Tops Volume 17 (1952)
by Percy Abbott

January 1952 - December 1952
Percy Abbott, Publisher and Editor
Howard Melson "Mel", Editor

385 pages

1. The "Tops" - Volume 17, Number 1 - January 1952 - 32 pages
1. With the Editor - Mel
1. Contents
2. A Novel Ring Release - Oswald Harrington
2. Three Minds and a Card - A Different Working Method - Roxy
3. Bird Cage in Square Circle - Louis Ward
4. A Flash Billiard Ball Sleight - Cleveland Miller, Jr.
4. Color Changing Balls - Prince Drakon
5. Two E-Z Card Sleights - Roxy
5. Astrologia - Howard P. Albright - continued
   • Sealed Message Reading Routine No. 2
   • Prompter-Cards for Use in Connection With "Astrologia"
   • "Triple Seal" for Single Sitter
   • The "Matchless" 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 - Abbott's
      • Not A Change - Douglas Francis
      • Opus Thirteen - Eric Lewis
    • Magazines
      • Abracadabra
      • The Bat, Jr.
      • Genii - The Conjuror's Magazine
      • The Gen
      • Hugard's Magic Monthly
      • Magical Digest
      • The Modern Magi
      • The Magic Wand
      • The Pentagram
      • Phoenix
      • The Sphinx
      • Tops
      • The Wizard
19. Puppeteers Exhibit in London
20. The Get-Together - Demon Rembrandt
21. So It's Laughs You Want! - Bob Brethen
    • The Business of Being Funny
    • Witty Wisdom
22. Have a Spot of Tea with Cedric of London
23. Magic Outdoors - L. E. Roba Collins
24. Ministerial Magic - Gene Nielsen
25. re: Corp. Bernie Walsh

1. The "Tops" - Volume 17, Number 2 - February 1952 - 32 pages
1. With the Editor - Mel
1. Contents
2. A Table and a Trick - Cleveland Miller, Jr.
3. Jet Flight - Roy Kissell
3. A Sage's Secret - J. P. Mintz, QM2, USN
4. 20th Century Silk Routine - Karlin
4. Multiplying Coin Trick Idea - Roxy
5. He Can't Read My Mind (Part 1) - M. S. Mahendra
6. Card in Wallet - Roxy
7. The Pile Driver Illusion (A Comedy Version) - R. W. Hubert
7. It's a Boy - re: Recil and Donna Bordner & son Gregory
8. The Runaway Card - Roxy
8. Your Card Is ... - Prince Drakon
9. Dusting Off Some Old Ones - Eddie Joseph
   • The True Magic Square
10. A Collector's Item - A Patter Routine - Edward Cherney, Jr.
11. re: V-Roy
12. Postal Rates Increase
12. New Jersey Magicians Society - Douglas F. Ebocker
12. Wizard Club of Chicago - Art Johnson
12. Chicago Magigals - Evelyn Musson
12. re: Vergil and Julie
12. re: Arthur M. Johnson
17. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
    • reviews
      • Abracadabra, Nos. 296-308
      • The Modern Magi, December & January
      • The Bat, Jr.
      • Magical Digest, September
      • Genii, October, November & December
      • The Gen, October, November & December
      • Phoenix, Nos. 240-245
      • Hugard's Magic Monthly
    • Among the Club Papers, Dealer's Lists and Assorted Odds and Ends:
      • M.W.C.C. Monthly [Magic Wand Correspondence Club]
      • Count's Chronicle
      • Magic Makers, October & November-December
      • Barnstormer
      • Kalman - list
      • Sorcar - publicity
      • Happy-Go-Lucky Show - calendar and clippings
      • Bournemouth Festival Convention - program
      • mental effect - Ed Stoddard
      • Salesman's Night Out - Lewis Herzog
      • Psycho No. 2 - Teral Garrett
19. re: Fred Beckman
20. So It's Laughs You Want! - Bob Brethen
    • Witrivia
    • A Deck of Cards
21. Have a Spot of Tea with Cedric of London
22. Magic on Chicago's Rialto - George Coon
23. Ministerial Magic - Gene Nielsen
23. The Voice of the Mentalist - Ray Amy
24. re: Howard de Courcey
24. re: 21st Annual Magi-Fest
24. Woofle Dust - Roy Kissell & Cedric of London
25. The Future Greats - Bill Pitts
25. re: Chet Roth
26. "Open House" Christmas Party
26. Hawaiian Magi Elect
26. Len Rumball, Hamilton, Dies
26. Magic Circle on London TV
26. Magic in Brazil - Jose A. Guerra (Roxy)
27. "Pop" Jeudevine Dies
27. re: death of John Bodley
27. re: Harold Alberto

