Tops Volume 18 (1953)

January 1953 - December 1953
Percy Abbott, Publisher and Editor
Howard Melson "Mel", Editor

385 pages

1. The "Tops" - Volume 18, Number 1 - January 1953 - 32 pages
1. With the Editor - Percy Abbott
1. Contents
2. Magical Card Finesse - Jerry Hornak
   • Sleights with Cards
     • A Rare Control
     • A Succeeding Control
     • Riffle Strip Control
     • Three Controls
       • Basic Move
       • 1 - Side Slip Action
       • 2 - Palm Slip Action
       • 3 - The Crimp Action
     • Ace Control
4. Remember Twenty-Two - Dr. Maurice
5. Some Magical Twists - V. C. Kitchen
   • Dynamic Personality Tests
     • Test No. 4 - Absolute Love
7. Card and Ring - Roxy
8. A Teaser - Si Stebbins
8. Mathematical Spirits - Roxy
8. Cardomatic - Stewart James
9. The Shirt Pulling Trick
9. re: The Amazing Cazan (Vantine and Cazan)
10. Dusting Off Some Old Ones - Eddie Joseph
    • The Razor Blades
10. re: Percy Abbott
11. Calculated Confusion - J. P. Mintz, QM1 USN
12. Cigo - A Clean-Cut Cigarette Vanish - Roxy
17. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
    • reviews
      • Four Little Beans - John Ramsay
    • Questions and Answers
20. re: Lee Grabel
20. Merchandising Magic - Tommy Windsor
21. Now, On to the Get-Together - Demon Rembrandt
22. So It's Laughs You Want! - Bob Brethen
    • Don't Think
    • Ventrivia
    • The Poor Little Rich Girl
24. The Story of One-Card Pete - Andy Anderson
25. Magic on Chicago's Rialto - George Coon
26. Minneapolis Magi's '52 Banquet - Bill Schreiber
26. Comup, The Rising Silk - Prince Drakon
26. Change It
27. A Transposition
27. Bill in Lemon Pays Off - Stan Stanley
27. Karrell Fox "Retires" from Army

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1. The "Tops" - Volume 18, Number 2 - February 1953 - 32 pages
1. With the Editor - Mel
1. Contents
2. Some Magical Twists - V. C. Kitchen
   • The Milk of Human Kindness (or An Economy of Unselfishness)
     • Other Uses for These Properties
   • Diminishing Milk Glasses
   • What Can You Do With a Milk Can?
6. The Egg Bag with a Plus - A Comedy Gag =- Roxy
7. Magical Card Finesse - Jerry Hornak
   • A Better Glimpse
   • Glimpsing Card at Any Number
   • Glimpsing as a Force
   • A Double-Lift Move
9. Dusting Off Some Old Ones - Eddie Joseph
   • Bill in Orange
10. Silk's Color Decomposition - Roxy
10. So It's Laughs You Want! - Bob Brethen
    • Why Does the Fair Sex Laugh at Jokes?
    • Ventrivia
    • Another Opening
11. [Jim] Reneaux Manager of N. Y. Abbott's
12. Magic on Chicago's Rialto - George Coon
12. Chicago Magigals - Jerrie-Ann Musson
12. Justo-Hi-Jo Christmas Party
17. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
    • What's New in Tricks?
      • Miracle Discs - Ken Allen
      • Yo-Yo Escape - Louis Histed
    • How About Books?
      • The Sphinx, December
      • Annemann's Buried Treasures
      • The Linking Ring
      • Conjuring Psychology - Richard J. Weibel
      • Sleight Bits - Robert Orben
      • Okito - Edward Drane
      • Classic Secrets of Magic - Bruce Elliott
      • 12 Brand New Tricks - Eddie Joseph
      • Max Andrew's Catalogue
    • What's Doing In the Magazines?
      • Hugard's Magic Monthly, September, October, November & December
      • The Journal of Hypnotism, November
      • M-U-M, October, November & December
      • Abracadabra, Nos. 346-360
      • The Wizard, September, October & November
      • The Sphinx, December
      • Genii, September, October, November & December
      • The Modern Magi, October, November, December & January
      • The Phoenix, Nos. 265-271
      • The Magic Magazine, September, October, November & December
      • The Gen, September, October, November & December
    • Stars of Magic, complete set
21. Arthur Dowler Convalescing
21. Merchandising Magic - Tommy Windsor
22. Line Forms to the Right! - re: 1st Pan-American Magic Congress
23. Magic Outdoors - L. E. Roba Collins
23. The Future Greats - Bill Pitts
24. Dell [O'Dell] Now Magic Dealer
24. re: Chang
24. re: Virgil Show
26. It's News, It Is! - re: Jack Ziter (Jay Zee), the Hypnotist) & Charlie Conrad
27. Does Hyp Act on Navy Show - re: J. P. Mintz
27. Magic Circle Annual Supper
27. Two Well-Knowns Pass On - re: C. A> George Newmann & 2-10 Daniel

