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The Noseless Horror — Draft 1

Part of The Noseless Horror

StateDraft 1Surviving witnesses1TSS catalogue units16
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

Ganra SinghGanra Singh — noseless Sikh servant of Sir Thomas; distinct from Skull-Face Ganra SinghOn Pagefirst: Tales of Weird Menace UE pp. 99-114Gustave Von HonmannGustave von Honmann — explorer whose corpse/mummy is centralMentionedfirst: Tales of Weird Menace UE pp. 99-114John GordonJohn Gordon — wealthy sportsman in The Noseless Horror; not merged with Skull-Face GordonOn Pagefirst: Tales of Weird Menace UE pp. 99-114Sir Thomas CameronSir Thomas Cameron — Egyptologist whose death drives the storyOn Pagefirst: Tales of Weird Menace UE pp. 99-114SladeSlade — first-person narrator of The Noseless HorrorOn Pagefirst: Tales of Weird Menace UE pp. 99-114

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
Extent16 pagesCompletenessComplete

Physical extent: 16 pages / 16 TSS catalogue units

TSS: 26153, 26150, 26154, 26149, 26151–26152, 65793–65796, 64641–64640, 65792–65791, 65797–65798

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 · Noseless Horror, The (d1) · TSS 26153, 26150, 26154, 26149, 26151–26152, 65793–65796, 64641–64640, 65792–65791, 65797–65798 · spreadsheet rows 11191–11206

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.

Tales of Weird Menace - Ultimate EditionRestored reading editionAuthority basis: Restoration toward authorial text · Treatment: Restored toward authorial wording

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