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The Tomb of the Dragon — Draft 1

Part of The Tomb of the Dragon

StateDraft 1Surviving witnesses1TSS catalogue units10
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Characters in this exact text

Bill McGloryBill McGloryOn Pagefirst: Fists of Iron Round Four UE p. 163Bull CrowlyBull Crowly — named adventurer/sailorOn Pagefirst: Fists of Iron Round Four UE p. 166Captain John OrdCaptain John Ord — Scotland Yard manOn Pagefirst: Fists of Iron Round Four UE p. 166Dutch BrockDutch Brock — named adventurer/sailorOn Pagefirst: Fists of Iron Round Four UE p. 162Kang ShaoKang Shao — Chinese antagonist in Tomb of the DragonOn Pagefirst: Fists of Iron Round Four UE p. 162Mike DorganMike Dorgan — Costigan-world sailor, friend of Steve and Bill McGlory in Turkish MenaceOn Pagefirst: Fists of Iron Round Four UE p. 161Shifty KernShifty Kern — named adventurer/sailorOn Pagefirst: Fists of Iron Round Four UE p. 162Sun YatSun Yat — Chinese figure in Tomb of the DragonOn Pagefirst: Fists of Iron Round Four UE p. 164

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
Extent10 pagesCompletenessComplete

Physical extent: 10 pages / 10 TSS catalogue units

TSS: 90939–90948

Original typescript (OT).

Additional documentary notes

  • Untitled Witness: The spreadsheet records this surviving witness as untitled. (witness level)

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls · Complete List · Tomb of the Dragon, The (d1) · TSS 90939–90948 · spreadsheet rows 17706–17715

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, Volume 4 — Ultimate Edition (supplied prepublication PDF)Restored reading editionAuthority basis: Restoration toward authorial text · Treatment: Restored toward authorial wording

Supplied Fists of Iron Volume 4 Ultimate Edition prepublication PDF