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The Man Who Went Back — Draft 1

Part of The Man Who Went Back

StateDraft 1Surviving witnesses2TSS catalogue units8
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
Extent7 pagesCompletenessCompleteness uncertain

Physical extent: 7 manuscript pages / 7 TSS catalogue units

TSS: 90872, 90873, 90874, 90875, 90876, 90877, 90878

Original Robert E. Howard typescript.

Additional documentary notes

  • Untitled Witness: The source identifies the manuscript as untitled. (witness level)
  • Composition Unfinished: The composition is explicitly unfinished. (witness level)
  • Xerox Set Gap: The spreadsheet says a page is missing in the XO set. Because the represented rows here are OT records, that is preserved as a copy-set defect and not as proof of loss from the original Howard witness. (witness level)

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls · Complete List · Man Who Went Back, The (d1) · TSS 90872, 90873, 90874, 90875, 90876, 90877, 90878 · spreadsheet rows 10146–10152

Draft 1 — xerox/reproduction of manuscript page 8Other physical witness
Extent1 pageCompletenessIncomplete

Physical extent: 1 reproduction sheet / 1 TSS catalogue unit

TSS: 60198

Xerox/reproduction evidence for manuscript page 8 of Draft 1.

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls · Complete List · Man Who Went Back, The (d1-xo) · TSS 60198 · spreadsheet row 10153