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1. The "Tops" - Volume 18, Number 3 - March 1953 - 32 pages
1. With the Editor - Mel
1. Contents
2. Wrapping the Silks - Roxy
2. Stage Aces - Bryce Chambers
3. Thimble Magic - Roxy
4. Anagramatic Facsimile - Stewart James
5. Magical Card Finesse - Jerry Hornak
   • Rear Palm Color Change
   • Smart Glimpsing
   • The Perfect Cut
7. Cut and Restored Ribbon - Bob Thompson
8. Some Magical Twists - V. C. Kitchen
   • Some Prediction Ideas (12)
   • Odds and Ends (22)
12. Magic on Chicago's Rialto - George Coon
12. Claims Razor Blade Idea His - re: Walter A. Freeman & Ray Reddig
12. Magic Circle Opens Theatre
12. Chicago Magigals - Jerrie-Ann Musson
12. re: Jean Valton
17. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
    • club papers, etc.
      • The Ledger, September thru February
      • Magic Makers, September thru December
      • MWCC Monthly
      • The Joker
      • The Barnstormer
      • The Sorcerer, November
      • The Spooks Speak
      • The bat, Jr.
      • Lloyd Jones - advertising calendar
      • Top Hat Topics
      • Irv Weiner - lists
      • Dell O'Dell - publicity
      • Sorcar - advertising
      • Fleming Book Company - list
      • Corsair
        • What's New in Trickery?
          • Hollywoodeck - Aldini
          • Impromptu Impression - Irv Weiner
          • Impromptu No Nesting Cup and Ball Routine - Irv Weiner
          • Three Ball Monte - Irv Weiner
      • [Jack] Yeager Entertains Buddies
      • re: John C. Brennan
      • re: Jack Rench
      • Merchandising Magic - Tommy Windsor
      • To List [C. George] Newmann Collection
      • Magic Outdoors - L. E. Roba Collins
      • So It's Laughs You Want! - Bob Brethen
        • Ventrivia - The Facts of Life
          • Alternative Finish
      • Magic Music - Bryce Chambers
      • The Future Greats - Bill Pitts
      • Magic Congress in Spain
      • Arthur Dowler Passes On

