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Exact textual stateDraft

The Devils of Dark Lake — Draft 2

StateDraft 2Surviving witnesses5TSS catalogue units60

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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 — complete carbon witnessHoward carbon copy

Extent31 pagesCompletenessComplete

Physical extent: 31 TSS catalogue units

TSS: 92398–92428

Complete carbon-copy manuscript witness to The Devils of Dark Lake — Draft 2.

Additional documentary notes

Carbon Copy: The source explicitly identifies this as a carbon witness. (witness level)
Titled Manuscript: The source identifies the carbon as titled. (witness level)
Complete Witness: The source identifies the carbon as complete. (witness level)
Source Finality Note: The phrase 'carbon of the final' is source wording only. (witness level)

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls · Complete List · Devils of Dark Lake, The (d2-cc) · TSS 92398–92428 · spreadsheet rows 3012–3044

Draft 2 — unattributed title pageCatalogue / documentary card

Extent1 pageCompletenessComplete

Physical extent: 1 TSS catalogue unit

TSS: 63575

Unattributed documentary title page; not treated as a Howard story-text page.

Additional documentary notes

Documentary Title Page: Unattributed title page; authorship unknown. (witness level) · Uncertain
Not Authorial Textual Evidence: Not used as Howard textual wording evidence. (witness level)

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls · Complete List · Devils of Dark Lake, The (d2-cc) · TSS 92398–92428 · spreadsheet rows 3012–3044

Draft 2 — surviving original Howard typescriptHoward typescript

Extent26 pagesCompletenessIncomplete

Physical extent: 26 surviving manuscript pages: pages 1–25 and 29; pages 26–28 are not represented and page 29 is explicitly not the last page

TSS: 28783–28807, 28809

Titled, bylined Howard typescript; incomplete physical witness.

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls · Complete List · Devils of Dark Lake, The (d2) · spreadsheet rows 2983–3010

Draft 2 — CPPL cover pageCatalogue / documentary card

Extent1 pageCompletenessCompleteness uncertain

Physical extent: 1 non-story cover/documentary sheet

TSS: 28782

Cover page associated with the CPPL copy; not counted as a Howard story-text page.

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls · Complete List · Devils of Dark Lake, The (d2) · TSS 28782 · spreadsheet row 2982

Draft 2 — low-resolution combined scanXerox of Howard typescript

CompletenessCompleteness uncertain

Physical extent: 1 catalogue item representing a low-resolution all-pages PDF

TSS: 12136

Secondary reproduction/scan evidence, not an additional original Howard manuscript sheet.

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls · Complete List · Devils of Dark Lake, The (d2) · TSS 12136 · spreadsheet row 3011

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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