Exact textual stateDraft

Ringside Tales — Draft 1

StateDraft 1Surviving witnesses1TSS catalogue units7
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 — Howard typescript witnessHoward typescript
Extent7 pagesCompletenessCompleteness uncertain

Physical extent: 7 TSS catalogue units

TSS: 82391–82397

Seven-unit Robert E. Howard typescript witness to Ringside Tales — Draft 1.

Additional documentary notes

  • Titled Manuscript: The manuscript is explicitly titled. (witness level)
  • Publication Context: The source notes inclusion in The Right Hook, Volume 1, no. 3, from TAMU. (witness level)
  • Completeness Unresolved: The source supplies no explicit completeness statement. (witness level) · Uncertain

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls · Complete List · Ringside Tales (d1) · TSS 82391–82397 · spreadsheet rows 12940–12946