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1. The "Tops" - Volume 18, Number 4 - April 1953 - 32 pages
1. With the Editor - Mel
1. Contents
2. Magical Card Finesse - Jerry Hornak
   • Back Palm Steal
   • Back Palm Change
   • Giant Fan Suggestion
   • Split Fans with Both Hands
   • Fans in a Hat Routine
   • A Quick Fan Steal Production
5. Quickest Four Aces - A3C Jack Yeager, USAF
5. Two-Some - Bob Thompson
6. One, Two and Three - Roxy
6. Headlines Prediction Clincher - Bryce Chambers
7. Television Mind Reading - Stewart James
8. Another Coin Stand - Prince Drakon
8. Miracle Card Transposition - Bryce Chambers
10. Knife Through Card - Dr. Maurice
10. Card and Boards - Roxy
11. Magic on Chicago's Rialto - George Coon
12. Wizard Club of Chicago - Clettis V. Musson
12. Chicago Magigals - Jerrie-Ann Musson
17. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
    • reviews
      • Dice Dexterity - Audley Walsh
      • The Invisible Influence - Eddie Joseph
      • String-a-Ring - Irv Weiner
    • Questions and Answers
20. Beg Your Pardon - correction: credit for The Story of One-Card Pete
20. Uses Magic to Help Students - re: Dr. Abraham B. Hurwitz
20. Merchandising Magic - Tommy Windsor
22. So It's Laughs You Want! - Bob Brethen
    • Comedy Clinic
    • Animal Antics
    • Ventrivia
23. A Rope Trick - Arthur Andrews, Jr.
24. News Account of "The Count" - re: Count Domenic le Foe (Alen Cooper Smith)
24. Oh for the Life of a Sailor! - re: Arthur Lloyd
24. re: Adolph Boldt
24. re: C. Thomas Magrum
24. Tricks Baffle London Judge - re: George Blake & Harry Stanley lawsuit
24. re: Carl. W. Jones
24. re: Lu Brant
24. re: Guy L. Gerber
25. Magic Outdoors - L. E. Roba Collins
25. The Future Greats - Bill Pitts
27. Arthur Buckley Dies
27. Arthur Dowler [passes]

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1. The "Tops" - Volume 18, Number 5 - May 1953 - 32 pages
1. With the Editor - Percy Abbott
1. Contents
2. Intelligentia - J. P. Mintz, QM1 USN
3. Magic Heat Gimmick - L. T. Tucker
3. The Ultimate Coincidence - Bryce Chambers
4. Utility Vanish - Arthur Andrews, Jr.
5. Magical Card Finesse - Jerry Hornak
   • Card Fans from Nowhere
   • More Fans from Air
   • A Fan Prediction Move
7. The Gambler's System - Billy Gargaro
7. Two Crazy Card Stunts - Roxy
   • A Crazy Location
   • Mix-It-Up
8. Impossible Card Discovery - Arthur Andrews, Jr.
9. "Think Stop" Deluxe - Bryce Chambers
9. Ethereal Cards - Roxy
10. Cabalistic Chronology - Stewart James
10. re: Jack Kodell and Mary Naylor marriage
10. re: Neil Foster
11. "All Fair" Card Trick - Frank Shepherd
11. Torn Card Trick
12. Daylight Saving Force
12. Inacone Rope Cut Finale - Roxy
12. re: Percy Abbott, Howard Melson (Mel) & Walter Harris
17. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
    • Mentioning the Magazines
      • The Phoenix, Nos. 272-278
      • The Magic Magazine, January, February & March
      • M-U-M, February, March & April
      • Hugard's Magic Monthly, January, February & March
      • The Journal of Hypnotism, January-February & March-April
      • Genii, January, February & March
      • The Gen, January, February & March
      • The Sphinx, March
      • Abracadabra, Nos. 361-373
      • The Modern Magi, February, March & April
      • The Wizard, December & January
      • Pentagram
    • books & tricks
      • Doodle-Art - Harry Bjorklund
      • Triple Transposition - Irv Weiner
      • The Gag Bag - E. W. Morris
19. Monk [Watson] is Getting Around
20. So It's Laughs You Want! - Bob Brethen
    • The Crooked Mouth Family
    • Magical Patter Chatter
    • Ventrivia
22. Chicago Magigals - Jerrie-Ann Musson
22. Merchandising Magic - Tommy Windsor
23. Byrne [Perkins] Off to Germany
24. Magic on Chicago's Rialto - George Coon
24. re: five stage illusion secrets in "Coronet for April
25. Magic Outdoors - L. E. Roba Collins
25. The Future Greats - Bill Pitts
26. re: Clyde Cairy
26. [Milbourne] Christopher Honored in N. Y.
26. Wizard Club of Chicago - Clettis V. Musson
27. Virgil Still "Down Under"
27. re: The Great Levante
27. re: Duke Stern
27. Max Thiel Dies
27. re: Lt. Lee Allen Estes

