Miller, Gordon (editor): Tops Treasury of Thimble Magic ©1999 Abbott Magic Company, Colon, MI Softcover, spiral-bound, 8.5x11", 105 pages

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Comments: "This book is an edited, augmented and slightly abridged version of material which originally appeared in the pages of TOPS Magic Magazine and New Tops Magazine, over a period of time spanning January 1934 through December 1994." Also includes contents of Duke Stern's Latest Thimble Magic and John Goodrum's Lessons in Thimble Magic.

Contents (from book): 

1 Latest Thimble Magic (Duke Stern)
1 The Thumb Palm
2 Open Palms Alignment
3 The Finger Palm
4 Roll Over Palm
5 Front Rnd Back Palm
5 Move And Vanish With One Thimble
7 Now You See It - Now You Don't
9 Finger Exchange
9 Penetration Through The Hand
11 Invisible Penetration Through a Handkerchief
12 Visible Penetration Through a Handkerchief
13 Two Handed Color Change
14 One Handed Color Change
15 Red And Green
17 Patriotic Thimble Routine
18 Simplified "One To Eight" Routine

21 Trick Thimbles: mechanical or prepared thimbles
21 Thimble To Silk
24 Thimble To Cigarette
25 Miracle Thimble
27 The Hook Thimble

28 P.D. Quickie (Paul Diamond)
29 Thimble Through Hand (Bob Rydeen)
29 Four Thimble Vanish and Change-Over Palm (Percy Abbott)
30 Passing Thimbles (Percy Abbott)
31 "Thumble" Thimble (Vernon E. Lux)
32 Thimble Production ('Roxy' Jose R. Guerra)
33 Thimble Vanish ('Roxy' Jose A. Guerra)
33 Color Changing Thimble ('Rowy' Jose R. Guerra)
34 Thimbles, Thimbles - Again And Again ('Roxy' Jose R. Guerra)
35 Impromptu Thimble Effect
36 A Startling Thimble Vanish (Joseph Ovette)
37 Thimble From Paper (Richard Mathison)
38 I'm The Magic Man For Your Blues, Yes Sir! (Otto Klauba)
38 Simplex Slow-Motion Thimble Vanish (Allan Lambie)
40 A Thimble Gag (Norman The Wizard)
40 Master Thimble Vanish (Allan Lambie)
41 A Penetrating Thimble (Walter R. Schwartz)
42 Chameleon Thimble
43 Surprise Thimble (Eddie Clever)
44 Thimble Up The Sleeve
45 Twist Thimble Vanish (Dr. Edwin Roberts)
46 Thimble Through Hank (J.B. Bobo)
46 Color Changing Thimble Sleight (Wayne F. VanZandt)

47 Lessons In Thimble Magic (John Goodrum)
47 Easy One Hand Change
47 The Holiday Change
47 Duo Change
48 Superior One Hand Color Change
49 The Toss Change
50 Perpetual Motion
50 Number One
50 Middle Finger Change
51 Where, Oh Where?
51 Invisibility Minus
53 Out Of Sight
54 A Useful Change-Over
55 Another Change-Over
56 The Rub-Away Vanish
56 The Restless Thimble
57 There And Back
58 Double Value
59 From Hand To Hand
60 The "TOPS” Method

61 Some Novelties
63 Thimble Production (Robert E. Olson)
65 Thimble Color Change (Robert E. Olson)
67 Wonder Thimbles (Robert E. Olson)
69 Thimble Vanish Gimmick
69 Thim-Bal Silk (Ken Allen & Dick Piser)
71 Ten-Cent Rabbit Production (Ken de Courcy)
73 Thimbles Ala Rice Bowls (John Anderson)
73 Stretching A Thimble (Karlin)
74 Mercury’s Thimble (Karlin)
75 Thimble Production Wand (Allan Lambie)
76 Ttiim-Change-Rble (William Meyers)
77 Thimbleze (Percy Abbott)
79 Rice's Thimble Routine
82 A Thimble Act For The Parlor (Robert Parrish)
84 Supreme Multiplying Thimbles (Henry Durkin)
88 Thimble Routine (Charley Miller)
90 Thimbles From The Air ("Roxy" Jose R. Guerra)
91 Thimbles From The Air-Plus ("Roxy" Jose R. Guerra)
92 E-Z Thimble Routine ("Roxy" Jose R. Guerra)
93 Super Thimble Production ("Roxy" Jose R. Guerra)
94 Three Cigarettes And A Thimble (Gene Kirk)
95 Rainbow Thimble Production (Dracstein)
96 The Surprising Thimble (Adolph Ferber)
99 The Multiplying Thimbles (Maurice Lenser)
101 Surprise Thimble Set (El-Ray)
105 Thimble Nocturne (Ken de Courcy)