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Vultures' Sanctuary — Draft 4 false start #3

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StateDraft 4 false start #3Surviving witnesses1TSS catalogue units1
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 4 false start #3 — surviving Howard carbon witnessHoward carbon copy
Extent1 pageCompletenessIncomplete

Physical extent: 1 manuscript page / 1 TSS catalogue unit

TSS: 45009

Robert E. Howard carbon-copy false-start witness.

Additional documentary notes

  • False Start: The source explicitly identifies this as a false start at manuscript page position 12. (witness level)
  • Carbon Copy: The false start belongs to the d4 grouping that the source explicitly identifies as carbon. (witness level)
  • Separate Textual State: The false start is preserved as a separate textual state rather than flattened into Draft 4. (witness level)

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls · Complete List · Vultures' Sanctuary (d4) · TSS 45009 · spreadsheet rows 19023–19023