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1. The "Tops" - Volume 18, Number 6 - June 1953 - 32 pages
1. With the Editor - Mel
1. Contents
2. A Bare-arm Coin Vanish - Bruce Jay
2. Three-Deck Three-Card Monte - Hilliard Saunders
3. Magical Card Finesse - Jerry Hornak
   • A Fan of Cards Travels
   • Vanishing Fifteen Cards Singly
   • Continuous Production of a Single Card
   • Production of Ten Single Cards
   • One Thought in Ten
5. Reversed 6-Card Repeat (A New Version - Second Method) - Roxy
6. A Chinaman's Chance - Stewart James
6. Coin-Go - Prince Drakon
7. You're Mistaken - Robert Wedertz
8. The Slow Motion Pass
8. Mel's Confuso Card Trick - Demon Rembrandt
9. Two Useful Card Boxes - Roxy
10. Time Card - New version - Wlasovi
10. So It's Laughs You Want! - Bob Brethen
    • Spring, Spring, Beautiful Spring!
    • Ventrivia
12. Wizard Club of Chicago - Clettis V. Musson
12. Chicago Magigals - Jerrie-Ann Musson
12. Decatur Demons' Club Picnic
17. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
    • club publications
      • The Barnstormer, February, March, April & May
      • Corsair No. 73
      • Psycho No. 5 - Teral Garrett
      • The Bat, Jr.
      • The Ledger
      • The Magic Wand Correspondence Club [MWCC] Monthly, Nos. 5-7
      • The Joker
      • Magic Makers
      • Spooks Speak
      • Magicana (New Zealand)
    • other
      • Paul Fleming Book Review No. 160
      • Sorcar - advertising
      • Borts - advertising
      • Gogia Pasha - advertising
    • books and booklets
      • The Book of Knowledge Annual for 1953 - Harold Rice
      • Doodle-Art - Harry Bjorklund
      • Triple Transposition - Irv Weiner
      • The Gag Bag, Vol. 1 - E. W. Morris
      • 100 :attest Tips on Tricks - Milbourne Christopher
      • Memory of the Mind - Eddie Joseph
      • Practical Magic - David Robbins, editor
20. Teacher's Hypnotism Scares Kids - re: James D. Berry
20. Merchandising Magic - Tommy Windsor
22. Magic on Chicago's Rialto - George Coon
23. Mulholland Rounds Out 40 Years in Magic - Demon Rembrandt
23. Wills $15,000 Magic to Youth - re: Leroy S. Lowner
24. Magic Outdoors - L. E. Roba Collins
24. The Future Greats - Bill Pitts
25. New Jersey Magicians' Society - Blackwood (Robert Lynn)
26. Evo9lution of a Dream - Stewart James
26. George Turner Dies
27. Dick Swanson Dies

