Tops Volume 19 (1954)
by Percy Abbott

January 1954 - December 1954
Percy Abbott, Publisher and Editor
Howard Melson "Mel", Editor

389 pages

1. The "Tops" - Volume 19, Number 1 - January 1954 - 32 pages
1. With the Editor - Mel
1. Contents
2. Ultra Four-Ace Trick - Billy Bell
2. Fifty-Fifty - S. Stern
   • Second Method
   • Suggestions for Preparing Props
4. Drum Head Tube Routine - James Reneaux
5. Simple Memorization
6. re: Goodliffe
6. re: Monk Watson
6. The Spider and the Pips - Lu Brant
8. Predicto - A Super Mental Card Test - Roxy
8. Some Patter in Rhyme
   • Dyeing or Color Changing
   • For Children's Shows
   • For Dyeing Other Colors
     • Brown
     • Blue
     • Pink
     • Scarlet, Cerise or Old Rose
     • Orange
     • Purple
   • Vanishing Bird Cage
   • Egg on Fan
10. A Move with a Cigarette - Robert Wedertz
11. Sleights Nouveau - Roxy
    • Card Color Change
    • Card Fans Production
12. Rajah Turban Mystery
17. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
    • reviews
      • The Art of Using The Lap as a Servante - Slydini
      • Royal Monte - Dai Vernon
    • magazines
      • Abracadabra
      • Genii, The Conjurer's Magazine
      • The Gen
      • Hugard's Magic Monthly
      • The Modern Magi
      • The Magic Wand
      • The Magic Magazine
      • The Pentagram
      • The Phoenix
      • The Linking Ring
      • M-U-M
      • Tops
      • The Wizard
      • The Magnet
    • Club Papers
      • Magic Makers
      • The Barnstormer
    • Teen-Age Magic Magazines
      • Magicana
      • The Ledger of Magic
      • M.W.C.C. Monthly
      • The Joker
      • Spooks Speak
19. Wizard Club of Chicago - Clettis V. Musson
19. New Jersey Magicians' Society - Blackwood (Robert Lynn)
19. Chicago Magigals - Jerrie-Ann Musson
19. Hocus Pocus Club Annual Dinner
19. re: Battle Creek Magic Club & Ivan Culp and Jerry Conklin
20. Merchandising Magic - Tommy Windsor
21. Newmann Catalogue Available
21. Magic on Chicago's Rialto - George Coon
22. So It's Laughs You Want! - Bob Brethen
    • Ventrivia
    • Harmonica and Assistant Routine
    • Listen Business
    • Stuttering Piece of Business
    • Gun Business Interruption
    • Prenatal Influence
    • Jugglers' Jargon
    • When a Stunt Goes Wrong
    • When Juggling Lighted Candles
    • When You Drop Something
    • When You Miss
23. The Future Greats - Bill Pitts
24. Magic Outdoors - L. E. Roba Collins
25. Index to Tops, Vol. 17
25. Playing Truant - A Complete Ventriloquial Act - Don Rogers
27. Magic Circle's Supper-Show
27. Louis Wolfgang Dies