1. The "Tops" - Volume 17, Number 3 - March 1952 - 32 pages
1. With the Editor - Mel
1. Contents
2. Glass Vanish - Ken Allen
2. re: Eddie Joseph
3. Change-O-Card - Prince Drakon
3. A Reversed Card Discovery - Arthur Hastings
3. A New Funnel Trick - Dr. Maurice
4. Square Circle and Fish Bowls - Louis Ward
4. Two Crazy Card Stunts - Roxy & de Macedo
   • Here and There
   • Two-Card Transposition
5. A Somewhat Different Spell - Billy Gargaro
5. None-Such Paper Restoration (Two Methods) - Roxy & Ritz
6. He Can't Read My Mind (Part 2) - M. S. Mahendra
   • Patter and Presentation
8. re: Geoffrey Buckingham
8. Jules Abbott - Leatherneck
9. Dusting Off Some Old Ones - Eddie Joseph
   • A Crazy Transposition
10. Wizard Club of Chicago - Herb Borin
10. Magic in Reverse - Andreas (Herbert Antes)
    • The Hank Vanishes
11. I Visit Dante - George L. Boston
12. Grand Rapids Magicians Club - Byrne L. Perkins
12. re: George Jason
17. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
    • Questions and Answers
20. For Vents Only - George McAthy
20. Have a Spot of Tea with Cedric of London
22. So It's Laughs You Want! - Bob Brethen
    • The Truth, the Whole Truth and Nothing But the Truth! (A Reporter's Story)
    • Ventrivia
23. re: The Great Nahala
23. re: Ralph Read
24. Woofle Dust - Roy Kissell & Cedric of London
25. Chicago Magigals - Jerrie-Ann Musson
26. The Voice of the Mentalist - Ray Amy
27. Magic in Brazil - Jose A. Guerra (Roxy)
27. Magic Outdoors - L. E. Roba Collins
27. re: The Sphinx, December Issue

1. The "Tops" - Volume 17, Number 4 - April 1952 - 32 pages
1. With the Editor - Mel
1. Contents
2. None-Such Six-Card Repeat - De Macedo & Roxy
3. The Humdinger - Howard P. Albright
4. Dove Production Idea - Cleveland Miller, Jr.
5. Identical Card Reverse - Arthur Andrews, Jr.
5. On the Square Circle Cage - Tim Reynolds
5. re: Edward Victor
6. A Trick Without a Name - Bert Andreas
6. A Two-Card Transposition - Roxy
7. He Can't Read My Mind (Part 3 - Conclusion) - M. S. Mahendra
   • Variations
8. A Liquid Routine - Morris Cohen
8. Neff Show Clix in Punx'y
8. re: Ann Gerrard to marry David Alexander Wallace
9. Dusting Off Some Old Ones - Eddie Joseph
   • Mental Versus Physical
10. Card's Mind Detection - Roxy
10. re: Don Grosini
10. re: Magic Circle Show
11. Woofle Dust - Roy Kissell & Cedric of London
12. New Jersey Magicians Society - Douglas F. Ebocker
12. Akron Magicians Banquet - Chet Roth
12. Virgil Loses Birds
17. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
    • bits and pieces and club notes and papers
      • Short-Changing - Bruce Elliott & James Tuck - article in Magazine Digest for March
      • Top Hat Topics
      • Magic-O
      • The Sorcerer, Nos. 2 & 3
      • M.W.C.C. Monthly, Nos. 5 & 6
      • Magic Makers, January-February
      • The Barnstormer
      • Sorcar - clippings
      • Psychic Magic - 6 volume series - Ormond McGill
      • Psycho Nos. 1 & 3 - Teral Garrett
      • Corsair
      • The Seventh Sense - Ed Stoddard
      • Blue Print for Bill-Ze-Bub - Will Dexter
      • Round and Square - Abbott's
      • Flip-Liners - Robert Orben
    • magazines and papers
      • M-U-M, February
      • Modern Magi, February & March
      • The Phoenix, Nos. 248-249
      • Hugard's Magic Monthly, January & February
      • Abracadabra, Nos. 309-316
      • The Gen, January & February
      • Genii, January & February
      • The Sphinx, Quarterly, December
      • Magic Magazine - Max Andrews - coming
21. Magic on Chicago's Rialto - George Coon
22. So It's Laughs You Want! - Bob Brethen
    • The Statement: I am a self-made man. The Answers:
    • The Statement: She has a hour-glass figure. The Answers:
    • A Summer Vacation
    • Ventrivia
23. re: Vernon Carr
24. Merchandising Magic - Tommy Windsor
25. Have a Spot of Tea with Cedric of London
26. Ministerial Magic - Gene Nielsen
26. Punch Under Canvas - Bert Andreas
27. The Future Greats - Bill Pitts
27. He Does, Does He? - re: Ray Merrill

