Ballads and Sonnets (1881), proof Signature N (Delaware Museum, second revise, copy 2)

This is a duplicate copy (dated 3 May 1881) of the second revise of Signature N of the Ballads and Sonnets volume. Like the other copy of this revise, this copy has no corrections. Not all of DGR's corrections in the first revise were carried over into this proof.

Besides this duplicate copy of the second revise, the Delaware proofs include the following: copy 1 and copy 2 of the first proof with only eight sonnets printed; copy 1 and copy 2 of the first revise (dated 28 April 1881 and numbered 1a and 1b respectively), both with DGR's corrections throughout; the other copy of the second revise (dated 3 May 1881 and numbered 2a); a corrected and two uncorrected copies of the third revise ( uncorrected copy 1 and uncorrected copy 2 ), all dated 4 May 1881 and numbered 3c, 3a, and 3b respectively; an uncorrected and two corrected copies of the fourth revise ( corrected copy 1 and corrected copy 2), all dated 6 May 1881 and numbered 4a, 4b, and 4c respectively; four copies of the final proof, including WMR's copy with his notes, DGR's corrected copy , an uncorrected partial copy , and a copy with uncut sheets ), all undated and numbered 5a, 5b, 5c, and 5d. Delaware also has the proof of the cancel leaf (pages 185-186), marked as such and with with DGR's correction. The British Library proofs have another copy of revise proofs for this signature (dated 3 May).