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The Mandarin Ruby

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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.

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This Text is labeled The Mandarin Ruby, while the legacy source identifies Alleys of Treachery as Howard’s original title and The Mandarin Ruby as a later publication title. Review whether Text #715 represents a demonstrably distinct exact textual state or only the later publication-title wrapper.