1. The "Tops" - Volume 17, Number 5 - May 1952 - 32 pages
1. With the Editor - Mel
   • Magician - poem - Edgar A. Guest
1. Contents
2. Two New Card Sleights - Roxy
   • Single Shift
   • Double Shift
2. Repeat Ambitious Card - Roxy
2. re: The Amazing Dr. Maurice (Morris Cohen)
3. Potpourri of Quickies - Bert Andreas
   • Solid Through Solid
   • Pocket Color Change
3. re: Bill and Pauline Morton have a girl
4. Clippo Routine - Arthur Andrews, Jr.
4. The Exploding Sponge Ball - Tom Fitzgerald
4. No. 13 Catalogue - Percy Abbott
5. Drakon's Spirit Slate - Prince Drakon
5. Wand Go! - Roxy
6. Flying-Rising Card - Maurice Cohen
6. A Different Silk Production - Arthur Andrews, Jr.
7. Dusting Off Some Old Ones - Eddie Joseph
   • Three Tricks
     • 1st Effect - Sensitive Fingers
     • 2nd Effect - Card in the Pocket
     • 3rd Effect - Telephone Number Trick
8. Two Impromptu Effects - Roxy
   • Stringed Ring
   • Coin to Hat
9. How Do Rumors Start? - Percy Abbott
9. re: Clint Milliken
9. Woofle Dust - Roy Kissell & Cedric of London
   • A Boy, a Banana and a Borrowed Half Dollar
10. re: Byrne Perkins
11. Merchandising Magic - Tommy Windsor
12. Wizard Club of Chicago - Herb Borin
12. Grand Rapids Magicians' Club - Byrne Perkins
12. New Jersey Magicians Society - Douglas F. Ebocker
12. Chicago Magigals - Jerrie-Ann Musson
12. Grdina Shows in Hawaii - Milo Lum
17. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
    • correspondence list & want ads
19. John Calvert in England
19. re: Harry Roydon
19. GI Sees Japanese Magic - re: Pfc. Cleveland Miller
19. Magic in Brazil - Jose A. Guerra (Roxy)
20. For Vents Only - George McAthy
    • Nothing Wrong At All! - Arnold "Al" Allne
21. So It's Laughs You Want! - Bob Brethen
    • Patter Gag Lines Gathered by Gerber [the Magician]
    • What Makes People Laugh?
    • Brooklyn Dictionary
    • The Capture of Black Carew
23. Have a Spot of Tea with Cedric of London
24. The Voice of the Mentalist - Ray Amy
25. A Mental Card Trick - Arthur Andrews, Jr.
26. Punch Under Canvas - Bert Andreas (Herb Antes)
27. Ministerial Magic - Gene Nielsen
27. Ralph W. Read Dies
27. re: death of Doc Mahendra's Mother-in-Law