1. The "Tops" - Volume 19, Number 2 - February 1954 - 32 pages
1. With the Editor - Mel
1. Contents
2. The Spider-Web Card Mystery - Lu Brent
3. Tip on Cigarette Manipulation - Prince Drakon
3. Easily Made Vanishing Radio - Verne Luray
4. A Quick Laugh Patter Bit
4. The Jay-Dee Liquid Vanish
6. re: visitors at Abbott's - Robert Pollock, Stan Noxon, Floyd Konkle, Jim Miller, George Colovos, Bert Uble, Jens Jensen & Rev. Don Bodley
6. Club Spirit Cabinet Act
7. Divining Rods - Drakon
8. Hanging Straight-Jacket Escape
9. Mischievous Little Brother - A Complete Ventriloquial Act - Don Rogers
10. 14th Annual for B. C. Magi - Battle Creek Magic Club
11. So It's Laughs You Want! - Bob Brethen
    • There's Good News Tonight!
12. Magic on Chicago's Rialto - George Coon
17. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
    • magazines
      • The Magnet, October
      • The Phoenix, Nos. 291-297
      • The Magic Wand Quarterly
      • Magie [Germany]
      • Abracadabra, Nos. 401-410
      • The Modern Magi, November, December & January
      • M-U-M, October, November & December
      • The Gen, October & November
      • The Wizard, July, August & Septemebr
      • Pentagram, September, October & November, plus Index for Volume 7
      • Hugard's Magic Monthly, October, November & December
    • books and things
      • Torn and Restored Magazine Cover - Lu Brent
      • Index for Tops Volume 171
      • Laugh Package - Robert Orben
      • Royal Monte - Dai Vernon
      • The Art of Using The Lap as a Servante - Slydini
      • The Encyclopedia of Silk Magic, Volume 2 - Harold Rice
    • club papers and dealers sheets
      • Bulletin of The Personalized Magic Service - Will Fairley
      • Axel Rasmussen - lists
      • Houdini-Gram Special
      • George Jeness - lists
      • Borts - lists
      • Lines from Lawton
      • The Magic Wand Publishing Co, - list of books
      • Hughes News
      • The Ledger & M.W.C.C.
      • The Joker, January-February
      • The Barnstormer
      • Magic Makers
      • Tips, Routines, Presentation Ideas, Facts, Laugh Bits - Tom Dethlefsen
21. Don Sweet Quits News Game
21. Merchandising Magic - Tommy Windsor
23. Magic Outdoors - L. E. Roba Collins
24. Christmas Magic in London
24. A Minister and His Magic - Rev. Don Bodley
25. The Future Greats - Bill Pitts
26. Wizard Club of Chicago - Clettis V. Musson
26. Chicago Magigals Present Show - Jerrie-Ann Musson
26. Mrs. Joy Willard Dies
27. Death Takes Prof. Notis [Mario Amando Vigna] - E. Leslie Briant
27. Anna H. Tripp Dies

1. The "Tops" - Volume 19, Number 3 - March 1954 - 32 pages
1. With the Editor - Mel
1. Contents
2. Houdini Escapes - A Routine with Rabotine - Julius P. Hopkins
2. Patter for Blendo - Rhyme
3. Sleights Nouveau - Roxy
   • Cigarette Vanish
   • Thimble Vanish
   • Another Cigarette Vanish
   • Selected Card Change
4. Correction - error in sketch for last month's Hanging Straight-Jacket Escape
4. Fifteen Cents a Cup
5. It Happened in Nanking - Percy Abbott
5. One, Two and Three (A Second Version) - Roxy
6. Milk Turnover
7. Sucker Rope Trick - Scotty Lang
8. Mathematix - A Card Discovery - Roxy
   • Another Method
8. Gravity Outdone - Prince Drakon
8. re: George C. Colovos
8. re: Byrne Perkins (Pvt. Byrne L. Gokee)
9. A Minister and His Magic - Rev. Don Bodley
   • a card trick for Ministers
10. Tip on Multiple Coin Roll-Out - Prince Drakon
10. For Vents Only - George McAthy
    • Dialogue - Chas. Hook
11. Abbott's Magic Get-Together - Percy Abbott
11. re: Dr. Clyde F. Cairy
12. Wizard Club of Chicago - Clettis V. Musson
    • Past President's Banquet
12. Chicago Magigals - Ollie Uker
17. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
    • reviews
      • Rice's Encyclopedia of Silk Magic, Volume 2 - Harold Rice & Francis Martineau
      • Thought-Master - Bill Nord
      • Soft Dice - Irv Weiner
    • Questions and Answers
20. re: Jim Miller
20. Merchandising Magic - Tommy Windsor
21. re: The Amazing Maurice
21. So It's Laughs You Want! - Bob Brethen
    • Mirthful Meanderings
    • Ventrivia
23. Magic Outdoors - L. E. Roba Collins
24. Magic on Chicago's Rialto - George Coon
25. The Future Greats - Bill Pitts
27. New Jersey Magicians' Society - Blackwood (Robert Lynn)
27. Mrs. William Mayoh Dies
27. Amir Bux Dies

