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Tops Volume 1 (1936) by Percy Abbott
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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
  2. The Policy of this Magazine
  3. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
  4. Trading Center - announcement
  5. Magicians Are The "Tops" - Alvin Richard Plough
  6. We Remember - Lester Lake (Marvelo)
  7. Our Nobel Prize For Today
    • Percy Abbott
  8. Continual Production of Lighted Pipes - Lu-Brent
  9. Why Not A Contest?
  10. I'm Telling You - H. Adrian Smith
    • Snooping Around In Magic
  11. Editorial - Percy Abbott
  12. The Coin Cards - W. C. Oates
  13. Tops and Bottoms in Magic - Harry E. Cecil
    • The Following Card Trick
  14. poem - Harry E. Cecil
  15. A Night of Magic - Reno Magic Circle
  16. The "End Over End" Pencil - L. E. Duncanson
  17. Progressive Magic Contest
  18. Out Of The Hat Facts! - Larry Hess
  19. A New Twist To An Old Timer - Stewart Judah
    • Color Changing Cubes
  20. A New Milko Trick - Bert Douglas
  21. Concentrate - Arthur Herman Goad
  22. A "Jumbo" Four Ace Routine - M. F. Zens
  23. Listen In - A Secret No Longer
  24. Index (including advertisers)
  25. Next Month
  26. Hocus Pocus - Eddie Clever
  1. The "Tops" - Volume 1, Number 2 - February 1936 - 40 pages
  2. Index - Contents (including advertisers)
  3. Editorial - Percy Abbott
  4. Marvelo Says - Lester Lake
    • Poetry??
    • News!!
  5. Our Nobel Prize For Today
    • Silent Mora
  6. Next Month
  7. Cherchez La Femme - Alvin Richard Plough
  8. Wuxtra!! - Good News - Charles A. Leedy
    • Idea Inflation
  9. The Magic Wand - poem - Joe Nelson
  10. Listen In - Tricks-Tips and News - U. F. Grant
  11. Mr. Walker Brown Writes
  12. Hocus Pocus - Part Two - Eddie Clever
  13. Sir Felix Korim - The Magician of the Air
  14. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
  15. The Card Silks - Paul Stadelman
  16. The "Tops" Progressive Contest
    1. A Cigarette and Hank Combination - George Linnhauser
    2. A New Version Paper Discs - S. V. Richards
  17. Out Of The Hat Facts! - Larry Hess
  18. Magic's Big Hurrah! IBM Convention - William A. Russell
  19. The Box of Satan - Joseph Rukus
  20. An Extract from a Letter to the Editor by Don Sweet
  21. The "Tops" Trading Center
  22. Tops and Bottoms in Magic - Harry E. Cecil
  23. A Giant Card Act - Leslie P. Guest
  24. End Over End Pencil trick (last issue) is really Joe Berg's The Peculiar Pencil
  25. Annual Meeting of the Magicians Association of Cleveland
  26. I'm Telling You - H. Adrian Smith
    • Can I Take It?