1. The "Tops" - Volume 17, Number 6 - June 1952 - 32 pages
1. With the Editor - Mel
1. Contents
2. Ultra Card Fan Production - Prince Drakon
2. Round Circle Presentation - Arthur Hastings
3. Pilsener Glass Production - James Reneaux
3. amazing Card Reverse - Arthur Andrews, Jr.
4. Sucker Card Vanish - Bert Andreas
5. Cigarette, Ball and Hank - De Macedo & Roxy
5. re: John Nelson
6. A Magician Tests His Cigarettes - Lu Brent
   • Addenda
7. The Swindler's Card Change - Roxy
7. re: A. S. Fleischman
8. Dusting Off Some Old Ones - Eddie Joseph
   • The Egyptian Trick
9. Woofle Dust - Roy Kissell & Cedric of London
   • Sure, Snappy and Sharp
10. Some Comedy Gags - Dennis Lee
    • Corn
11. Death of a Dollar - Arthur Andrews, Jr.
11. re: Marriage of Jerry Bergman and Mimi Fisher
12. The Abra Jamboree
17. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
    • reviews
      • Routined Manipulation, Part Two - Lewis Ganson
      • 64 Ways to Make Magic Pay - Tommy Windsor
      • Successful Magic For Amateurs - Norman Hunter
      • American Magazine, May - article on Harriet Dreilinger
      • The Nullfactor - Stewart James
      • Bill-Ze-Bub - Bill Nord
      • Methods for Miracles, Nos 1-7 - Willane
      • With Francis in Magicland - Francis Ireland
      • Psycho, No. 4 - Teral Garrett
      • The R. C. Reno act for message reading
      • The Magic Magazine (Andrews) - first issue
    • Questions and Answers
19. re: Clifford Gest
20. For Vents Only - Lt. Arnold R. Allen (Guest Columnist)
    • School Daze
21. Have a Spot of Tea with Cedric of London
22. Merchandising Magic - Tommy Windsor
23. Punch Under Canvas - Bert Andreas (Herb Antes)
24. So It's Laughs You Want! - Bob Brethen
    • Hodge-Podge of Humor
    • Comic and Magician, Be Yourself!
    • Ventrivia
25. Come to the Get-Together!
27. Ministerial Magic - Gene Nielsen

1. The "Tops" - Volume 17, Number 7 - July 1952 - 32 pages
1. With the Editor - Percy Abbott
1. Contents
2. Duo-Prediction - J. P. Mintz QM2 USN
   • A Second Method
3. Motu-Perpetum Card Production - Roxy
4. A Suggestion on This Effect - Roxy
4. Scoop 'Em - James
5. Living and Dead Test - James
5. A 20th Century Idea - Dr. Maurice
5. re: No. 13 Abbott Catalogue
6. Second Sight Act
   • Chart
7. A Practical Locator - Roxy
8. Here is a close-up of the Magicians coming from England to Colon for the Abbott Magic Get-Together
   • Geoffrey Robinson
   • Goodliffe
   • Donald Crombie
   • Francis Haxton
   • Graham Adams
   • Karr Dello
9. Dusting Off Some Old Ones - Eddie Joseph
   • The Taj Mahal Mystery
10. Woofle Dust - Roy Kissell & Cedric of London
11. re: Karr Dello
11. re: Blackstone
11. re: The Great Cortini
11. Combine Your Tricks - Rick the Magician
    • The Coin Wand and Coin Holder
    • Change Bag and Floating Lite Bulb
    • Milk Pitcher and Plastic Fold-Up Glass
    • Feather Bouquet Cloth
12. Ken Allen Baffles Conventioneers
12. Chicago Magigals - Jerrie-Ann Musson
12. Virgil Scores 'Down Under'
17. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
    • reviews
      • The Fly Circus
      • Jardine Ellis Ring on the Stick and Ring on the Rope - Mohammed Bey
      • French Hindu
      • Magic Pyramid
      • Routines - Gene Gordon
      • You Asked for WIT - Red Baker & Milt Larsen
      • 64 Ways to Make Money [Magic Pay] - Tommy Windsor
      • Smart Talk - George McAthy
      • Lucky Magician Card Trick
      • "Hen" Fetsch's Secret
      • Sorcer - poster
      • Martin Magic Ship - list
    • Now To Look Over the Mgazines
      • Abracadabra, issues 317-330
      • The Phoenix, Nos. 250-256
      • The Gen, March, April & May
      • Genii, March, April & May
      • The Modern Magi, April, May & June
      • Hugard's Magic Monthly, March & April
      • new Stars of Magic set re: Leipzig & Malini
      • The Sphinx, March
      • M-U-M, March, April & May
      • The Magic Magazine, No. 2
    • Question and Answer
21. re: Milton Woodward & Millicent Cooper
21. A Letter from Eddie Joseph
21. Lady Vanishes - TV Shows How
21. re: September Tops to be an all trick issue
21. re: Levante
22. Merchandising Magic - Tommy Windsor
22. re: The Amazing Dr. Maurice (Morris Cohen)
23. So It's Laughs You Want! - Bob Brethen
    • Ventrivia
24. Have a Spot of Tea with Cedric of London
26. For Vents Only - George McAthy
    • Riddles and Girls - Charles J. Hausman
27. The Future Greats - Bill Pitts
27. Magic Outdoors - L. E. Roba Collins