1. The "Tops" - Volume 19, Number 4 - April 1954 - 32 pages
1. With the Editor - Mel
1. Contents
2. reproduction of show card for Abbott's Super De Luxe Snake Basket
3. Memory Test - A Comedy Jumbo Card Trick
3. Routine for Sucker Cigarette Box - Rolland A. Todd
4. Torn Pieces Away - A Gimmick - Roy Kissell
4. Hole in Two - Johnny Novak
5. Restorit - Roxy
5. Say It With Figures - Prince Drakon
6. A Fish Appears
6. Sucker Egg Idea
7. Thrills Texans With Hanging Straight-Jacket Escape - re: Ed Fowler
8. "XL" Rope Trick - Roxy
8. Silk That Says "Ta-Ta"! - Roxy
   • Another Method
9. So It's Laughs You Want! - Bob Brethen
   • Brotherhood Week
   • Boy Scout Week
   • More Phone Fun
   • Yakity Teeth
   • Ventrivia
     • Opening
     • Dog Bit
     • Stuttering School
11. Wizard Club of Chicago - Clettis V. Musson
12. Magic on Chicago's Rialto - George Coon
12. New Jersey Magicians' Society - Blackwood (Robert Lynn)
17. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
    • on death of Dr. Jacob Daley
    • on Bangsite
    • reviews
      • Strangulate - Abbott's
      • Dice Stacking trick - George Coon
      • Drag-a-Net - "Hen" Fetsch
      • More Lessons In Scripture - Rev. Donald E. Bodley
      • Little Stranger - Bob Hummer
      • 3 Pets - Bob Hummer
      • The Magic Wand, Christmas Issue
      • Phoenix, Nos. 298-300 - end of Bruce Elliott's Editorship
      • The New Phoenix, Nos. 301-302
      • M-U-M, January, February & March
20. re: Houdini Water Torture Cell in possession of Sid Radner
20. "Magic Day" in Maryland
20. Merchandising Magic - Tommy Windsor
21. re: 13th Annual Spring Magicale - Boston SAM Assembly
21. re: Sirdini
22. For Vents Only - George McAthy
    • Dialogue Bits - Peter Biro
23. A Minister and His Magic - Rev. Don Bodley
24. Magic Outdoors - L. E. Roba Collins
24. re: Milbourne Christopher
24. re: advertising pages
25. The Future Greats - Bill Pitts
26. B. M. S. Golden Jubilee - re: British Magical Society
26. Dr. Jacob Daley Dies
26. Will L. Lindhorst Dies
26. re: Lieut. Lee Allen Estes