  27. News From Hollywood - re: The Great Houdini
  28. Card Catching Flourish - Billy Hamilton
  29. New Uses Fore The 'Thumb Tip' - G. McAthy
  30. Gone - Robert Wedertz
  31. A New Stripper Card Effect - Joe Berg
  32. Madam Queen - H. W. Rungie
  33. Winner of Last Month's Contest
  1. The "Tops" - Volume 1, Number 3 - March 1936 - 48 pages
  2. Index - Contents (including advertisers)
  3. Editorial - Percy Abbott
  4. Notes
  5. News From India
  6. I'm Telling You - H. Adrian Smith
    • Magic Through A Key-hole
  7. Letter to "Tops" from Clifford Hard
  8. Letter to "Tops" from Dr. Duncanson
  9. Tops and Bottoms in Magic - Harry E. Cecil
  10. A Simple, Effective, Cigarette Move - Robert Wedertz
  11. My Favorite Pocket Trick - Fred C. Field
  12. Out of Sight - John Goodrum
    • A Useful Change-Over
    • Another Change-Over
  13. A Bit of Hocus Pocus - Eddie Clever
  14. The Patriotic 20th Century - Joseph Bukus
  15. Marvelo Says - Lester Lake
  16. Our Nobel Prize For Today
    • Fred W. Gorman
  17. Listen In - Tricks-Tips and News - U. F. Grant
  18. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
    • The Lynx - parody - review
  19. The "Tops" Progressive Contest
    1. The Cards Go 'Round and 'Round - William Meyers
    2. The Count of Monte Cristo - G. McAthy
  20. Cut and Restored Rope Trick - Ben Frisby
  21. Pacific Coast News - Caryl S. Fleming
  22. Spike Trick - R. T. Williams
  23. Beer and Pretzels - Charles H. Clark, Sr.
  24. Knick Knack - Antoni
  25. Letter to "Tops" from M. Oscar Kamleiter
  26. Somebody's Crazy - Otis Manning
  27. Grant's Wine & Water 'Lota' Contest - Entry by Roger Montandon
  28. Grant's Wine & Water 'Lota' Contest - Entry by Charles H. Clarke, Sr.
  29. Letter to "Tops" from P. W. Miller
  30. Magical Flashes - Jasper Wood
  31. A Card Prediction - Richard Durham
  32. An Extract from a Letter to "Tops" from Don Sweet
  33. Wuxtra!! - Good News - Charles A. Leedy
    • Bottoms Up!!