1. The "Tops" - Volume 17, Number 8 - August 1952 - 32 pages
1. With the Editor - Mel
1. Contents
2. Time to Smoke - Lu Brent
2. Smoke Cards - Lu Brant
2. Telepathic Interference - J. P. Mintz QM2 USN
3. Simplex Card Change - Roxy
3. A Magical Brew - Billy Gargaro
4. The Foo Can and Kids - Charles A. RossKam
5. "You Asked For It" Marvello
5. The Six-Card Repeat Trick (With a Plus) - Roxy
6. Coin Thru Ring
6. Hummer Card Mystery
7. Gags for Card in Balloon
7. Magazi9ne Features Abbott's - re: Inside Michigan, August
8. re: Larry Weeks
8. Phantom Telephone Operator
9. re: Eddie Joseph
10. The Game of Thirty-One
11. Dusting Off Some Old Ones - Eddie Joseph
    • Silks and Sawdust
11. re: Get-Together
121. Wizard Club of Chicago - Herb Borin
12. [Sherrell] Nunnelly Heads Louisville Magi
12. Chicago Magigals - Jerrie-Ann Musson
12. Magic in Brazil - Jose A. Guerra (Roxy)
12. re: Magic Circle of London
12. re: Kismet the Magician
12. re: Get-Together
17. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
    • club papers and magazines
      • Magic Makers
      • The Barnstormer, April, May & June
      • Ring 29 Dope
      • The Sorcerer, April, May & June
      • M.W.C.C., May, June & July
      • Magic-O
      • The Ledger
      • Nelmar - lists
      • Top Hat Topics
    • tricks
      • Multiball - Dr. Jacks
      • Stretching a Card - Harold Beaumont
    • books
      • Stars of Magic
      • Effective Card Magic - Bill Simon
      • Bits, Boffs and Banter - Robert Orben
    • Questions and Answers
19. Merchandising Magic - Tommy Windsor
20. re: Dr. Maurice
20. Woofle Dust - Roy Kissell & Cedric of London
21. Magic Outdoors - L. E. Roba Collins
22. re: Mimi Colta injured
22. re: Dickie Martin
22. So It's Laughs You Want! - Bob Brethen
    • Wee Willies
    • from Jack Yeager
    • On Dialecticians
    • Ventrivia
24. Amazing Discovery - Zella
    • Additional Effect
25. re: Bob Fultz has a son
25. Dentist Treats with Hypnotism - Morris Cohn & Demon Rambrandt
26. Telephone Magic
26. Magazine Test
27. Jack Ledair Dies
27. Mike Zens Dies

