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The Battling Sailor — Draft 1

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StateDraft 1Surviving witnesses1TSS catalogue units6
Textual identity is not textual authority. “Catalogue primary/default” selects the default catalogue representation; it does not mean that this wording is automatically Howard’s most authoritative text.

Characters in this exact text

Bill O’BrienBill O’Brien — rangy Irish Sea Girl sailor and Steve Costigan’s close friend/secondOn Pagefirst: Fists of Iron Round Two UE p. 319Kid AllisonKid Allison — recurring boxer/seaman identity appearing in The Voice of Doom and Lobo Volante and mentioned in Iron MenOn Pagefirst: Fists of Iron Round Two UE p. 319Old ManOld Man — captain of the Sea Girl in the Sailor Steve Costigan storiesOn Pagefirst: Fists of Iron Round Two UE p. 321PenrhynPenrhyn — first mate of the Sea GirlOn Pagefirst: Fists of Iron Round Two UE p. 321Red DartsRed Darts — associate/handler in Kid Allison’s cornerOn Pagefirst: Fists of Iron Round Two UE p. 320Red O’DonnellRed O’Donnell — second mate of the Sea GirlOn Pagefirst: Fists of Iron Round Two UE p. 321Sea GirlSea Girl — merchant ship associated with Sailor Steve CostiganMentionedfirst: Fists of Iron Round Two UE p. 319SteveSteve Costigan — sailor-boxer brought in to face Snake Wamberson in The Trail of the SnakeOn Pagefirst: Fists of Iron Round Two UE p. 320

Surviving manuscript evidence

The records below describe surviving physical typescripts, carbons, manuscript material and documentary catalogue evidence for this exact textual state. TSS numbers identify physical catalogue units; they are not story or draft IDs.

Draft 1 — surviving Howard typescriptHoward typescript
Extent6 pagesCompletenessIncomplete

Physical extent: 6 pages / 6 TSS catalogue units

TSS: 10089, 10088, 10087, 10086, 10085, 10084

Original typescript (OT).

Additional documentary notes

  • Untitled Witness: The spreadsheet records this surviving witness as untitled. (witness level)
  • Unnumbered Pages: The spreadsheet records the witness/pages as unnumbered. (witness level)

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls · Complete List · Battling Sailor, The (d1) · TSS 10089, 10088, 10087, 10086, 10085, 10084 · spreadsheet rows 398–403

Textual witnesses & editorial mediation

These records describe how this textual state is known or represented. A witness may be authorial, editorially mediated, restored, transcribed or otherwise derived without becoming a new Howard-authored textual state.

Fists of Iron Round Two - Ultimate EditionRestored reading editionAuthority basis: Restoration toward authorial text · Treatment: Restored toward authorial wording

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