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

This is a complete copy (undated and unnumbered ) of the first revise proof of Signature K of the Ballads and Sonnets volume. After this proof DGR made some significant additions and alterations to this section of the ballad at pages 138-141. As most of the pages are uncut, this would have been an extra proof unseen by DGR and unused by the compositors.

In addition to this complete first revise, the library of the Delaware Museum of Art contains the following proof materials for Signature K of DGR's Ballads and Sonnets volume: a complete copy of the first author's proof (dated 14 April 1881 and numbered 1); the complete author's copy of the first revise and a duplicate of that (both dated 22 April 1881 and numbered 3); a complete copy of the second revise (undated and numbered 1); an incomplete copy of the third revise (dated 31 May 81 and unnumbered); and a complete copy of the final revise (dated 2 Jun and unnumbered). The British Library proofs have another copy of the first author's proofs for this signature (dated 14 Apr 81 and numbered 1).