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1. The "Tops" - Volume 18, Number 7 - July 1953 - 32 pages
1. With the Editor - Mel
1. Contents
2. Three-Purse Monte - Lu Brent
2. Strangulation Tie - Prince Drakon
3. Subtlety (Two Versions) - Roxy
   • Kardany's Original Version
   • Roxy Version
   • Secret (Kardany Version)
   • Secret (Roxy Version)
4. Routine with a Borrowed Deck - Brent Weilbern
   • Trick 1
   • Trick 2
5. Magical Card Finesse - Jerry Hornak
   • Everywhere and Nowhere (With a Borrowed Deck)
     • First Method
     • Second Method
     • Third Method
6. re: Virgil and Julie
7. The Lace Penetration - Harry Roydon
7. The Spiked Rabbit - Charles R. Larson
8. None Such Card Force - Roxy
8. Ring on Wand (or Tape) - Prince Drakon
9. Surprise Glass Exchange - J. B. Maxwell
9. re: Sorcar
10. Foreign Stars Feature Get-Together Shows - Dorny Will M.C. - Reservations Rolling In - Demon Rembrandt
12. Wizard Club of Chicago - Clettis V. Musson
12. Kid Show Lecture Feature of PCAM - re: Francis Ireland
12. Maybe You Haven't Heard [humor]
17. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
    • reviews
      • De Luxe Puzzle Set - Dave Robbins
      • Silk Epic - "Hen" Fetsch
      • Gift Exchange - "Hen" Fetsch
      • Voodoo Rings - "Hen" Fetsch
      • Breaking the Sound Barrier - "Hen" Fetsch
      • Beer, Coke and Silks - Abbott's
      • On The Spot - Everett Lyda & Ormond McGill
18. re: Pvt. Byrne L. Gokee [Byrne Perkins]
19. Abbott Bowlers in Tournament
19. [Charlie] Worpell Top Air Force MC
20. Merchandising Magic - Tommy Windsor
20. re: Pvt. Edgar T. Corey
21. So It's Laughs You Want! - Bob Brethen
    • Columbus Day Monologue
    • Ventrivia
21. re: Harry Albacker
22. Magic on Chicago's Rialto - George Coon
23. The Future Greats - Bill Pitts
23. Magic Outdoors - L. E. Roba Collins
24. St. Louis SAM Show
24. re: Conclave at Bideford, Devon, England
25. "Houdini" Premiere in July
25. An Up-to-Date Location (Three Cards) - Prince Drakon
26. Two Easy Card Sleights - Roxy
    • Sighting and Controlling Bottom Card
    • Controlling the Bottom Card
26. 20th Century Silks
    • Notes

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1. The "Tops" - Volume 18, Number 8 - August 1953 - 32 pages
1. With the Editor - Mel
1. Contents
2. "The Limit" Production Box - Roxy
2. Fan and Confetti - Jay Holtzapple
3. A Close-Up Card Mystery - Bob Hummer
3. Ten Cards to Pocket - Roxy
4. Routine with a Borrowed Deck - Brent Weilbern - continued
   • A Four-Ace Trick That Clicks
   • A Follow-Up Effect
   • For a Poker Hand
5. Newsweek - John Novak
6. Threaded or Unthreaded? - Prince Drakon
6. Spell of Mystery - Stewart James
6. Maskelyne's "Psycho" on View
7. Magical Card Finesse - Jerry Hornak
   • Card Elimination (Original Method)
   • Ambitious Card Routine
   • Three Cards to Pocket
   • All One Card
9. Evolution of a Dream (Second Version) - Stewart James
9. Colored Ashes - Roxy
10. Mail Via Radio - J. B. Maxwell
10. Here Are Your Cards! - Prince Drakon
10. Magi to Meet in Edinburgh
11. Watching the Wizard's Watch - J. B. Maxwell
11. Seeing in the Dark
12. Wizard Club of Chicago - Clettis V. Musson
12. New Jersey Magicians Society - Blackwood (Robert Lynn)
12. re: Stanley Watson and Diane
17. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
    • reviews
      • Hugard's Magic Monthly, Volume Nine - bound volume
      • On the Spot - Everett Lyda & Ormond McGill
      • Two Jardine Ellis Ring-on-Ribbon Routines - Bertram Millidge
      • Screamline Comedy - Robert Orben
      • Magic Wand
    • comments about Del Ray
    • Questions and Answers
19. re: F. Mengelkamp
20. Merchandising Magic - Tommy Windsor
21. Magic on Chicago's Rialto - George Coon
21. re: Vivian Cosby
22. So It's Laughs You Want! - Bob Brethen
    • Golf
    • Klever Kid Composition, By Chinese Boy
    • Kid's Composition On the Cow
    • Ventrivia
24. Bergen-McCarthy for TV
24. Magi Meet in Spain
25. The Sphinx Suspends
25. Magic Outdoors - L. E. Roba Collins
26. re: Byrne Perkins
26. The Future Greats - Bill Pitts
27. Wm. Larsen of Genii Dies
27. Golden Jubilee Congress in 1954 - re: British Magical Society
27. re: Paul Duke

