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Exact textual stateDraft

Westward Ho! — Draft 1

Part of Westward Ho!

StateDraft 1Surviving witnesses1TSS catalogue units5
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 witnessHoward carbon copy
Extent5 pagesCompletenessIncomplete

Physical extent: 5 represented manuscript pages / 5 TSS catalogue units

TSS: 90444, 90446, 90447, 90445, 90448

Robert E. Howard carbon-copy manuscript witness.

Additional documentary notes

  • Titled Manuscript: The source identifies the carbon draft as titled. (witness level)
  • Carbon Copy: The source explicitly identifies the witness as carbon. (witness level)
  • Explicit Missing Page: The source explicitly says page 3 is missing. This is direct evidence, not an inference from a numbering gap. (witness level)
  • Scan History: The source notes that the first scan used catalogue numbers 21121–21125. This is retained as scan-history context only. (witness level)

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls · Complete List · Westward, Ho! (d1) · TSS 90444, 90446, 90447, 90445, 90448 · spreadsheet rows 19143–19147