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Swords of the Hills — Draft 2

Part of Swords of the Hills

StateDraft 2Surviving witnesses2TSS catalogue units71
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

AbdullahAbdullah (Attalus merchant) — Tajik merchant in Swords of the HillsOn Page18 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: El Borak and Other Desert Adventures — swords-hills, sectionAlexander the GreatAlexander the Great — historical Macedonian conqueror mentioned by comparison; do not merge with existing permanent Characters named Alexander.Mentioned10 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: El Borak and Other Desert Adventures — swords-hills, sectionAliAli (Hunyadi associate) — Turkish associate called for by HunyadiMentioned2 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: El Borak and Other Desert Adventures — swords-hills, sectionBardylisBardylis — young man of Attalus; son of PerdiccasOn Page57 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: El Borak and Other Desert Adventures — swords-hills, sectionGordonFrancis Xavier Gordon — American adventurer known as El Borak (“the Swift”), active throughout Afghanistan and Central Asia.On Page159 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: El Borak and Other Desert Adventures — swords-hills, sectionGustav HunyadiGustav Hunyadi — renegade Hungarian/international adventurerOn Page39 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: El Borak and Other Desert Adventures — swords-hills, sectionPerdiccasPerdiccas — father of BardylisOn Page4 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: El Borak and Other Desert Adventures — swords-hills, sectionPtolemyPtolemy — king of AttalusOn Page30 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: El Borak and Other Desert Adventures — swords-hills, section

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
Extent37 pagesCompletenessComplete

Physical extent: 37 pages / 37 TSS catalogue units

TSS: 28000–28035, 12132

Original Robert E. Howard typescript; later OAK/Glenn cataloguing or pagination marks are preserved separately as documentary annotations.

Manuscript details

Later catalogue markThe spreadsheet records an OAK stamp on the surviving manuscript.BylineThe spreadsheet records a byline on the surviving typescript.Word countThe spreadsheet records a word count on the surviving typescript.

Additional documentary notes

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

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls · Complete List · Swords of the Hills (d2) · TSS 28000–28035, 12132 · spreadsheet rows 16265–16301

Draft 2 — incomplete carbon witnessHoward carbon copy
Extent34 pagesCompletenessIncomplete

Physical extent: 34 represented carbon manuscript pages / 34 TSS catalogue units

TSS: 11799, 64521, 11800–11831

Incomplete carbon-copy manuscript witness to Swords of the Hills — Draft 2.

Additional documentary notes

  • Carbon Copy: The source explicitly identifies this witness as a carbon copy. (witness level)
  • Explicit Incomplete Witness: The source explicitly identifies the witness as incomplete. (witness level)
  • Source Finality Note: The source calls the witness 'Final'. This is retained as source wording only and does not establish textual authority. (witness level)
  • Explicit Missing Page: Manuscript page label 29 is not represented between surviving labels 28 and 30. (witness level)
  • Additional Missing Page Unresolved: The source says 'missing a couple pages', but does not identify the position of any additional missing page. No position is invented. (witness level) · Uncertain
  • Rescan: TSS 64521 is explicitly identified as a rescan of page 2 and does not create another textual state. (witness level)

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls · Complete List · Swords of the Hills (d2-cc) · TSS 11799, 64521, 11800–11831 · spreadsheet rows 16302–16335

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.

El Borak and Other Desert AdventuresRestored reading editionAuthority basis: Restoration toward authorial text · Treatment: Restored toward authorial wording

El Borak and Other Desert Adventures; source basis noted by the edition as Howard typescript.