  34. The "Tops" Trading Center
  35. Grant's Wine & Water 'Lota' Contest - Entry by C. A. Leedy
  1. The "Tops" - Volume 1, Number 4 - April 1936 - 44 pages
  2. Index - Contents (including advertisers)
  3. Editorial - Percy Abbott
  4. Tops and Bottoms in Magic - Harry E. Cecil
  5. Bits of Everything
  6. Meet The Books - A Review of Magical Literature - Lloyd E. Jones
    1. Encyclopedia of Self-Working Card Tricks - H. Von Deusen & Glenn G. Gravatt
    2. The Mysteries of The Mystic Seven - Members
    3. Magic As We Do It - Eric C. Lewis & Dan Beliman
    4. The Dragon, Bol. 5, Number 2, February 1936
    5. Number 4, The Charles T. Jordan Series - Theo. Annemann
    6. The Jinx, Winter Issue, 1935-1936
    7. The Jinx, Number 17, February 1936
    8. "The Linx" January 10, 1936 - Anonymous
    9. The Magician's Digest, Vol 2, Number 5 - Donald Hendricks
    10. More Fun at Cocktail Time - Julian J. Proskauer
    11. Read Your Future by the Stars - Peter Blaine
    12. The Sphinx, Vol. XXXLV, No. 12, February, 1936
    13. Pacific Coast Magic News, Vol. 2, Issue 5, March 1936 - Ring 59
  7. Next Month
  8. The "Tops" Progressive Contest
    1. My Presentation of Sid Lorraine's "Liquor Cards" - Bob Smith
    2. Photo Magic - W. L. Miller
    3. The Ribbon Mystery - Charles W. Fricks
    4. Thim-Change-Able - William Meyers
    5. Rising Cards Etc. - George Johnston
  9. Letter in answer to "Can I Take It" (February) - William B. Chatterly
  10. Grant's Wine & Water 'Lota' Contest - entry by Ned Asbury
  11. Dusting Off Some Old Ones - M. F. Zens
  12. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
    • Sphinx
    • JU|AL Note Book
    • Questions and Answers
  13. Notice: Winner of Grant's Wine & Water 'Lota' Contest is Roger Montaandon
  14. Listen In - Tricks-Tips and News - U. F. Grant
  15. Note: The Great Levante in England
  16. Marvelo Says - Lester Lake
  17. Our Nobel Prize For Today
    • Will Nicola
  18. Abbott's "Phantosphere" - patter by Herbert M. Richmond
  19. The Hour Glass of Father Time - Joseph Rukus
  20. Ventriloquists Column; Ideas and Gags - G. McAthy
  21. Are You A Personage Or A Shadow? - C. A> George Newmann
  22. Al Saal to be on I.B.M. Program in Batavia
  23. Out of Sight - John Goodrum - continued
    • The Rub-Away Vanish
    • The Restless Thimble
  24. Brainstorms - George Paxton
    • Ten Cards to Pocket
  25. The Mystic Disc - William Meyers
  26. I'm Telling You - H. Adrian Smith
    • Dealing from the Bottom - Clifford Soft
  27. The "Tops" Trading Center
  28. Letter from J. V. Gentilly - re: Harlowe Hoyt
  1. The "Tops" - Volume 1, Number 5 - May 1936 - 44 pages
  2. Index - Contents (including advertisers)
  3. Editorial - Percy Abbott
  4. "Tops" Tribute to Howard Thurston
  5. Bits of Everything
  6. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
    • Albright's Gileegaloo Bird
    • Questions and Answers
  7. Death of Mrs. Alice Dalrymple Bierl
  8. Dusting Off Some Old Ones - M. F. Zens
    • DeKolta Card Fountain
  9. Tops and Bottoms in Magic - Harry E. Cecil
    • Publicity
  10. Harry Cecil in accident
  11. I'm Telling You - H. Adrian Smith
    • The Tarbell Curse
  12. The Amateur is "Tops" - George A. Holly
  13. A Ventriloquial Dialogue - Revello Petee
  14. The Haunted Mill - Sandu
  15. The Tubes of the Orient - Joe Rukus
  16. Marvelo Says - Lester Lake
  17. Our Nobel Prize For Today
    • Bob Anderson
  18. The "Tops" Progressive Contest
    1. Novel Effect With Billiard Ball - E. S. Vasileski
    2. Transpo - Edwin F. Forsythe
    3. The Hindu Psychic Feat - Phillip F. Smith
    4. Comedy Restored Napkin - Jim Stanforth
  19. The Gambler - P. W. Miller
    • Sighting the Top Card
  20. Magic - What's Wrong With It? - Harlowe R. Hoyt
  21. Wuxtra!! - Good News - Charles A. Leedy
    • Nutty Bot Novel
  22. Meet The Books - A Review of Magical Literature - Lloyd E. Jones
    1. Twenty Magical Novelties - Edward Bagshawe