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1. The "Tops" - Volume 18, Number 9 - September 1953 - 32 pages
1. With the Editor - Mel
1. Contents
2. A Silk Gesture - Frank Csuri
2. Phantom Frame Production - J. B. Maxwell
3. Celebrity Prediction - Kendall Marrs
4. Heads or Tails - Alexander (Kim Kee)
4. Sleights Nouveau - Roxy
   • Cards Fans
   • Thimbles from the Air
   • More Card Fans
6. Cloro-ful - John Novak
6. Routine with a Borrowed Deck - Brent Weilbern - conclusion
   • Spectator Does the Trick
   • The Spectators Continue
   • Card in the Pocket
   • A Pocket Switch
   • An Automatic Location
8. Magical Card Finesse - Jerry Hornak
   • A Four-Ace Routine
   • An Unsolvable Mystery Improved
10. Roxy's Change-Over Palm - Jose A. Guerra (Roxy)
10. For Vents Only - George McAthy
    • Dialogue
12. Wizard Club of Chicago - Clettis V. Musson
12. New Jersey Magicians Society - Blackwood (Robert Lynn)
12. [Cecil] Lyle and Sorcar in London
17. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
    • reviews
      • So Sweet As Magic - Bruce Elliott - fiction in Fantasy Fiction magazine for August
    • magazines
      • The Magic Wand, June
      • Abracadabra, Nos. 374-389
      • The Journal of Hypnotism, July-August
      • The Wizard, February
      • M-U-M, May
      • Modern Magi, May through August
      • Pentagram, April through June
      • Genii, April through July
      • The Magic Magazine, May through July
      • Hugard's Magic Monthly, April through July
      • The Gen, April through July
      • The Phoenix, Nos. 279-286
    • club papers and bits and pieces
      • Le Wain's House of Used Magic - lists
      • Magic Makers, March through June
      • The Magnet
      • The Joker
      • The Barnstormer
      • The Ledger, issue 8
      • The Bat, Jr.
      • MWCC Monthly, May & June
      • Magicana
      • Sorcar - advertising
      • Top Hat Topics
    • Questions and Answers
21. Claims Houdini Relic - re: Dr. Maurice & Ernest Roscoe
21. Merchandising Magic - Tommy Windsor
23. Magic in Brazil - Jose A. Guerra (Roxy)
23. So It's Laughs You Want! - Bob Brethen
    • Master of Mirth for Magicians (Master of Ceremonies)
    • Ventrivia
24. re: Magic Circle Festival
25. Magic on Chicago's Rialto - George Coon
25. Jimmy Trimble Retires
25. Magic Outdoors - L. E. Roba Collins
26. Newmann Catalogue Ready Oct. 1
26. re: Nevin Hoefert
26. The Future Greats - Bill Pitts
27. [Henry] Gordien Host to Magi
27. Virgil Leaves Australia
27. Suzy Wandas Really Files

