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While Smoke Rolled — Draft 3

Part of While Smoke Rolled

StateDraft 3Surviving witnesses1TSS catalogue units17
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 3 — surviving Howard typescriptHoward typescript
Extent17 pagesCompletenessComplete

Physical extent: 17 represented manuscript pages / 17 TSS catalogue units

TSS: 63165, 63181, 63166–63178, 63180–63179

Original Robert E. Howard typescript.

Additional documentary notes

  • Untitled Witness: The source identifies the textual state as untitled. (witness level)
  • Complete Witness: The source explicitly identifies the textual state as complete. (witness level)
  • Irregular Pagination: The source says the numbering is off and distinguishes the real first page from another sheet catalogued as page 1. (witness level)
  • Real First Page: TSS 63181 is explicitly described as the real first page. (witness level)
  • Reverse Side Real Page Two: The source says the reverse of the other page 1 is the real page 2. (witness level)
  • Shared Reverse Side: TSS 63181 is typed on the back of TSS 63125. (witness level)
  • Possible Later Addition: The spreadsheet says the real first page was 'likely added after the fact'. This remains source-level chronology evidence, not a firm reconstruction. (witness level) · Possible
  • Source Pagination Preserved: Spreadsheet page-column values are preserved as supplied rather than silently renumbered. (witness level)

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls · Complete List · While Smoke Rolled (d3) · TSS 63165, 63181, 63166–63178, 63180–63179 · spreadsheet rows 19195–19211