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 4 — surviving Howard typescriptHoward typescript
Extent20 pagesCompletenessPossibly incomplete
Physical extent: 20 pages / 20 TSS catalogue units
TSS: 65413, 65394–65396, 65414, 65398–65402, 65415–65420, 65409, 65421–65422, 65412
Original Robert E. Howard typescript.
Additional documentary notes
- Untitled Witness: The spreadsheet records this surviving Howard manuscript as untitled. (witness level)
- Title present on typescript: The spreadsheet records a title on the surviving Howard manuscript. (witness level)
- Pagination Or Survival Question: The spreadsheet records page 20 as missing, while also noting it may instead reflect misnumbering; no physical-loss inference is made beyond that source note. (witness level) · Probable
- Author Identification: The spreadsheet records Howard's name in the top-right corner of the manuscript. (witness level)
- Verse Component: The spreadsheet identifies this material as the poem that starts the story. (witness level)
Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls · Complete List · Men of the Shadows (d4) · TSS 65413, 65394–65396, 65414, 65398–65402, 65415–65420, 65409, 65421–65422, 65412 · spreadsheet rows 10441–10460