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1. The "Tops" - Volume 18, Number 10 - October 1953 - 32 pages
1. With the Editor - Mel
1. Contents
2. Double-Box Bowl Production - J. B. Maxwell
2. Travelling Half-Dollars - The Amazing Maurice
2. Zounds! What a Zippo! - Byrne L. Gokee (Byrne Perkins)
3. Slow Motion Cards Vanish - De Macedo & Roxy
   • Roxy's Suggestion
4. The Mystery of the Penny Arcade - Roy Kissell
4. Double Load Silk Casket - Eddie Turner
5. Sleights Nouveau - Roxy
   • Card Fans Production (Third Method)
   • Continuous Production of a Coin and a Card
   • Card Fans Production (Fourth Method)
   • The French Drop with Cards
6. Distant Telepathy - Pierre Renoff
7. None-Such Production Box - Roxy
7. Beg Your Pardon! - re: plagiarism by Jay Holtzapple in August issue
8. Get-Together Enjoyed by 652 Magi - Suzy Wandas, Chang, Bill Neff, Outstanding Stars of Show - Demon Rembrandt
11. He Was There and He Liked It - letter to Percy Abbott
11. A Note of Appreciation - Percy Abbott
11. Suzy on [Magic] Circle Show
11. re: The Amazing Maurice
12. Magical Card Finesse - Jerry Hornak
    • Three Selections to Pocket
    • Chosen card to Card Box
    • Routine of Surprises
    • Card Fantasy
17. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
    • books
      • I'll Read Your Mind - Aage Darling
      • Playing with Magic - Wilfred Tyler
      • The Challenge Memory Test - Will Dexter
      • Contact Mindreading - E. Edward Dexter
      • Psycho series Nos. 6 & 7 - Teral Garrett
      • The Working Comedian's Gag File - Robert Orben
      • Superb Tricks - Adrian Smith
      • Thimble Trix - Chester Dobski
      • The Obedient Thimble - Chester Dobski
19. re: "Star of India" film
19. re: The British Puppet and Model Theatre Guild
19. Merchandising Magic - Tommy Windsor
21. Magic in Quebec - Monarch, Magician
21. Magic on Chicago's Rialto - George Coon
22. So It's Laughs You Want! - Bob Brethen
    • Hysterical Historics - Marc Anthony and Cleopatra
    • Cut Rope Patter
    • Jokes or Croakes
    • Don't Break the Chain
    • Anecdote
    • Do Not Stop on Bridge - Drive Off
23. English Magi in 3-D Short - re: "It's a Mystery"
24. Magic Outdoors - L. E. Roba Collins
26. New Jersey Magicians Society - Blackwood (Robert Lynn)
26. Wizard Club of Chicago - Clettis V. Musson
26. For Vents Only - George McAthy
27. Allan Shaw Dies
27. Nearing 10,000 Performances - re: Herbert J. Collings (Col Ling Soo)

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1. The "Tops" - Volume 18, Number 11 - November 1953 - 32 pages
1. With the Editor - Mel
1. Contents
2. Rainbow Ball Routine - James Reneaux
2. Sleights Nouveau - Roxy
   • Billiard Ball Color Change
3. A Silk Routine - Roy Kissell
4. None Such Rope Miracle - A Do-As-I-Do Routine - Roxy
5. Funny Bunny Business - "Hen" Fetsch
   • Buzz Bunny
   • Puff Bunny
   • Honking Hare
5. On Royal Variety Show - re: Tommy Cooper
6. Magical Card Finesse - Jerry Hornak
   • Reading the Cards
   • "Super" Card Reading
   • An Easy Stab
   • Magical Palms
   • Four Selections Supreme
7. A Fakir Does Tricks
8. Change O' Cards Extraordinary - Kardany & Roxy
   • Roxy's Suggestion
8. On the Rialto in Chicago - George Coon
9. Vanishing Boy and Auto
9. re: Les Levante
10. Card to Cigarette - De Macedo & Roxy
    • Roxy's Suggestion
10. Wizard Club of Chicago - Clettis V. Musson
10. New Jersey Magicians Society - Blackwood (Robert Lynn)
11. Blindfold Drive Startles Indiana Shoppers - re: Wayne Shumway
11. re: Savoir, Le Mystificateur Silent
12. The Celtic Magical Conclave
12. The Magic Circle on TV
12. Chicago Magigals - Jerrie-Ann Musson
12. re: Blackwood the Magician
17. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
    • Looking over the new books and magazines
      • MC Bits - Robert Orben
      • Card Miracles - Toni Koyini
      • Mohammed Bey's Routine with the Okito Coin Box
    • Now for the magazines
      • The Wizard, March thru June
      • Genii, August
      • Modern Magi, September & October
      • Abracadabra, Nos. 390-400
      • M-U-M, August & September
      • The Gen, August & September
      • Hugard's Magic Monthly, August & September
      • The Phoenix, Nos. 287-290
      • Pentagram, July & August
      • The Magnet, July & August
    • Now to look over the club papers and ad-sheets
      • Barnstormer, September & October
      • Magic Makers, July, August & Spetember
      • The Spooks Speak
      • The Joker, Vol. 3, No. 1
      • Corsair, Nos. 74-76
      • MWCC Monthly, July-August-September
      • Miracles - ad-sheets
      • The Magic Wand Publishing Co. - folder
      • Edgar Heyl - lists
      • George Jenness - list 537
      • Top Hat Topics
20. Magic Circle's Grand Festival - Wilford Hutchinson
20. Merchandising Magic - Tommy Windsor
21. Magi Entertain at Sanatorium
22. So It's Laughs You Want! - Bob Brethen
    • Jems of Jest
      • A Timely Subject
      • The Chinese Are Peculiar
      • India ... Holy Cow!
      • Gold Diggers
      • Mexico
      • Washington, D.C.
      • Africa
      • Italy
24. For Vents Only - George McAthy
    • Routine from a Punch Line
25. Magic Outdoors - L. E. Roba Collins
26. The Future Greats - Bill Pitts
27. Dr. J. F. Lewis Dies
27. Charles S. Weller Dies
27. Caro G. (Cig) Miller Dies
27. Name Magi Visit Abbott's - re: Bill Neff and Evelyn, Bill Talent, Cardini and Swan & Buddy Hughes

