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Exact textual stateDraft

The Dwellers Under the Tomb — Draft 2

Part of The Dwellers Under the Tomb

StateDraft 2Surviving witnesses1TSS catalogue units18
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 2 — complete Howard typescript, pages 1–18Howard typescript
Extent18 pagesCompletenessComplete

Physical extent: 18 TSS catalogue units

TSS: 10671, 10672, 10673, 10674, 10675, 10676, 10677, 10678, 10679, 10680, 10681, 10682, 10683, 10684, 10685, 10686, 10687, 10688

Complete 18-page Robert E. Howard typescript witness to The Dwellers Under the Tomb — Draft 2.

Manuscript details

Source title variantThe Dwellers Under the Tombs

Additional documentary notes

  • Authorial Typescript: Original Howard typescript witness. (witness level)
  • Complete Witness: The source explicitly describes the manuscript as complete. (witness level)
  • Titled Manuscript: The source explicitly describes the manuscript as titled. (witness level)
  • Longer Draft: The source explicitly identifies this as the longer draft. (witness level)

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls · Complete List · Dwellers Under the Tombs, The (d2) · TSS 10671, 10672, 10673, 10674, 10675, 10676, 10677, 10678, 10679, 10680, 10681, 10682, 10683, 10684, 10685, 10686, 10687, 10688 · spreadsheet rows 3405–3422