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Exact textual stateDraft

Law-Shooters of Cowtown — Draft 2

Part of Law-Shooters of Cowtown

StateDraft 2Surviving witnesses2TSS catalogue units13
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

Buck ChisomBuck Chisom — Law-Shooters of Cowtown figureOn Pagefirst: Western Tales UE pp. 143-152Grizzly ElkinsGrizzly Elkins — western gunfighter recurring in Gunman’s Debt and Law-Shooters of CowtownOn Pagefirst: Western Tales UE pp. 143-152Jim KirbyJim Kirby — Law-Shooters of Cowtown gunfighterOn Pagefirst: Western Tales UE pp. 143-152Joel RogersJoel Rogers — Law-Shooters of Cowtown figureOn Pagefirst: Western Tales UE pp. 143-152RichardsRichards — Law-Shooters of Cowtown figureOn Pagefirst: Western Tales UE pp. 143-152

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
Extent12 pagesCompletenessComplete

Physical extent: 12 Howard manuscript pages / 12 TSS catalogue units; documentary card catalogued separately

TSS: 28257, 28259–28268, 12145

Original Robert E. Howard typescript; later catalogue/cover/title card excluded from manuscript page count.

Additional documentary notes

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

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls · Complete List · Law-Shooters of Cowtown (d2) · TSS 28256–28257, 28259–28268, 12145 · spreadsheet rows 9819–9831

OAK cover page — documentary witnessCatalogue / documentary card
Extent1 pageCompletenessCompleteness uncertain

Physical extent: 1 documentary card / 1 TSS catalogue unit; not counted as a Howard manuscript page

TSS: 28256

Later catalogue/documentary card associated with the surviving Howard manuscript; not Robert E. Howard text.

Manuscript details

Documentary cardOAK Cover Page, from the CPPL CollectionLater catalogue annotationThe spreadsheet identifies this documentary card/page as OAK material.

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls · Complete List · Law-Shooters of Cowtown (d2) · TSS 28256–28257, 28259–28268, 12145 · spreadsheet rows 9819–9831

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.

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

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