Ballads and Sonnets (1881), proof Signature N (Delaware Museum, final proof, DGR's copy)

This is the proof on which DGR entered his last revision to this signature, picking up the punctuation error noted by WMR in his proof for this signature (on page 181). Two other complete copies of this final proof are also held in the Delaware Art Museum library as well as a partial copy consisting mostly of uncut proof sheets. All these proofs were pulled subsequent to the 6 May revise.

Besides this, DGR's own copy of the final proof, 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; copy 1 and copy 2 of the second revise (dated 3 May 1881 and numbered 1a and 1b respectively), both without revisions; the corrected author's third revise plus 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; three copies of the fourth revise, the uncorrected copy , 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 this one, WMR's 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 of revise proofs for this signature (dated 3 May).