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While Smoke Rolled — Draft 1

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StateDraft 1Surviving witnesses2TSS catalogue units4
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.

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
Extent3 pagesCompletenessCompleteness uncertain

Physical extent: 3 Howard manuscript pages / 3 TSS catalogue units; documentary card catalogued separately

TSS: 61204–61206

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

Additional documentary notes

  • Untitled Witness: The spreadsheet records the surviving Howard manuscript as untitled. (witness level)

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls · Complete List · While Smoke Rolled (d1) · TSS 61199, 61204–61206 · spreadsheet rows 19182–19185

Glenn title card — documentary witnessCatalogue / documentary card
Extent1 pageCompletenessCompleteness uncertain

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

TSS: 61199

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

Manuscript details

Documentary cardGlenn title cardLater catalogue annotationThe spreadsheet identifies this documentary card/page as Glenn material.

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls · Complete List · While Smoke Rolled (d1) · TSS 61199, 61204–61206 · spreadsheet rows 19182–19185