Textual History: Revision
Besides this corrected first revise proof copy, the Delaware Art Museum
library has the following proof copies of Signature O: the author's first proof (corrected,
dated 3 May 1881 and numbered 1); three copies of the first revise, this
proof and two uncorrected copies, copy
1 and copy 2 ; the
author's corrected copy and
an uncorrected copy (undated
and numbered 3b) of the second revise; and four copies of the third revise,
including a complete corrected
author's copy, an incomplete corrected author's copy , plus two uncorrected copies, uncorrected copy 1 and uncorrected (partial) copy 2, none dated; and an uncorrected and
undated copy of the final proof
(numbered 5). The British Library proofs have another copy of revise proofs for
this signature (dated 3 May).