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Sailor Dorgan and the Jade Monkey — Draft 2

Part of Sailor Costigan and the Jade Monkey

StateDraft 2Surviving witnesses1TSS catalogue units15
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Version-specific titles

Sailor Dorgan and the Jade Monkey

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 2 — surviving Howard typescriptHoward typescript
Extent15 pagesCompletenessCompleteness uncertain

Physical extent: 15 represented manuscript pages / 15 TSS catalogue units

TSS: 30229–30243

Original Robert E. Howard typescript.

Additional documentary notes

  • Privately Owned Original: The source explicitly identifies the represented manuscript as the privately owned original. (witness level)
  • Provenance Note: The source says the manuscript came from the pulp's close-out long ago. (witness level)
  • Scan History: The source notes an earlier scan under catalogue numbers 10034–10048. Those are scan-history references only, not extra manuscript pages or a second textual witness. (witness level)
  • Completeness Unresolved: The spreadsheet does not explicitly state completeness, so completeness remains unresolved. (witness level) · Uncertain

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls · Complete List · Sailor Dorgan and the Jade Monkey (d2) · TSS 30229–30243 · spreadsheet rows 13671–13685