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 carbon copyHoward carbon copy
Extent6 pagesCompletenessComplete
Physical extent: 6 TSS catalogue units
TSS: 30916, 30917, 30918, 30919, 30920, 30921
Robert E. Howard carbon-copy manuscript witness.
Additional documentary notes
- Carbon Copy: The spreadsheet explicitly identifies the surviving Dermod's Bane witness as a carbon copy. (witness level)
- Overtyped Shared Page: Howard typed material from Pay Day page 4 upward over part of TSS 30916, creating a shared physical story sheet. (witness level)
- Shared Text Mapping Deferred: The Pay Day overlay is recorded as physical/source evidence but is not forced onto an exact Pay Day Textual Version here. (witness level)
Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls · Complete List · Dermod's Bane (d1) · TSS 30916, 30917, 30918, 30919, 30920, 30921 · spreadsheet rows 2818–2823