    2. Magician - Ghost and Girl - U. F. Grant
    3. Lightning Changes and Illusion Transformations - George LaFollette
    4. One Hundred Tips and Gags - U. F. Grant
    5. Flash Magic - U. F. Grant
    6. The elusive Canary - Mystic Craig
    7. "One Man" Mind Reading Secrets - Ralph N. Read, compiler
    8. Mental Magic With Cards - Jean Hugard
    9. Would You Believe It - Louis Lam
    10. Mystery of Magic Revealed - The Great Zam (Carl E. Zamloch)
    11. Number 5, The Charles T. Jordan Series - Theo. Annemann
    12. The Jinx, Number 18, March, 1936 - Theo. Annemann
    13. The Jinx, Number 19, April, 1936 - Theo. Annemann
    14. The Magic Wand, March-May, 1936, No. 16, Vol. XXV - George Johnson
    15. Conjurer's Chronicle - Wilford Hutchinson
    16. The Dragon, Vol. 5, Number 3, March, 196 - Vernon Lux
    17. The Magician's Digest, Vol. 2, Number 6 - Donald Hendricks
    18. Pacific Coast Magic News, Vol. 2, Issue 6, April, 1936 - Ring 59
    19. Magic Catalog, No. 5 - L. L. Ireland
  23. Death of mother of Dr. F. E. VanDeVere
  24. Howard Thurston
  25. Miscellaneous Card Subtleties - Lynn Searles - Part One
    • The "One Way" Card Method
  26. The "Tops" Trading Center
  27. Next Month
  1. The "Tops" - Volume 1, Number 6 - June 1936 - 68 pages
  2. Index - Contents (including advertisers)
  3. Bits of Everything
  4. Editorial - Percy Abbott
  5. Marvelo Says - Lester Lake
  6. Our Nobel Prize For Today
    • Harry and Zola Pavey
  7. Meet The Books - A Review of Magical Literature - Lloyd E. Jones
    1. Cigarette Magic - Tom Zeno, compiler
    2. Twelve Tested Tricks - Verrall Wass
    3. Ireland's Year Book 1936 - L. L. Ireland
    4. 20th Century Mind Reading Act - Nelmar
    5. Dr. Harlan Tarbell Magic Kit - Harlan Tarbell
    6. See? - Bausch and Lomb Optical Company
    7. The Jinx, Number 20, May 1936 - Theo. Annemann
    8. The Charles T. Jordan Series, Number 6- Theo. Annemann
    9. Youngstown Magic Club Bulletin, May, 1936
    10. The Linking Ring, April, 1936, Vol. XVI, No. 2 - I.B.M.
    11. The Dragon, Vol. 5, Number 4, April, 1936 - Vernon Lux
    12. The Magician's Digest, Vol. 2, Number 7, April, 1936 - Donald Hendricks
    13. Pacific Coast Magic News, Vol. 2, Issue 7, May, 1936 - Ring 59
  8. Letter from Willys A. Meyers
  9. The "Silks" Contest
  10. Dusting Off Some Old Ones - M. F. Zens
    • Flower Growth
  11. All Right, Mr. Smith, Let's Hear from You on This - letter from Vernon Cook
  12. The "Tops" Progressive Contest
    1. The Breath of Spring - Dix Robbins
    2. A Vanish for the Floating Glass of Milk - H. W. Rungie
    3. My Presentation of the Old Needle Threading Trick - Colin Kerr Cameron
    4. A Novel Production - Fred W. Johansen
    5. Improved Method For 'Ten and Ten' - W. H. Pico
    6. Simplimagicus - Auguste Drioux
    7. Do As I Do - Erwin Forsythe
  13. The Great Lesta
  14. I'm Telling You - H. Adrian Smith
    • Swan Song
  15. What do you think? - letter from Edward G. Hacker
  16. Next Month
  17. A Lesson in Magic - Eddie Clever
  18. Mental Effect - P. W. Miller
  19. Dishing The Dirt - George LaFollette
  20. clipping re: Abdul Gariff
  21. Palm Dial - William Meyers
  22. The Multiplying Pencil - Grant Kimer
  23. Lapelism - Fred C. Field
  24. Sundu's Death Ray
  25. Improved Knotted Handkerchiefs - Bill Ball
  26. New we get it in the neck - letter from K. Kline
  27. The "Sucker" Vanishing Rabbit - Joseph Rukus
  28. Jap Hank Box Routine - Harrison
  29. Quips from the Quad Cities - Don Sweet
  30. One Way - William Meyers
  31. Texas Centennial Fantasy - Marquis
  32. A Card Under Foot Sleight - P. W. Miller
  33. Miscellaneous Card Subtleties - Lynn Searles - Part Two
    • A Rising Card
  34. Tops and Bottoms in Magic - Harry E. Cecil
  35. Backwards - Robert Wedertz
  36. Vents
    • A Short Vent Routine - Percy Abbott
    • Handling of Figures - G. McAthy
  37. Just Like That - humor from the Toronto Globe
