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General Ironfist — Draft 2

Part of General Ironfist

StateDraft 2Surviving witnesses1TSS catalogue units19
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
Extent19 pagesCompletenessIncomplete

Physical extent: 19 pages / 19 TSS catalogue units

TSS: 53302–53298, 53294–53289, 53295, 53095, 25395–25400

Original Robert E. Howard typescript.

Additional documentary notes

  • Untitled Witness: The spreadsheet records this surviving Howard manuscript as untitled. (witness level)
  • Explicit Missing Pages: The spreadsheet explicitly states that manuscript page 14 is missing. (witness level)

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls · Complete List · General Ironfist (d2) · TSS 53302–53298, 53294–53289, 53295, 53095, 25395–25400 · spreadsheet rows 4249–4267