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1. The "Tops" - Volume 18, Number 12 - December 1953 - 32 pages
1. With the Editor - Mel
1. Contents
2. Magical Card Finesse - Jerry Hornak
   • Three Card Rise
   • Impromptu Rising Cards Presentation
   • An Apparent Impossibility
   • Lost Card Control
3. Just A Chance - Bank Night - Roxy
4. re: visitors to Abbotts: Nevin and Helen Howfert, Bob Lewis and wife, Ken Booth & Binney
4. Novel Coin Production - Alexander
5. Sleights Nouveau - Roxy
   • Slow Motion Card Vanish
   • Card Fans in Hat
   • For Cigarette Production
   • Two Balls Vanish
   • A Subtle Vanish of a Ball
6. re: no definite plans for a Get-Together
7. To Be ... Or Not to Be - Roxy
8. Clippo Presentation - Arthur Hastings
8. Nu Color Card Change - Roxy
9. The Spirit Handcuffs - From the Tales of Achmed
10. Magic on Chicago's Rialto - George Coon
10. re: Rev. Martin Elz
11. Merchandising Magic - Tommy Windsor
12. Wizard Club of Chicago - Clettis V. Musson
12. Chicago Magigals - Jerrie-Ann Musson
12. New Jersey Magicians' Society - Blackwood (Robert Lynn)
12. re: Aaron (Doc) Weiss
17. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
    • reviews
      • M. C. Bits - Robert Orben
      • Universal Mind - Ron Baillie
      • Automentalism - Ken de Courcy
      • Encyclopedia of Silk Magic, Volume 2 - Harold Rice
      • The First Book of Magic - Edward Stoddard
    • Questions and Answers
20. Magi Can't Find the Gimmick - re: Rabotine
20. For Vents Only - George McAthy
21. Shows Trick to Jury - re: Robert Sharpe
21. re: Wayne Shumway
21. So It's Laughs You Want! - Bob Brethen
    • Perplexing Proverbs
    • Answers to Perplexing Proverbs
    • Ventrivia
      • Cockroach Business
      • Gum Chewing
23. Collector Adds Durbin Relics - re: David Price
24. Tops as Drum Major - re: Victor Hugo Walton
24. Abbott's 1954 Magic Get-Together
24. Magic Outdoors - L. E. Roba Collins
26. The Future Greats - Bill Pitts

word count: 253965 which is equivalent to 1015 standard pages of text