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Exact textual stateDraft

They Always Come Back — Draft 1

Part of They Always Come Back

StateDraft 1Surviving witnesses1TSS catalogue units24
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 typescriptHoward typescript
Extent24 pagesCompletenessComplete

Physical extent: 24 manuscript pages / 24 TSS catalogue units

TSS: 10010, 90001, 10012–10033

Original Robert E. Howard typescript.

Additional documentary notes

  • Untitled Witness: The source identifies the manuscript as untitled. (witness level)
  • Unnumbered Pages: The source identifies the manuscript as unnumbered; spreadsheet values 1–24 are reading/scan sequence only. (witness level)
  • Double Sided Text: The source says the story flows from the front to the back of each physical page. (witness level)
  • Faint Typescript: The source describes the manuscript as faint. (witness level)

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls · Complete List · They Always Come Back (d1) · TSS 10010, 90001, 10012–10033 · spreadsheet rows 16759–16782