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Exact textual stateFalse Start

Black Wind Blowing — Draft 2 false-start material

Part of Black Wind Blowing

StateDraft 2 false starts — pages 10 and 17Surviving 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 2 — surviving Howard typescriptHoward typescript
Extent3 pagesCompletenessCompleteness uncertain

Physical extent: 3 pages / 3 TSS catalogue units

TSS: 93566–93567, 93717

Original Robert E. Howard typescript.

Additional documentary notes

  • Paper Stock: The spreadsheet records yellow paper for this manuscript. (witness level)
  • False Start: The spreadsheet identifies this textual state as a false start. (witness level)

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls · Complete List · Black Wind Blowing (d2) · TSS 93566–93567, 93717 · spreadsheet rows 1475–1477

Draft 2 page 10 false start — carbon sheetHoward carbon copy
Extent1 pageCompletenessIncomplete

Physical extent: 1 false-start carbon sheet

TSS: 91051

Carbon false-start evidence at manuscript page 10.

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls · Complete List · Black Wind Blowing (d2-cc) · TSS 91051