      • Cube in a Tube - Arthur Setterington
      • ring and string trick - Richard Durham
      • Double Feature - Sid Lorraine ...

1. ...
   • ... (wife of Charles Peters) - died
34. Marketplace - Michael Close
    • Dice: Deception, Fate & Rotten Luck - Ricky Jay - book
    • Cabaret Mindreading - Ted Lesley - video or DVD
    • Cabaret Magic - Ted Lesley - video or DVD
    • Mysterious Stranger - David Blaine - book
    • FooollerDoolers Volumes 1-3 - Daryl - three videos or DVDs
    • S.S. Adams: High Priest of Pranks and Merchant of Magic - William V. Rauscher - book
    • Harry Allen: Comedy Bits & Magic Routines Volumes 1&2 - Harry Allen - two videos or DVDs
    • Magic Castle ... The Inside Story - Milt Larsen - DVD
    • McBride: Magic on Stage...

January 1940 - December 1940
Abbott's Magic Novelty Company
Percy Abbott, Publisher and Editor
Howard Melson "Mel", Editor

636 pages

1. The "Tops" - Volume 5, Number 1 - January 1940 - 52 pages
3. Index - Contents (including advertisers)
4. Editorial - Percy Abbott
5. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
   • 1940 Good Wishes to You and Yours
   • A Magici8an in the House - Sid Lorraine - correction
   • Testimonial
7. Magicians Guild of America - Recil Bordner
8. Fitzkee's Story - Dariel Fitzkee
9. The Magicians Guild Convention - Ken MacEachin
10. E. J. Moore Sick Fund
11. Conjuring Potpourri - John Braun

Recil Bordner, Publisher
Neil Foster Editor

609 pages

1. The New Tops - Volume 9, Number 1 - January 1969 - 52 pages
1. Cover - Dick Oslund
3. Contents
4. Cover Portrait - Dick Oslund - by Dennis R. Loomis
   • A Day with Dick Oslund's "Fun and Fantasy" - Rev. Robert Olson
7. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
   • "Hair Rope"
8. It's a Mystery to Me - Clarke "The Senator" Crandall
12. Correction - ad for "The Professional 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 ...

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...

Volume 4, Number 5 - Volume 5 Number 4
January 1995 - December 1995
Stan Allen & Associates
Stan Allen, Editor

1114 pages (4 double pages)

1. Magic - Volume 4, Number 5 - January 1995 - 84 pages
1. Cover - One Hundred Million Dollars? - Lance Burton
5. Contents
7. From the Editor - Stan Allen
   • The Reverend Lance Burton
11. Letters
19. Parallax - Max Maven
    • The Morbid The Merrier
      • Meta-Meow
20. Questions - Paul Gertner
    • Why Don't You Have A Real Job?
23. Hmmmmmm - Kees Schoonenberg
    • Beware
24. On The Road
    • Survival On The Road - Mike Rogers ...

1. ... Samelson
61. Flashback: Inside Out - Jon Racherbaumer
    61. Noose-Thru - Marcelo Contento
    62. The Classic Farce - Mark Jenset
    64. Doubly Daring Revelation - Doug Conn
66. Loving Mentalism - Ian Rowland
    • Espresso ESP
68. Bent on Deception - Mike Bent
    • Ella the Extremely Efficient Elf
    • One More Thing
70. Real-World Methods - Fielding West
    • Stage Control
72. The Monk's Way - Steve Reynolds
    • C&B Uploaded: Phase 1
76. Marketplace
    • Art Decko - Simon Aronson - book - reviewed by Francis Menotti
    • Ocular - Alexis de la Fuente - effect with DVD - reviewed by Peter...

September 1937 - August 1938
Official Organ for The Pacific Coast Association of Magicians and Official American Organ for The International Alliance of Magicians
William W. Larsen, Editor and Publisher

464 pages

1. Genii - Volume 2, Number 1 - September 1937 - 32 pages
1. Cover - Thomas Chew Worthington III
4. In This Issue - Contents
4. Thomas Chew Worthington III - biographical notes
5. Genii Speaks - editorial comments
6. MAGIC
   6. The Third Eye - William W. Larsen
   7. "Dots" - Frank M. Chapman
   7. The Chinese Bartender - Dale Williams
   8. Indian Prisoner Tie - Fred Kapp
   8. "Tattle-Tale" -...

September 1953 - August 1954
Geraldine Larsen, William Larsen, Jr. & Milton Page Larsen, Editors

471 pages (5 double pages)

1. Genii - Volume 18, Number 1 - September 1953 - 40 pages
1. Cover - Mello, The Magical Clown
7. Dealer's Directory
9. On with the Show - Bill Larsen, Jr.
10. The Search for the Perfect Egg (Second Edition) - Charles Waller
11. Relation of English Money to American - Goodliffe
12. The Serpent Of Cyclops - Robert L. Henderson
13. The Jumping Signature - Glenn Gravatt
13. Ideas of Idle Moments - Lu Brent
    • The Coin and Currency Pail
    • Currency Climax
14. Spooks 'N' Spoofers - Eugene...