1. The "Tops" - Volume 19, Number 5 - May 1954 - 32 pages
1. With the Editor - Mel
1. Contents
2. Trix in Pix - Joel Ross
   • The Magic Cupboard
3. Gone With the Wind - Roxy
3. A Telepathic Stunt - Verne Luray
4. Thimbles from the Air Plus - Roxy
4. Silk in Card - Theodor Stein
5. Million Dollar Bill Mystery
   • Details of the Double Exchange Move
7. Red, White and Blue - Patriotic Patter for Rope Trick
7. Here It Is! - Roxy
   • A Twist On the Above Effect
8. Colombo - Percy Abbott
9. Tips and Wrinkles - Roxy
   • For Rope Tricks
   • For Silk Tieing
   • Palming Device
   • Expanding Balls
   • Cut and Restored Paper Strip (or Tape)
10. So It's Laughs You Want! - Bob Brethen
    • From Beaumont's Notebook
    • Assistant Bit
12. Thimble Routine - Charley Miller
17. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
    • Correction to Clyde Cairy's chemical formula in last month's column
    • Now on with the reviews
      • Abracadabra, Nos. 411-426
      • Hugard's Magic Monthly, January, February & March
      • The Gen, December thru March
      • Pentagram, December, January & February
      • The Modern Magi, February, March & April
      • The Wizard, October, November & December
    • Now for a look at the club papers and ads
      • Houdini-Gram, March
      • George Jenness - list
      • Axel Rasmussen - list
      • Edgar Heyl - list
      • Magic Makers
      • Miracles, Vol. 2 No. 17
      • Lines from Lawton
      • Gogia Pasha - advertising
      • The Magnet, Nos. 7-8
      • The Joker
      • Barnstormer
    • Rochester SAM Assembly
    • Arthur Lloyd
20. Magic on Chicago's Rialto - George Coon
21. Merchandising Magic - Tommy Windsor
22. re: Thom Henricks
22. re: The Amazing Maurice
23. Canary Cats - Abbott's
23. [George] Marquis Reports "Booked Solid"
23. re: Kal Bruss
23. re: humor
24. Magic Outdoors - L. E. Roba Collins
25. The Future Greats - Bill Pitts
26. New Jersey Magicians' Society - Blackwood (Robert Lynn)
26. Wizard Club of Chicago - Clettis V. Musson
26. Chicago Magigals - Ollie Uker
27. The Magic Circle Banquet - Wilford Hutchinson
27. John Gambling Dies
27. Dr. Eugene Bulson Dies
27. Harry G. Shaw Dies

1. The "Tops" - Volume 19, Number 6 - June 1954 - 32 pages
1. With the Editor - Mel
1. Contents
2. Trix in Pix - Joel Ross
   • Box of the Future
3. ... But the Hands - Roxy
   • Ball Production
   • Thimble Production
   • For Coins
   • For Cigarettes
   • With Lighted Cigarettes
4. Crazy Time
   • The Secret Word
5. re: Suzy Wandas
5. re: Virgil Alfaro
6. Repeating Cigars or Sausages - Patter in Rhyme
   • For Repeating Cigars
   • For Repeating Sausages
6. A Wrinkle for Rainbow Billiard Balls - Roxy
7. Atomic Card Vanish - Roxy
7. Ball-Point Dodge - Blackwood
7. re: a symposium of magicians
8. Simple Simon Speller - James
11. A Rabotine Suggestion - H. C. Wiedenfeller
11. Magician's Chafing Dish - Patter in Rhyme
11. Wizard Club of Chicago - Clettis V. Musson
12. Chicago Magigals - Edith Drane
12. New Jersey Magicians' Society - Blackwood (Robert Lynn)
12. Magic News from Rio - Jose A. Guerra (Roxy)
17. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
    • reviews
    • What's New in Books
      • Little Stranger - Bob Hummer
      • Three Pets - Bob Hummer
        • a simple introduction
        • Thirteen-Cent Trick
        • The Moon Die Mystery
      • Sleightly Sensational - Bill Simon
      • Fade Out - Abbott's
      • Blue Ribbon Comedy - Robert Orben
      • More One-Man Mental Magic - Milbourne Christopher
19. Merchandising Magic - Tommy Windsor
21. A Minister and His Magic - Rev. Don Bodley
22. So It's Laughs You Want! - Bob Brethen
    • A Schoolboy's Comment on the Equator
    • Astounding Facts About the Equator
    • From Beaumont's Notebook
23. Magic on Chicago's Rialto - George Coon
24. Magic Outdoors - L. E. Roba Collins
25. The Future Greats - Bill Pitts
27. The Final Curtain
    • Laurie Ireland
    • Duke of Somerset
    • Guy Louis Gerber
27. re: Marion Nicola and Joseph Robinson Ives, III married

