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The Spiders of Weariness

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StateLetter-preserved textSurviving witnesses2TSS catalogue units2Catalogue rolePrimary / default
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Surviving manuscript evidence

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Original Howard typescript — TSS 82218Howard typescript
Extent1 pageCompletenessCompleteness uncertain

Physical extent: 1 catalogued TSS sheet

TSS: 82218

Original Typescript (OT) from the retained TSS catalogue.

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls — Poetry working list rows 544–544

Glenn Lord retype — Untitled ("The spiders of weariness")Secondary retype
Extent1 pageCompletenessCompleteness uncertain

Physical extent: 1 Glenn Lord retype page

TSS: 15104

Glenn Lord preservation retype; source inventory physical description: Flat-t TW.

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls · 15000 / Poetry working list · Untitled ("The spiders of weariness") (gr1) · TSS 15104

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. 3 p. 304Restored reading editionAuthority basis: Restoration toward authorial text · Treatment: Restored toward authorial wording

The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard UE Vol. 3 p. 304

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The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard Volume ThreeREH Foundation PressNovember 2022↗