  38. "Hank" Suggestions - Dr. L. E. Duncanson
  39. Over the Counter - Verrall Wass
  40. An Opening Number - Gale H. Rice
  41. The Card Trick - Morris Bishop
  42. Physician Heal Thyself - poem - Harry Opel
  43. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
    • Questions and Answers
  44. Embarrassing Moments- Ernest J. Partington
  45. The "Tops" Trading Center
  1. The "Tops" - Volume 1, Number 7 - July 1936 - 44 pages
  2. Index - Contents (including advertisers)
  3. Editorial - Percy Abbott
    • My Act's Just Like ... - Alvin Richard Plough
  4. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
    • Batavia [Convention] Briefs
    • Questions and Answers
  5. Exclusive To "Tops" - Caryl S. Fleming
  6. Meet The Books - A Review of Magical Literature - Lloyd E. Jones
    1. Producing Lighted Cigarettes - Loyd (E. Loyd Enochs)
    2. The Jinx, Number 20 [21], June, 1936 - Theo. Annemann
    3. Thimble Magic - Jean Hugard
    4. Hello Sucker! - Jack Chanin
    5. Mephisto's Trick Card Deck - M. V., compiler
    6. The Linking Ring, May, 1936, Vol. XLI, No. 3 - I.B.M.
    7. The Dragon, Vol. 5, Number 5, May 1936 - Vernon Lux
    8. The Magician's Digest, Vol. 2, Number 8, May, 1936 - Donald Hendricks
    9. The Demon Telegraph, Vol. 3, Nos. 27 & 28, February & March, 1936 - Davenport & Co.
    10. The Magic Wand, June-September, 1936, No. 170, Vol. XXV - George Johnson
    11. The Pacific Coast Magic News, Vol. 2, Issue 8, June, 1936 - Ring 59
  7. And Here's The Answer - letter from Philip F. Smith
  8. Tops and Bottoms in Magic - Harry E. Cecil
  9. Marvelo Says - Lester Lake
  10. Our Nobel Prize For Today
    • Bill Sachs
  11. Miscellaneous Card Subtleties - Lynn Searles - Part III
    • The Spring Location
    • The "Shuffle" Location
    • A Crimp Move
  12. The Discs - William Meyers
  13. The Winners of the Progressive Contest
  14. A Lesson in Magic - Eddie Clever
    • A Bit of "Talkee"
  15. Dusting Off Some Old Ones - M. F. Zens
    • The Cards Up the Sleeve
  16. Self Help For The Bashful Magician - Ned Asbury
  17. Comedy Card In Frame - Bert Douglas
  18. Wuxtra!! - Good News - Charles A. Leedy
    • Rival Rainmakers
  19. The "Silks" Contest
    1. The Wedding of Jack and Jill - Harlowe R. Hoyt
    2. Dyed and Tied Silks - Don Sweet
    3. The Penetrating Handkerchief - Bill Millman
  20. On Open Letter to Leroy Hare - from Caryl S. Fleming
  21. news items re: Miss Millicent Cazan, of Vantine's Magic Show
  22. The "Tops" Trading Center
  23. Next Month
  1. The "Tops" - Volume 1, Number 8 - August 1936 - 44 pages
  2. Index - Contents (including advertisers)
  3. Editorial - Percy Abbott
    • Let Us Love This Magic We Do - Lester Lake
  4. Magic Books of Another Day - H. Adrian Smith
    • Hero of Alexandria
  5. Patter For Encore Rope Trick - Clarence Hodges
  6. Bits of Everything
  7. An Inexpensive Table - Arthur H. Roberts
  8. Honeymoon Visitors: Mr. & Mrs. Theodore Colteaux
  9. Meet The Books - A Review of Magical Literature - Lloyd E. Jones
    1. Money From Magic - Herman L. Weber
    2. Frank Lane's Book of Patter (No. 3) - Frank Lane
    3. Jaysee [sic] Color Change Supreme - Jack Chanin
    4. 20 Best Card Secrets - Monte R. Viceroy
    5. Thayer's Quality Magic, Catalogue Number 8 - Floyd G. Thayer
    6. The Jinx, Number 22, July, 1936 - Theo. Annemann
    7. The Linking Ring, June, 1936, Vol. XLI, No. 4 - I.B.M.
    8. The Magician's Digest, Vol. 2, No. 9 - Donald Hendricks
    9. The Dragon, Vol. 5, No. 6, June, 1936 - Vernon Lux
    10. The Demon Telegraph, Vol. 3, Nos. 29 & 30, April & May, 1936, Davenport and Co.
    11. The Imp Magazine, May, 1936, Vol. 2, No. 1 - H. R. Hauptmann
    12. Verrall's Mystery Monthly - Verrall Wass
    13. Pacific Coast News, Convention Number, July, 1936, Vol. 2, Issue 9 - Ring 59
  10. Miscellaneous Card Subtleties - Lynn Searles - Part IV
    • Impromptu "Strippers"