1. The "Tops" - Volume 19, Number 7 - July 1954 - 32 pages
1. With the Editor - Mel
1. Contents
2. Trix in Pix - Joel Ross
   • The Cage of Fiji
3. A Rabotine Idea - Le Wayne
3. Two Neat Card Effects - Roxy
   • Your Mind ... My Mind! - Kardany
   • Controlled Thought - De Macedo
     • Comments and Suggestions
5. Another Cut Rope Finale - Roxy
5. Invisible Bovine - Two Rhymed Patter Routines
6. X-Ray Deck Effects
6. re: Bob Haskell
7. It Goes ... Comes Back Again! - Roxy
7. A Cow, A Silk, A Can, Some Milk - A Pasturized [sic] Production - Verne Luray
8. Excello Second Sight Act
   • Chart
9. Super Thimble Production - Roxy
10. Repeating Rabbits - Patter in Rhyme
10. A Minister and His Magic - Rev. Don Bodley
    • A Vampire Presentation
12. New Jersey Magicians' Society - Blackwood (Robert Lynn)
12. Chicago Magigals - Evelyn Musson
12. Wizard Club of Chicago - Clettis V. Musson
12. Fete Alpigins 50 Years Wed - re: Harry and Edna Alpigini
17. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
    • reviews
      • No Clue Card Miracle - Gerald Kosky
      • Kornfidentially Yours - Karrell Fox
    • Questions and Answers
19. S.A.M. Meet One of Best - Percy Abbott
19. re: visitors to Abbott's: Jack Makepeace, Virgilio, Carl Pike, Tom Rainey, Vernon Carr, Bill Hackett, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Hedger & the Kirkhams
19. re: Jack Lamonte
20. Merchandising Magic - Tommy Windsor
21. So It's Laughs You Want! - Bob Brethen
    • The Language of Love
    • Some Bits
    • Ventrivia
23. re: children eat glass to imitate magician
23. re: Bob Lynn (Blackwood) & Nicholas Van Setten
23. Magic on Chicago's Rialto - George Coon
24. [Tommy] Windsor To Do Showboat Revue
24. re: The Kirkhams (Chuck and Phyllis)
24. Magic Outdoors - L. E. Roba Collins
25. The Future Greats - Bill Pitts
27. The Final Curtain
    • David B. Coleman
    • Suzy Wandas' Mother

1. The "Tops" - Volume 19, Number 8 - August 1954 - 32 pages
1. With the Editor - Mel
1. Contents
2. Trix in Pix - Joel Ross
   • The Panel Chest
3. Two-in-One Card Mysteries - Roxy
   • Penetration
   • Location
4. Multiplying Money
5. Houdini Escapes - Anthony Dunn
5. [Lester] Lake Shows Again at Vicksburg
5. Silent Thought Transmission
7. Confetti to Ball - Russell Phares, Jr.
8. The New Look - Roxy
8. Bowstring Fatima - A Patter Version
   • The Story
9. Bare-Hand Silk Vanish - Michael T. Kozak
10. Virgilio - Percy Abbott
11. No Get-Together in 1954 - Percy Abbott
11. Move Over - George F. Wright
12. Chicago Magigals - Ollie Uker
12. Wizard Club of Chicago - Clettis V. Musson
12. Magic News from England - Wilford Hutchinson
17. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
    • reviews
      • Hat-and-Cane-to-Table - Russ Walsh
      • Compiled Magic of Dr. Maxam - Winston Freer
      • The Mongolian Silk Mystery - Fred W. Johansen
      • Tag-Lines - Robert Orben
    • magazines
      • The Magic Wand, March
      • M-U-M, April thru July
      • The New Phoenix
      • The Modern Magi
      • Abracadabra
      • Hugard's Magic Monthly
      • The Wizard
      • The Gen
19. Francis White Feted in London - Wilford Hutchinson
20. For Vents Only - George McAthy
    • A Sad, Sad Tale
21. So It's Laughs You Want! - Bob Brethen
    • Mock Eulogy
    • More News Items
    • Men
    • Lucky Dog
22. Visitors at Abbott's - re: Vin and Winnie Carey, Lou Meyer, Mrs. Art Jennings, Herb Walters, Percy Purcell, Lee Bradley, Ted La Velda, Doug Dean, Stan Noxon & Bill Sachs
22. Magic on Chicago's Rialto - George Coon
23. Magic Outdoors - L. E. Roba Collins
24. British Magi Convene Sept. 15-19 - Wilford Hutchinson
25. Loss of Snake Makes News - re: Harry Albacker
25. The Future Greats - Bill Pitts
26. Ring 10 [Indianapolis] Picnic at Lafayette
26. Headlines Set for N. E. Meet

