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Exact textual stateDraft

Gates of Empire — Draft 2

Part of Gates of Empire

StateDraft 2Surviving witnesses2TSS catalogue units38
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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 2 — surviving Howard typescriptHoward typescript
Extent36 pagesCompletenessIncomplete

Physical extent: 36 pages / 36 TSS catalogue units

TSS: 10205–10213, 64522, 10215–10240

Original typescript (OT).

Manuscript details

Source / manuscript titleThe Road of the Mountain Lion

Additional documentary notes

  • Title present on typescript: The spreadsheet records a title on the surviving witness. (witness level)

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls · Complete List · Road of the Mountain Lion, The (d2) · TSS 10205–10213, 64522, 10215–10240 · spreadsheet rows 13392–13427

Draft 2 — supplementary better scans of pages 16 and 25Other physical witness
Extent2 pagesCompletenessIncomplete

Physical extent: 2 supplementary image records representing manuscript pages 16 and 25

TSS: 64518–64519

Higher-quality/secondary scan evidence supplementing the surviving Howard Draft 2 typescript.

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls · Complete List · Road of the Mountain Lion, The (d2) · supplementary TSS 64518–64519