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Miller, Charles Earle. Published and Unpublished Charlie Miller Manuscripts and Correspondence. Archive includes handwritten manuscripts by Miller, including illustrations, for various tricks including the Card in Candle (ten pages), as well as typewritten biographical information on Miller, and the manuscript for Charlie Miller’s Lecture Notes published by Magic, Inc. in 1967 filled with Miller’s handwritten corrections and comments (approximately 32 typewritten pages); a number of cartoons of Miller performing various magic tricks signed “Rivera”; six typewritten pages with rough illustrations describing Miller’s handling of a Jack Miller-type holdout (the prop itself is offered in another lot in this sale); an additional six typed manuscripts similarly illustrated for Miller’s Ring on Wand, Untying Handkerchief, Manuel Thomas’s coin manipulation, and more; and over twenty more handwritten pages by Miller describing his routines, a partial typewritten description of his Egg Bag handling, crude drawings for Malini’s Chink-a-Chink routine, letters from Miller to Jay and Frances Marshall, one page of Miller’s autograph in red three times, and other miscellaneous notes, drawings, and information. Typed and handwritten primarily on 4to sheets, some stapled at corners, with many other sheets loose. Over 120 pages in all, most in good to very good condition. A unique and significant archive of secrets and information related to the life, career, and magic of one of magic’s great unsung sleight-of-hand artists.