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Exact textual stateFalse Start

Sailor Costigan and the Jade Monkey — Draft 2 page 4 false start

Part of Sailor Costigan and the Jade Monkey

StateDraft 2 — page 4 false startSurviving witnesses2TSS catalogue units2
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
Extent1 pageCompletenessCompleteness uncertain

Physical extent: 1 page / 1 TSS catalogue unit

TSS: 93701

Original Robert E. Howard typescript.

Additional documentary notes

  • False Start: The spreadsheet identifies this state or surviving page as a false start. (witness level)

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls · Complete List · Sailor Costigan and the Jade Monkey (d2) · TSS 93701 · spreadsheet rows 13526–13526

Draft 2 page 4 false start — carbon sheetHoward carbon copy
Extent1 pageCompletenessIncomplete

Physical extent: 1 false-start carbon sheet

TSS: 62042

Carbon false-start evidence associated with manuscript page 4.

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls · Complete List · Sailor Costigan and the Jade Monkey (d2-cc) · TSS 62042