  11. The Flowering Ace - Joseph Bukus
  12. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
    • Literary Digest, June 26 - re: Batavia
    • Questions and Answers
  13. The Floating Candle - Douglas E. Anderson
  14. Convention of the P.C.A.M. - Dick Madden
  15. Magical First Aid for Vernon Cook - Bob Gysel
  16. Vents
    • From A Wind Bag - G. McAthey
  17. Curtesy to Guests - Alvin Richard Plough
  18. Tops and Bottoms in Magic - Harry E. Cecil
  19. Seivello - re: Harry W. Swivel
  20. Dusting Off Some Old Ones - M. F. Zens
    • The Linking Rings
  21. Marvelo Says - Percy Abbott
  22. Our Nobel Prize For Today
    • Lester Lake
  23. The Tricky Test Tube - Fred C. Field, II
  24. Double Lift - P. W. Miller
  25. The "Silks" Contest
    1. White to Red - William Meyers
    2. The Fu-Manchu Silk - Monte Harris
    3. Charmed - George F. DeLaney
  26. Summer Time is Vacation Time - Cincinnati Magician's Club
  27. Annual Magicians' Picnic - Central States Magicians Carnival and Picnic
  28. Magic Will Always be "Tops" - re: Ed Littles
  29. I Will Always Remember - poem - Monte Harris
  30. typical letter and answer - Percy Abbott
  31. Harry Rouclere
  32. The "Tops" Trading Center
  33. Next Month
  1. The "Tops" - Volume 1, Number 9 - September 1936 - 48 pages
  2. Index - Contents (including advertisers)
  3. Editorial - Percy Abbott
    • Houdini Stunt [of Raymond Burcko] Failed
  4. Bits of Everything
  5. Magician Can Perform His Act 'Unaided' {re; Harry Blackstone]
  6. Meet The Books - A Review of Magical Literature - Lloyd E. Jones
    1. Manual Pratique D'Illusionisme et de Prestidigitation, Vol. 2 - Remi Geilher (Professeur Boscar)
    2. The Second Encyclopedia of Card Tricks - Glenn G. Gravatt
    3. Opening Padlocks by Manipulation of Hand Picks - Bub Gysel
    4. A Practical Lesson in "Cups and Balls" - Eddie Joseph
    5. Kijutu No Hiken (A Key to Magic) - Yoshiro Kuse
    6. Frank Lane's Ideas, No. 1 - Frank Lane
    7. The Jinx, Number 23, August, 1936 - Theo. Annemann
    8. The Jinx, Summer Extra, 1936 - Theo. Annemann
    9. The Linking Ring, July, 1936, Vol. XVI, No. 5 - I.B.M.
    10. The Dragon, Vol. 5, Number 7, July, 1936 - Vernon Lux
    11. Pacific Coast Magic News, August, 1936, Vol. 2, Issue 10 - Ring 59 Glass Thru Glass - letter from Thorburn Snape
    12. Tops and Bottoms in Magic - Harry E. Cecil
    13. Bibliomancy
    14. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
      • Questions and Answers
    15. Wiz-I-Garette Pow-Wow - C. H. Larsen
    16. Vents
      • From A Wind Bag - G. McAthy
      • Short Vent Dialogue - Tommy Windsor
    17. Sucker Deck Box - Arthur H. Roberts
    18. Marvelo Says - Lester Lake
    19. Our Nobel Prize For Today
      • Dante
    20. Vaudeville Coming Back
    21. A Bit of Hocus Pocus - Eddie Clever
      • Where Do They Come From?
