REH’s Writings

Exact textual stateDraft

The Castle of the Devil — Draft 1

StateDraft 1Surviving witnesses2TSS 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.

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

Extent3 pagesCompletenessIncomplete

Physical extent: 3 pages / 3 TSS catalogue units

TSS: 53042–53044

Original typescript (OT).

Additional documentary notes

Title present on typescript: The spreadsheet records a title on the surviving witness. (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 · Castle of the Devil, The (d1) · TSS 53042–53044 · spreadsheet rows 2063–2065

Draft 1 — surviving copy witness (physical class unresolved)Other physical witness

Extent3 pagesCompletenessIncomplete

Physical extent: 3 represented manuscript pages / 3 TSS catalogue units

TSS: 53067–53069

Copy/manuscript witness of unresolved physical class associated with an existing Robert E. Howard textual state.

Additional documentary notes

Same Textual State New Witness: This physical copy is attached to an existing Draft 1 Textual Version and is not modeled as a separate textual state. (witness level)
Titled Manuscript: The source identifies the witness as titled. (witness level)
Explicit Incomplete Witness: The source explicitly identifies the witness as incomplete. (witness level)
Unnumbered Pages: The source explicitly identifies the manuscript pages as unnumbered. (witness level)
Probable Carbon: The source says this appears to be the carbon for the manuscript at TSS 53042 et seq.; carbon status is not treated as certain. (witness level) · Possible
Typewriter Uncertainty: The source questions whether a different, perhaps older, typewriter was used. (witness level) · Uncertain
Physical Class Unresolved: Because the source does not establish carbon status securely, this witness remains physically classified as Other rather than Carbon copy. (witness level)

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls · Complete List · Castle of the Devil, The (d1-cc) · TSS 53067–53069 · spreadsheet rows 2066–2068