1. The "Tops" - Volume 19, Number 9 - September 1954 - 32 pages
1. With the Editor - Mel
   • A Startling Rising Card Effect - Demon Rembrandt
1. Contents
2. Trix in Pix - Joel Ross
   • Tipsy Turvy Production Box
3. Transposo Card Trick - Roxy
3. Bill in Lemon
4. Around the Clock - Wayne Van Zandt
   • The Routine for Two
6. Forethought - Roxy
   • Effect and Presentation
   • The Secret
   • Example
7. Impromptu Thimble Effect
7. re: Howard and Teddy Strickler
8. Horoscope Book Test
9. re: Monk Watson
10. Spring Flowers Tip - Steven Fawkes
10. A Close-Up Card Mystery - Bob Hummer
10. Hypnotism by Radio
11. re: Mickey Ostaski (Mickey O'Malley)
11. A Different Double Lift - Roxy
11. Change-It
12. As You Wish - Roxy
12. A Correction - price correction for last month's ad for Girl Marionette figures
12. [Frank] Garcia to Write Tops Column
12. re: Bill Neff and Evelyn
17. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
    • wedding of Jay Marshall and Frances Ireland
    • magazines
      • The Wizard, January, February & March
      • Pentagram
      • Magical Digest, May
      • The Gen, April thru July
      • Abracadabra, Nos. 427-441
      • Hugard's Magic Monthly, April thru July
    • other items
      • Animal Monte - Dell O'Dell
      • Repeat Trading Cards - Dell O'Dell
      • Incardnito - Dell O'Dell
      • First Call To Cards - Stewart James
    • club papers and things
      • Sorcar - letter
      • George Jenness - list
      • Houdini-Gram
      • The Magnet, Vol. 1, No. 9
      • The Barnstormer
      • Hughes News
      • Magic Makers
      • The Wizard's Cauldron
      • Ledger of Magic
      • Le Wain - list
      • The Magic Wand Publishing Company - list
      • Lines from Lawton
      • The Silent Messenger
      • Magicana
      • The Wand
      • Mack Rose - advertising
      • Ringling publicity for Harry Albacker
      • I Haunt Houses - article by Robert Nelson in Real Magazine
20. re: Bill Richards at Abbott's
20. So It's Laughs You Want! - Bob Brethen
    • Ventrivia
    • The Spectator Dummy
    • Juggler's Jargon
21. Visitors at Abbott's - re: Lt. and Mrs. Jack Russell, Bob and Ginny Lewis, Claire and Peg Cummings, Tom Rainey, Bill Richards, Dr. DeForest Walton, Rev. and Mrs. Martin Elz, Martin Stevens, Charles Vance & Alexander (Kim Kee)
22. [Les] Levante Show Back in Britain - Wilford Hutchinson
22. Magic Outdoors - L. E. Roba Collins
23. Magic on Chicago's Rialto - George Coon
23. The Future Greats - Bill Pitts
25. Magic in Rio de Janeiro - Jose A. Guerra (Roxy)
25. The Pro Shop in Chicago
25. Sheboygan Set for Houdini Meet
25. re: The Amazing Dr. Maurice
26. Magic Week, London, Set for Oct. 4
26. re: Marcus Bloch (The Great Marco)
27. The Final Curtain
    • Alexander the Great
    • Charles Rosskam, Sr.
    • Mrs. Brewerton Clarke, Sr.
    • Fred Atilla Dies in England

