Poems. A New Edition (1881), proof Signature P (Delaware Museum, earliest proof, author's copy)

This is a corrected author's copy of the earliest surviving proof of Signature P of the 1881 Poems . DGR's notes to the printer on pages 215 and 220 indicate that there would have been an earlier proof.

Seven copies of this proof signature are preserved in the library of the Delaware Art Museum. They include this earliest author's proof, a printer's duplicate (uncorrected), a second revise (with one further correction), and four copies of the final proof, all uncorrected: copy 1, copy 2, copy 3 (partial), and copy 4.