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Exact textual stateDraft

The Ivory Camel — Draft 1

Part of The Ivory Camel

StateDraft 1Surviving witnesses1TSS catalogue units6
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

Ahmed AliAhmed Ali — intruder/thiefMentionedfirst: Tales of Weird Menace UE pp. 451-456AliceAlice — Karnes’s sister; surname not explicitly supplied in the textOn Pagefirst: Tales of Weird Menace UE pp. 451-456JimJim — neighbor contacted by telephone; surname not suppliedMentionedfirst: Tales of Weird Menace UE pp. 451-456Joan GrimesJoan Grimes — local acquaintance whose family is to host AliceMentionedfirst: Tales of Weird Menace UE pp. 451-456Karnes McHenryKarnes McHenry — farmer protagonistOn Pagefirst: Tales of Weird Menace UE pp. 451-456Miz WhiteMiz White — telephone contact/neighborMentionedfirst: Tales of Weird Menace UE pp. 451-456Mr. OrdMr. Ord — detective pursuing Ahmed AliOn Pagefirst: Tales of Weird Menace UE pp. 451-456

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
Extent6 pagesCompletenessCompleteness uncertain

Physical extent: 6 represented manuscript pages / 6 TSS catalogue units

TSS: 64974–64979

Original Robert E. Howard typescript.

Additional documentary notes

  • Untitled Witness: The source identifies the draft as untitled. (witness level)
  • Composition Unfinished: The source explicitly says the composition is unfinished. (witness level)
  • Shared Reverse Side: The source says Iron-Clad Fists appears on the reverse sides of this physical set. (witness level)
  • Reverse Side Mapping Deferred: The exact Iron-Clad Fists Textual Version target is not inferred from the reverse-side note. (witness level)
  • Unfinished Not Missing: Compositionally unfinished is not treated as proof that surviving physical manuscript pages are missing. (witness level)

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls · Complete List · Ivory Camel, The (d1) · TSS 64974–64979 · spreadsheet rows 8952–8957

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.

Tales of Weird Menace - Ultimate EditionRestored reading editionAuthority basis: Restoration toward authorial text · Treatment: Restored toward authorial wording

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