1. The "Tops" - Volume 19, Number 10 - October 1954 - 32 pages
1. With the Editor - Mel
1. Contents
2. Trix in Pix
   • The Linking Clips - Tom Osborne
3. Two Card Color Changes - Roxy
   • Simplex
     • Part A
     • Part B
   • Duplex
4. Five to One - Revelle and Andree
5. "All Fair" Card Trick - Frank Shepherd
6. A Six-Card Repeat Idea - Larry Blumen
6. re: Doc Weiss and wife Terry Lee
6. Silk and Chips - Anthony Dunn
7. Cardecto - Billy Hamilton
7. re: Sgt. Jules Abbott
8. Potpourri of Requested Patter
   • Fruitee Juicee
   • Chinese Chopper
   • Ali Baba, Junior
   • Vampire - Block and Stake
   • Chapeaugraphy
   • And Some Left Over
   • How Much?
11. Botaniette and Boutanidarts Idea - New Look Card Manipulation - Roxy
12. Wizard Club of Chicago - Clettis V. Musson
12. I. G. P. Holds Picnic in L. A. - re: International Guild of Prestidigitators
12. re: Olaf T. Gylleck
17. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
    • reviews
      • The New Phoenix, Nos. 311-314
      • The Modern Magi, August & September & Index to Volume Eleven
      • Harry Albacker - magic kits
      • Directory of Magicians - Bud Tracy
    • Questions and Answers
19. What of Hindu Magic? - Percy Abbott
19. Visitors at Abbott's - re: Bill Davidson, Chuck Vance, Anderson and Christine, John Harman, Jack VanderWal, Dick Van Blooys, Jean Kirk, Claude Bawden & Bill Craig
19. re: Russ Brown
19. re: Sydney Abbott
20. So It's Laughs You Want! - Bob Brethen
    • Accident Prevention Week
    • Ventrivia
    • More News Items
    • More Juggler's Jargon
21. Magic on Chicago's Rialto - George Coon
21. re: Virgil and Julie
22. A Minister and His Magic - Rev. Don Bodley
    • One Ticket - Two Passengers
23. New York Magi-Chat - Frank Garcia
24. Magic Outdoors - L. E. Roba Collins
25. The Future Greats - Bill Pitts
26. Magic in Montreal
26. Old Timers on Benefit Show - re: Hastings, England
26. Baffles with News Prediction - re: Vernon Lee
26. Honor Charles "Colta" Jones
26. re: TV kills magic at The Alpine Village in Cleveland
26. re: Elmer Eckham marries
27. New Jersey Magicians' Society - Blackwood (Robert Lynn)
27. Bodley to Bishop's Staff - re: Rev. Donald E. Bodley
27. re: Dr. Zina B. Bennett

