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Exact textual stateDraft

Spanish Gold on Devil Horse — Draft 1

Part of Spanish Gold on Devil Horse

StateDraft 1Surviving witnesses1TSS catalogue units28
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.

Characters in this exact text

EdwardsEdwards — character in Spanish Gold on Devil HorseOn Pagefirst: Post Oaks and Sand Roughs UE p. 310El CulebraEl Culebra — character in Spanish Gold on Devil HorseOn Pagefirst: Post Oaks and Sand Roughs UE p. 306General Ricardo de la San GabrielleGeneral Ricardo Marez — Spanish ancestor/treasure figure in Spanish Gold on Devil HorseMentionedfirst: Post Oaks and Sand Roughs UE p. 305GomezGomez — character in Spanish Gold on Devil HorseOn Pagefirst: Post Oaks and Sand Roughs UE p. 300MarylinMarylin la Valon — character in Spanish Gold on Devil HorseOn Pagefirst: Post Oaks and Sand Roughs UE p. 305Steve CostiganMike Costigan — writer-adventurer protagonist of Spanish Gold on Devil Horse; Draft 1 calls him Steve CostiganOn Pagefirst: Post Oaks and Sand Roughs UE p. 295MurkenMurken — character in Spanish Gold on Devil HorseOn Pagefirst: Post Oaks and Sand Roughs UE p. 310SkinnySkinny — character in Spanish Gold on Devil HorseOn Pagefirst: Post Oaks and Sand Roughs UE p. 295LearySteve Leary — character in Spanish Gold on Devil HorseOn Pagefirst: Post Oaks and Sand Roughs UE p. 310

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
Extent28 pagesCompletenessComplete

Physical extent: 28 manuscript pages / 28 TSS catalogue units

TSS: 11857, 11858, 11859, 11860, 11861, 11862, 11863, 11864, 11865, 11866, 11867, 11868, 11869, 11870, 11871, 11872, 11873, 11874, 11875, 11876, 11877, 11878, 11879, 11880, 11881, 11882, 11884, 11883

Original Robert E. Howard typescript.

Additional documentary notes

  • Untitled Witness: The source identifies Draft 1 as untitled. (witness level)
  • Complete Witness: The source identifies Draft 1 as complete. (witness level)
  • Handwritten Pagination: The source says the manuscript page numbers are handwritten. (witness level)
  • Shared Reverse Side: A separate false-start textual state is on the reverse of manuscript page 22. (witness level)

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls · Complete List · Spanish Gold on Devil Horse (d1) · TSS 11857, 11858, 11859, 11860, 11861, 11862, 11863, 11864, 11865, 11866, 11867, 11868, 11869, 11870, 11871, 11872, 11873, 11874, 11875, 11876, 11877, 11878, 11879, 11880, 11881, 11882, 11884, 11883 · spreadsheet rows 15597–15625

Textual witnesses & editorial mediation

These records describe how this textual state is known or represented. A witness may be authorial, editorially mediated, restored, transcribed or otherwise derived without becoming a new Howard-authored textual state.

Post Oaks and Sand Roughs — Ultimate Edition (supplied prepublication PDF)Restored reading editionAuthority basis: Restoration toward authorial text · Treatment: Restored toward authorial wording

Supplied Post Oaks and Sand Roughs Ultimate Edition prepublication PDF