    22. letter from John Goodrum
    23. letter from Will Ross re: Stack of Bowls
    24. Dusting Off Some Old Ones - M. F. Zens
      • Slate Effects
    25. Miscellaneous Card Subtleties - Lynn Searles - Part V
      • Three Card Monte
    26. Exposures Do This - letter from Wayne Huff
    27. The "Silks" Contest
      1. Silk Production - Virdis Richards
      2. The Ubiquitous Green Silk - E. Hill
      3. Comedy Color Changing Silks - Sidney G. Wasch, Jr.
    28. Heads-Tails-Heads - William Meyers
    29. The Hotel Stenographer - Roe Fulkerson
    30. A Clever Rope Wrinkle - P. W. Miller
    31. So Magicians Won't Talk, Eh! - Get a Senate Subpoena - Westbrook Pegler
    32. Confetti Streamer - Joseph Rukus
    33. Dawn Of A New Era - H. Adrian Smith
    34. Political Programs - William A. Fayton
    35. Individual Style In Tricks - A. Zander
    36. The "Tops" Trading Center
    37. Next Month
    1. The "Tops" - Volume 1, Number 10 - October 1936 - 52 pages
    2. Index - Contents (including advertisers)
    3. Bits of Everything
    4. Magician [Milbourne Christopher] Visits White House
    5. Editorial - Percy Abbott
    6. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
      • Colon Cackle
      • The Spirit of St. Louis - periodical
      • Questions and Answers
    7. Having A Good Time Wish You Were Here - Alvin Richard Plough
    8. Meet The Books - A Review of Magical Literature - Lloyd E. Jones
      1. These Card Tricks - Will De Seive
      2. The Magic of 1936 - Eric C. Lewis & Dan Bellman
      3. 40 Best Pocket Tricks - Monte R. Viceroy, compiler
      4. The Mystic Crystal - Wildroot Company
      5. The Jinx, Number 24, September, 1936 - Theo. Annemann
      6. Goldston's Magical Quarterly, June (Summer Issue) 1936 - Will Goldston
      7. The Dragon, Vol. 5, Number 8, August, 1936 - Vernon Lux
      8. The Imp, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1936 - H. R. Hauptmann
      9. The Linking Ring. August, 1936, Vol. XVI, No. 6 - I.B.M.
      10. The Spirit of St. Louis - Forrest P. Hendricks & Milton Ross
      11. The Genii and Pacific Coast News, Vol. 1, No. 1, September, 1936 - William Larsen
      12. Verrall's Mystery Monthly - Verrall Wass
      13. Catalog No. 1, U.F. Grant
      14. E.M.C.A. Magic News - Collins Pentz
      15. Seagram's Magic Age Cards - Seagram's
    9. Marvelo Says - Lester Lake
    10. Our Nobel Prize For Today
      • Glenn and George McElroy
    11. Tops and Bottoms in Magic - Harry E. Cecil
    12. Dope From Headquarters - Percy Abbott
    13. The "Silks" Contest
      1. Here and There - Charles M. Mallinson
      2. The Egg and Silk Trick - James Van Etten
      3. Patriotic Combination - Leon Thomas
    14. Patter For The "Chinese Chopper" - Tom Bowyer
    15. Miscellaneous Card Subtleties - Lynn Searles - Part VI
      • A New Method for the "Spring"
      • To Improve the "Giant Fan"
    16. Cincinnati Magician's Club
    17. Loring Campbell
    18. Vents - G. McAthy
    19. A Bit of Hocus Pocus - Eddie Clever
      • Broomsticks and Black Cats
    20. The Changing Balls - Improved - W. A. Fayton
    21. The Liquor Tube With Sucker Effect - Arthur Roberts
    22. Rope Trick Variation - Erwin Forsythe
    23. The Order of The Bath - Jesmond
    24. The Quints Effect - William Meyers
    25. Exposing Through Advertising
    26. Out Of The Hat - Larry Hess
      • Facts!
    27. News on Wings - Tom Zeno
    28. Program Series
      • The Great Marquis (1937 Edition)
    29. Dusting Off Some Old Ones - M. F. Zens
      • The Alpha and Omega of All Torn and Restored Card Effects
    30. Public Library As Exposer - letter from F. E. Rourke
    31. Noted Magicians Invade Colon For Third Annual Convention - Colon Express
    32. It's In The Movies Now [Exposure] - letter from Joe Berg
    33. The "Tops" Trading Center
    34. Next Month
    1. The "Tops" - Volume 1, Number 11 - November 1936 - 48 pages
    2. Index - Contents (including advertisers)
    3. Editorial - Percy Abbott
      • Great Attraction! Ten Acts of Magic on One Bill!! - Leslie P. Guest
    4. Bits of Everything
    5. Girl Demands Too Much of Magician - re: The Great Marquis
    6. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
      • Questions and Answers
    7. The Predetermined Cut - R. H. Parrish
    8. News From Australia - Doc Rowe
    9. Miscellaneous Card Subtleties - Lynn Searles - Part VII
      • A Steal for the "Color Change"
    10. Mutilated Umbrella Stand - P. Verto
    11. Vasco - newspaper clipping
    12. Tops and Bottoms in Magic - Harry E. Cecil
    13. Marvelo Says - Lester Lake
    14. Our Nobel Prize For Today
      • E. J. Moore
    15. How's This for a Program? - Five Demons & their Hocus Pocus Show
    16. The "Silks" Contest
      1. Neverend Photography - Will Ross
      2. To Fit The Occasion - Colin Kerr Cameron
      3. Silk And Wand - Erwin Forsythe
      4. The Alpha and Omega of Silk Dying - Clarence W. Hodge
      5. This One is On You - Don C. Bay
      6. Champagne In China - Mysto
        • A Diminishing Rainbow Silk
    17. Coming Contest
    18. Card Fan Vanish No. 1 - Monte Harris
    19. Professor Hoffman and His "Modern Magic" - H. Adrian Smith
    20. A Bit of Hocus Pocus - Eddie Clever
      • Eddie Clever and "A Bit of Hocus Pocus"
    21. Chivalry Versus Magic
    22. Stabs Performer to "Rescue" Woman from Being Halved
    23. Exposing The Exposer - W. A. Fayton
    24. New Process Egg - T. Lorenzo Davis
    25. Magician's Programs Series
      • Herrmann, The Great (1896)
