Ballads and Sonnets (1881), proof Signature Q (Delaware Museum, late uncorrected proof, copy 1)

This is a complete uncorrected proof for Signature Q, undated and marked 4c by the printer. It is one of four late proofs states among the total number of eleven proof copies of this signature in the Delaware Art Museum library.

Besides this proof, the Delaware Art Museum library has the following proof copies of Signature Q: an author's first proof (corrected, dated 4 May 1881 and numbered 1); three copies of the first revise, author's copy 1, author's copy 2, and an uncorrected copy (all dated 6 May 1881); three copies of the second revise, two with author's corrections ( author's copy 1 and author's copy 2, and a uncorrected copy (all dated 9 May 1881); and four copies of a late proof state (none dated): this uncorrected copy, a copy with an author's correction; an imperfect copy with an printer's corrections; and an uncorrected copy made of uncut sheets. The British Library proofs have another copy (partial) of revise proofs for this signature (dated 28 April).