January 1982 - December 1982
William Larsen, Jr., Publisher and editor

864 pages

1. Genii - Volume 46, Number 1 - January 1982 - 68 pages
1. Cover - Congratulations Doug and Deborah Henning
5. In This Issue - contents
21. The Genii Speaks - WWL (Jr)
22. The Vernon Touch - Dai Vernon
23. Doug Henning Weds Deborah Douillard - Ceremony Inaugurates Levitation Clearspan Dome at MIU
24. Illusion Plans - Paul Osborne and Associates
    • Haberdash-Her
26. OICUFESP - Genii Edition 7 - Howard Adams
    • Killerkards
27. Cartoon - Paul Butler
28. The Sillery Slice - Gary Ouellet
31. Give and Mistake - Phil Goldstein ...

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 ...

January 1955 - December 1955
Percy Abbott, Publisher and Editor
Howard Melson "Mel", Editor

385 pages

1. The "Tops" - Volume 20, Number 1 - January 1955 - 32 pages
2. Floating Handkerchief
3. Perfect Transpo-Card - Rovelli (Tenente Jose Silvestre)
4. Silks in Chick-A-Dee - Anthony Dunn
4. Useful Cigarette Sleights - Roxy
   • Number One
   • Number Two
   • Number Three
5. Another Torn Restored Newspaper - Wilford Hutchinson
5. Penetra - Roxy
6. Tricks of East Indian Magicians - Part 3 - Eddie Joseph
   • The Cups and Balls
     • The Sleights
     • The Routine
   • The Egg Bag
10. Handkerchief-Rope...

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...

Greg Bordner, Publisher
Gordon Miller, Editor

642 pages

1. The New Tops - Volume 24, Number 1 - January 1984 - 56 pages
1. Cover - Tommy Wonder [Jos Bema]
5. Contents
6. Sawdust-Sorcery - Clown Magic For Professionals - Gerald Burns - continued
10. Forum - Bruce Posgate
12. For Women Only - Frances Ireland Marshall
14. Magical Mexican Weekend - Frances Marshall
16. Jeanne Vernon - A Remembrance - Frances Marshall
17. Wacky Words with Answers - Ed Harris
17. Sid Lorraine's Tip of the Month
    • "Amazing 6-Second Solder"
18. Sid Lorraine's Chatter - Sid Lorraine
    • Books, Tricks, Tapes and Things
      • Gary Oullet's...

The Magigram, Volume 19, The Supreme Magic Company, Ken de Courcy, editor

Including an Index to Volume 19, 910 pages

• cover pages and 31 page index to Volume 19

1. Volume 19, Number 1, September, 1986, 74 pages, including front & back covers
1. advertisements
9. Lets Face It - editorial by Ken de Courcy
10. Kennaugh's Kolumn - Alan Kennaugh on the Show Business Scene
12. Magic as Entertainment - Harold Taylor
14. The Electrified Keys - Magic Roka
14. The Apple and the Scarf
15. The Gospel Column
    • A Short Autobiography - Henry Smith
    • Is The Bible Reliable? - Henry Smith
18. Perpetually Yours...

September 1960 - August 1961
William Larsen, Jr., Editor & Geraldine Larsen-Baker, Publisher

522 pages (6 double pages)

1. Genii - Volume 25, Number 1 - September 1960 - 104 pages {2 pages missing; back covers?
1. Cover - Silver Anniversary Issue
3. In This Issue - contents
4. Dedication to William W Larsen, Sr. with photo
6. Gerrie Speaks - Gerrie Larsen-Baker
8. The Genii Speaks - WWL, Jr
10. The Genii Speaks - reprint from Vol. 1, No. 1 - William W. Larsen, Sr.
11. On With The Show - reprint from Vol. 17, No. 11 - the last editorial from William. W. Larsen, Sr.
12. The 1-2-3-4 Elevator Cards - Frank Garcia ...

September 1967 - August 1968
William Larsen, Jr., Publisher and Editor - Geraldine Larsen Baker, Advisory Editor

576 pages

1. Genii - Volume 32, Number 1 - September 1967 - 48 pages
1. Cover - Slydini
3. In This Issue - contents
14. Our Cover - Slydini - by Blanca Lopez
15. The Genii Speaks - WWL (Jr)
16. Jacob's Escalator - Harry G. Franke
20. With Tricks You Own - Howard A. Adams
    • Wabbit Woutine
    • The Birthday Candle
21. Magicana - A Magazine Within A Magazine - William Reed Woodfield and Charles Miller, editors
    21. A Streamlined Version of Alexander Herrmann's Serpentine Handkerchief - Charles...

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...

July 1986 - June 1987
William Larsen, Jr., Publisher and Editor

900 pages

1. Genii - Volume 50, Number 1 - July 1986 - 116 pages
1. Cover - Fiftieth Anniversary Issue
7. In This Issue - contents
34. The Genii Speaks - WWL (Jr)
35. The Vernon Touch - Dai Vernon
36. Fifty Years With Genii - Gerrie Larsen Baker Jaffe
37. How Can Anyone 58 Years Old Remember 50 Years of Genii? - William Walter Larsen, Jr.
41. Reprint of Genii, Issue 1, September 1936 [36 pages]
    44. A Love Poem - T. Page Wright
    45. The Genii Speaks
    46. The Error Aces - T. Page Wright & William W. Larsen
    46. Nothing New in Parasols - Dale Williams
    47. Felix,...