    26. Vents - Revello Petee
    27. Dusting Off Some Old Ones - Frank Flint
      • Inexhaustible Box
    28. [John] Rock Does Not Get The Gong
    29. Meet The Books - A Review of Magical Literature - Lloyd E. Jones
      1. Gags, Tricks and Patter - G. McAthy
      2. The Magic Wand, October-November, 1936, Vol. XXV, No. 171 - George Johnson
      3. The Jinx, Number 25, October, 1936 - Theo. Annemann
      4. Catalogue of Mephisto's Marvels - Mephisto Novelty Co.
      5. E.M.C.A. Magic News, Vol. 1 No. 5, October, 1936 - Collins Pentz
      6. The Linking Ring, September, 1936, Vol. XVI, No. 7 - I.B.M.
      7. The Dragon, September, 1936, Vol. 5, No. 9 - Vernon Lux
      8. Demon Telegraph, Vol. 3, Nos. 32 & 33, July & August, 1936 - Davenports
      9. Conjurer's Chronicle, Vol. 17, No. 6, March-April, 1936 - Wilford Hutchinson
      10. Thayer's Magical Ballygram, No. 58 - Thayer
      11. The Genii, Pacific Coast Magic News, Vol. 1, No. 2, October, 1936 - William Larsen
      12. The Spirit of St. Louis
    30. The Haunted Flower Pot - Joseph Rukus
    31. Fort Wayne Club Notes
    32. Seeks Job as Assistant
    33. What's In a Name? - Monte Harris
    34. The "Tops" Trading Center
    35. Next Month
    1. The "Tops" - Volume 1, Number 12 - December 1936 - 69 pages
    2. Index - Contents (including advertisers)
    3. Editorial - Percy Abbott
    4. Bits of Everything
    5. Exposures Did This, Too
    6. Tops and Bottoms in Magic - Harry E. Cecil
    7. Paging Mr. [John] Snyder [,Jr.]
    8. Dusting Off Some Old Ones - Frank Flint
      • Cut and Restored Rope
    9. Houdini Seances Futile
    10. Your Opinion, Please - letter from Clarence W. Hodge
    11. Meet The Books - A Review of Magical Literature - Lloyd E. Jones
      1. The Jinx, Number 26, November, 1936 - Theo. Annemann
      2. The Linking Ring. October, 1936, Vol. XVI, No. 8 - I.B.M.
      3. The Genii, Pacific Coast Magic News, Vol. 1, No. 3, November, 1936 - William Larsen
      4. The Dragon, October, 1936, Vo. 5, Number 10 - Vernon Lux
      5. Davenports' Demon Telegraph, Vol. 3, Nos. 34 & 35, September & October, 1936 - Davenports
      6. The Spirit of St. Louis, Vol. 4, No. 4
      7. The Youngstown Magic Club Bulletin, November, 1936
      8. The Society of American Magicians, membership list and by-laws
      9. The Mephisto Novelty Company, circular
    12. letter from "Cuba"
    13. Comedy Marksmanship - Tom Zeno
    14. Card Routine - P. W. Miller
      • Ambitious Card
      • Snap Routine
      • Alice in Wonderland
      • Sleight-of-Foot
    15. Marvelo Says - Percy Abbott
    16. Our Nobel Prize For Today
      • John C. Cloutman, "Jacola"
    17. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
      • Questions and Answers
    18. An Easy Bowl of Water Production - R. H. Parrish
    19. To Combat The Exposer - letter from A. J. Bush
    20. The "Silks" Contest
      1. Silk Vanish - Virdis Richards
      2. Von Wagner's Transfere Tubes - Kenneth A. Wagner (Wagner, The Wizard)
      3. A Sequence of Surprises - Thomas Libonati
      4. Patriotic Fanfare - Private F. E. Rourke
      5. The Haunted Coach - Edward Reese
      6. Sox Silk - Willard A. Rohloff
      7. Odds and Ends - C. M. Thorn
      8. Another Silk Trick - Ivan W. Roberts
      9. Catch As Catch Can - J. Frankis Pratt
      10. The Mystic Silks - Archie Johnson
      11. The Pagoda Silk Production - Arthur Roberts
    21. Some Lock Fact6s - Bob Gysel
    22. A Bit of Hocus Pocus - Eddie Clever
      • Trix for Christmas
    23. Continual Production of Lighted Pipes - Lu-Brent
    24. The Wife Speaks
    25. West Coast Activities - Arnold Furstenberg
    26. Noodle Necromancy - Charles A. Leedy
    27. W. G. Davis expresses thanks from hospital
    28. Vents - G. McAthy
      • Ted And The Colonel Broadcast - James A. Bains
    29. The Multiplying Thimbles - Maurice Lenser
    30. Miscellaneous Card Subtleties - Lynn Searles - Part VIII
      • Packet Palm
      • "Breaking In" Cards
    31. Magician's Programs Series
      • Prof. Hoffman [sic] (1883)
    32. Magic Books of Another Day - H. Adrian Smith
      • Hoffman's Five Foot Shelf of Magic
    33. Card Fan Vanish No. 2 - Monte Harris
    34. The "Tops" Trading Center
    35. Next Month
    36. Christmas order form

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