1. The "Tops" - Volume 17, Number 9 - September 1952 - 32 pages - Special All-Trick Issue
1. With the Editor - Mel
1. Contents
2. Some Magical Twists - V. C. Kitchen
   • The Swiss Inventor - A Complete Act
   • Life Lines - A Complete Rope Routine
     • Threaded Rope
     • A Live Line
     • Give a Man Enough Rope
     • The Family Line
     • The Party Lines
     • That "Certain Something"
   • With Coins and Money
     • The Coin Pail
     • Coins Into Glass
     • The Money Maker
     • A Bill Trick
     • With a Big Bill
     • A Sleeving Idea
     • Changing Coins
     • Close-Up Penny Stunt
     • More Pennies
     • Dime and Penny Variation
     • Magnetic Bank
     • A Transposition
     • More Money
17. Climax Rope Cut Finale - Roxy
17. Magical Odds and Ends - Lu Brent
    • Three Purse Monte
    • Hot Card Trick
    • Match-Head-Divino
18. Cut and Restored Light Wire
18. Cutting the Necktie - The Amazing Dr. Maurice
18. Magic Vest Button
19. Ten Cards to the Pocket - Roxy
    • Same Effect With Eight Cards
19. The Shirt-Pulling Trick
20. New Coin and Card Trick
21. Scarne's Think-a-Card - Presentation by Dr. Jacob Daley
23. Glass, Handkerchief and Ring
24. Elusive Six-Card Trick - Roxy
24. Monte Carlo
25. Magic Lock and Keys
26. Improved Muscle Reading
27. Improved Paper Wad Trick

1. The "Tops" - Volume 17, Number 10 - October 1952 - 32 pages
1. With the Editor - Mel
1. Contents
2. Some Magical Twists - V. C. Kitchen
   • Helpful Hints to Housewives (Or, to Helpful Husbands)
   • Fun with Magazines
4. Two-Card Flight - Arthur Andrews, Jr.
4. Ring on the Wand - Dr. Maurice
5. Cigarette and Ball Routine - Roxy
6. Thought Waves - Arthur Andrews, Jr.
7. Dusting Off Some Old Ones - Eddie Joseph
   • The Mystic Card Line
8. Magic Outdoors - L. E. Roba Collins
9. A Week of Magic at Colon - Eddie Joseph
   • Over 600 Magicians Register for Abbott's Get-Together
17. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
    • The Get-Together
    • reviews
      • Impossible - Eddie Joseph
      • The Sphinx
      • The Repeat Silk - Sid Lorraine
      • Hugard's Magic Monthly bound volume
21. So It's Laughs You Want! - Bob Brethen
    • material from Gerber, the Magician
22. Merchandising Magic - Tommy Windsor
23. Highlights of the Get-Together
23. The Voice of the Mentalist - Ray Amy
    • Stars on Parade
25. The Future Greats - Bill Pitts
26. Ministerial Magic - Gene Nielsen
26. re: SSgt. Edward J. Novack
27. Father Paul A. Lloyd Dies
27. Al Minder Dies

1. The "Tops" - Volume 17, Number 11 - November 1952 - 32 pages
1. With the Editor - Mel
1. Contents
2. Cig-Pipe - Lu Brent
2. Water from Nowhere Plus - Roxy
3. It's the Spectator's card - Arthur Andrews, Jr.
3. You're Mistaken
4. Vents to Publish Directory
5. Some Magical Twists - Dynamic Personality Tests - V. C. Kitchen
   • Preliminary Tests
   • Test No. 1 - Absolute Honesty
7. An Egg Vanish - Dr. Maurice
8. Card in Wallet - A Matter-Through-Matter Version - Roxy
8. Magicians - Art Eastman
9. Dusting Off Some Old Ones - Eddie Joseph
   • A Borrowed Ring Combination
9. re: Arthur Dowler
10. Lack Life
10. Notes from London - Wilford Hutchinson
10. re: Dorny
11. 400 Attend N. Y. Conclave - Demon Rembrandt
11. GI Wins Citation and Medal - re: Cpl. William J. Allen
12. Houdini Club Convention - Demon Rembrandt
12. Vanishing Night Club Table
12. Hypnotism on the High Seas - Jules Abbott & SSgt. Skip Weatherford
12. Chi GI Magicians in Germany - re: Bill Kiefer
12. re: The Sphinx delay
17. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
    • books and tricks
      • Effective Card Magic - Bill Simon
      • Hugard's Magic Monthly, Volume 8 - bound volume
      • Methods for Miracles, Number 8 - Willane
      • Stars of Magic, Series 10 (Vernon on Leipzig) & 11 (Vernon on Malini)
      • One Man Mental Magic - Milbourne Christopher
      • Cigarette Tricks and Gags at the Bar - Eddie Joseph
      • Ad-Libs - Robert Orben
      • Flat Wand - Howard Beaumont & George McAthy
      • Modern Coin Magic - Bobo
    • Now let us look at the magazines
      • Abracadabra, Nos. 331-345
      • The Sphinx, June
      • M-U-M, June, July, August & September
      • Modern Magi, July, August & September
      • Wizard, No. 53
      • Hugard's Monthly, June, July & August
      • Genii, June, July & August
      • The Phoenix, Nos. 257-264
      • The Gen, June, July & August
      • The Magic Magazine, June, July & August
    • club papers & news sheets
      • Bat, Jr., August
      • The Joker
      • Magic Makers
      • The Magic Wand Monthly
      • The Sorcerer
      • The Barnstormer
      • The Spooks Speak
21. Magic on Chicago's Rialto - George Coon
22. For Vents Only - George McAthy
    • Safety - Arnold R. Allen
23. Merchandising Magic - Tommy Windsor
24. re: December issue
24. So It's Laughs You Want! - Bob Brethen
    • Ventrivia
26. Magic Outdoors - L. E. Roba Collins
27. The Future Greats - Bill Pitts
27. re: The Magic Circle of London
27. re: Neff comic book - Racket Squad in Action - by Walter B. Gibson

