Ballads and Sonnets (1881), proof Signature O (Delaware Museum, final proof, uncorrected copy)

This is an uncorrected final proof for Signature O, the only copy of this last proof state in the Delaware Art Museum library.

Besides this uncorrected final proof, 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, the author's corrected copy, and two uncorrected copies, copy 1 and copy 2 (all dated 6 May 1881 and numbered 2a, 2b, and 2c respectively); two copies of the second revise, the author's corrected copy (dated 9 May 1881 and numbered 3a) and an uncorrected copy (undated and numbered 3b); and four copies of the third revise, including an incomplete corrected author's copy , a complete corrected author's copy , plus two uncorrected copies, uncorrected copy 1 and uncorrected copy 2, none dated but each numbered 4a, 4d, 4b, and 4c respectively. The British Library proofs have another copy of revise proofs for this signature (dated 3 May).