1. The "Tops" - Volume 19, Number 11 - November 1954 - 36 pages
1. With the Editor - Mel
1. Contents
2. Trix in Pix - Joel Ross
   • The Picture Appearing Frame
2. Ring on Wand - Roxy
3. The Hydrostatic Glass - Dix Robbins
3. Five Stunts with Rabotine - Anthony Dunn
4. The Goofus Egg - E. J. Casey
5. Papers of Mystery - Roxy
6. Tricks of East Indian Magicians - Part 1 - Eddie Joseph
   • Hindu Torn-Restored Strip
   • Aladdin's Lamp
   • The Sands of Chowpatty
     • Shell Has Other Uses
8. A Wand-erful Gag - Ravelle and Andree
8. Sun and Moon Effect - Harry Cecil
   • Patter and Presentation
   • The Moves
10. So It's Laughs You Want! - Bob Brethen
    • Kid's Komposition on Anatomy
    • Some Suggestions for Comedians
11. re: Monk Watson
12. Wizard Club of Chicago - Clettis V. Musson
12. Chicago Magigals Assembly - Ollie Uker
12. New Jersey Magicians' Society - Blackwood (Robert Lynn)
21. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
    • reviews
      • Boff Bundle - Robert Orben
      • The First Finger of Fate - Winston Freer & Stewart James
      • salesman and farmer's daughter card trick - Irv Weiner & Bert Douglas
      • Abbott Miracle Milk Bottle
      • Harry Albacker - advertising
      • Sorcar - letters
    • Questions and Answers
24. Magic on Chicago's Rialto - George Coon
24. Tommy Thompson Honored
25. A Minister and His Magic - Rev. Don Bodley
26. re: The Great Virgil Show
26. New York Magi-Chat - Frank Garcia
27. Visitors at Abbott's - re: George Coon, Tom Rainey, "Doc" Mustee, Ken Booth, Scott McKeon & Lynn Minor
27. Magic Outdoors - L. E. Roba Collins
28. [Tom] Osborne Open for Lectures
28. The Future Greats - Bill Pitts
29. Tops Adopted by IGP - re: International Guild of Prestidigitators
30. 500 Attend British Conclave - Wilford Hutchinson
30. Magician on First TV in N. Z. - re: Tommy Thomson
31. Moreno Show Fair Feature
31. Mystic 52 [Pittsburgh] Stage Annual Feed
31. Adolph Bolt on World Tour
31. Magic Congress in Germany

1. The "Tops" - Volume 19, Number 12 - December 1954 - 32 pages
1. With the Editor - Mel
   • 1936 Christmas Editorial - Percy Abbott
   • So P. A. said to Mel
1. Contents
2. A Reel Surprise - Ravelle and Andree
3. A Subtle Force - Roxy
3. Say It With Figures - Roxy
4. Tricks of East Indian Magicians - Part 2 - Eddie Joseph
   • The Disappearing Knot
   • The Hindu Lota
6. Sid Lorraine sends the following - re: Ross Bertram
7. photo - Percy Abbott
7. Latest Card Find - Tom Hamilton
7. photo - Mel
8. Bang Gone Contest
9. Tricks that Abbott's originated in 1954
10. Papers of Mystery - Roxy
    • Second Method
    • Third Method
10. Watch, Bag and Boy - Ravelle and Andree
11. To Magic Dealers - re; Premonition
11. Telepathy ... Or What? - Roxy
12. Magic Circle's Grand Festival - Wilford Hutchinson
12. New Jersey Magicians' Society - Blackwood (Robert Lynn)
17. Sid Lorraine's Chatter
    • Looking Over the ad sheets, miscellaneous Club paper, etc.
      • Spook Magic, Issue Number One
      • Jesse James - dealer
      • Mental-Wise, Nos. 9-10
      • The Call of the Calliope, Spring and Summer
      • Martin's Magic Shop - list
      • Houdini-Gram
      • The Teenage Trixter (formerly the Ledger of Magic)
      • The Wizard's Cauldron, No. 5
      • The Barnstormer, September & October
      • The Magic Makers - July, August & September
      • Hughes News, September
    • magazines
      • The Magic Wand, June
      • The Modern Magi, October & November
      • The Pentagram, July & August
      • Abracadabra, Nos. 443-455
      • M-U-M, August, September & October
      • The New Phoenix, Nos. 315-318
      • Hugard's Magic Monthly, August, September & October
      • Phoenix - bound issues
18. What! - cartoon
21. Magic on Chicago's Rialto - George Coon
22. So It's Laughs You Want! - Bob Brethen
    • In One Ear and Out the Other
23. For Vents Only - George McAthy
24. Magic Outdoors - L. E. Roba Collins
25. New York Magi-Chat - Frank Garcia
26. The Future Greats - Bill Pitts
27. Magic in the Pacific Northwest - Syd Brockman
27. Brazilian Magi Organize - Jose A. Guerra (Roxy) - re: Circulo Brasileiro de Illusionismo

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