1. The "Tops" - Volume 17, Number 12 - December 1952 - 32 pages
1. With the Editor - Mel
1. Contents
2. Trix and Ideas - Lu Brent
   • Tp-O-Cig
   • Time to Smoke
   • The Imp Bottle
   • Another Method
   • Still Another Method
   • Cig-A-Ro
   • Whiskey Wizardry
3. Double Premonition - Price Drakon
4. Cigarette Routine - Roxy
5. "Certain" Card Trick - R. Durham
6. Cane Production - Elmer W. Morris
6. A Day at the Races - Mel Stover
7. Magic in Brazil - Jose A. Guerra (Roxy)
7. re: Birch and his Magic & Mabel Sperry
8. Some Magical Twists - Dynamic Personality Tests - V. C. Kitchen
   • Test No. 2 - Absolute Purity
   • Remedy for Dishonesty and Impurity
   • Test No. 3 - Absolute Unselfishness
10. Some Magical Twists - Atom Splitting Machine - V. C. Kitchen
11. Dusting Off Some Old Ones - Eddie Joseph
    • A Four Ace Combination
12. Nadja, the Animated Rope - Prince Drakon
12. Chicago Magigals - Jerrie-Ann Musson
12. Group to Issue December Sphinx - Ade Duval
17. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
    • reviews
      • Modern Coin Magic - J. B. Bobo
      • Golden Gate Magic Co. - catalogue
      • Joker's Jackpot - Alfred Baker & William Larsen
      • In the Aisles - Alfred Baker & William Larsen
      • Encyclopedia of Cigarette Tricks - Keith Clark - reprint
      • Hitting the Headlines - Eddie Joseph
    • New York State Conclave
    • more reviews
      • Grand Finale - Jack Chanin
      • Nested Box Routine - Irv Weiner
      • Dabbling with Daub - Irv Weiner
      • Color Tie - George Coon
    • Eddie Joseph
    • still more reviews
      • Four Little Beans - John Ramsay
20. Abbott on Television
20. So It's Laughs You Want! - Bob Brethen
    • Bus Bits
    • Pithy Pantomimes
    • Ventrivia
    • Working for a Living; What's the Use?
22. Magic on Chicago's Rialto - George Coon
22. Merchandising Magic - Tommy Windsor
23. Publicity Material - Noble Ben Martin
24. The Future Greats - Bill Pitts
24. The Jailer's Keys - Lu Brent
25. Every Card Rises
25. Freedom of the Seize - Stewart James
26. re: Tony Curtis in "Houdini"
26. Cards Through Hat - Prince Drakon
27. Cardecto - William Hamilton
27. re: Lew Dick in accident
27. re: Cpl. Sabra Colegrove

Publisher: Abbott Magic