Ballads and Sonnets (1881), proof Signature Y (Delaware Museum, first revise proof)

This is a complete copy with corrections of the first revise proof for Signature Y. Comparing this proof with the proofs for the Signature X one can see that the first author's proof for Signature Y was pulled before the printer received the revisions for Signature X. This first revise for Signature Y incorporates the changes DGR made in Signature X between 6 and 10 May, that is to say, in the first author's proof for that signature. The first revise for Signature X removes the sonnet commemorating Oliver Madox Brown from that signature. It comes first in this copy of Signature Y.

Besides this copy of the first revise proof, the Delaware proofs for Signature Y include the following: a complete copy of the first author's proof, with many corrections; a partial set of a second revise, (comprising pages 321,329-332); and two sets of the third revise, WMR's complete set with his comments, and DGR's corrected set . The British Library proofs have another complete copy of the first revise proof for this signature (dated 10 May).