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A Rattlesnake Sings in the Grass

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StateTitled draftSurviving witnesses2TSS catalogue units2Catalogue rolePrimary / default
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Surviving manuscript evidence

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Original Howard typescript — TSS 90092Howard typescript
Extent1 pageCompletenessComplete

Physical extent: 1 catalogued TSS sheet

TSS: 90092

Original Typescript (OT) source code; retained as an original Howard typescript witness.

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls — Poetry working list rows 800

Original Howard typescript — TSS 90080Howard typescript
Extent1 pageCompletenessComplete

Physical extent: 1 catalogued TSS sheet

TSS: 90080

Original Typescript (OT) source code; retained as an original Howard typescript witness.

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls — Poetry working list rows 788–790; Complete List TSS 90080 cross-check

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.

Collected Poetry UE Vol. 1 p. 345Restored reading editionAuthority basis: Restoration toward authorial text · Treatment: Restored toward authorial wording

The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard UE Vol. 1 p. 345

Pictures in the Fire (2018 first printing), p. 439: A Rattlesnake Sings in the Grass.Later publication / editionAuthority basis: Editorially mediated witness · Treatment: Unknown / not yet reviewed

Pictures in the Fire (2018 first printing), p. 439: A Rattlesnake Sings in the Grass.

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The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard Volume OneREH Foundation PressOctober 2022↗