Ballads and Sonnets (1881), proof Signature O (Delaware Museum, complete second revise, author's copy)

This is the author's copy of the second revise for Signature O (dated 9 May 1881 and numbered 3a) in the Delaware Art Museum library, with corrections called for on pages 194 and 205. The library has another uncorrected proof copy.

Besides this author's second revise proof copy, the Delaware Art Museum library has the following proof copies of Signature O: the author's first proof (corrected, dated 3 May 1881 and numbered 1); three copies of the first revise, the author's corrected copy, and two uncorrected copies, copy 1 and copy 2 (all dated 6 May 1881 and numbered 2a, 2b, and 2c respectively); a second revise uncorrected copy (undated and numbered 3b); four copies of the third revise, including a complete corrected author's copy, an incomplete corrected author's copy , plus two uncorrected copies, uncorrected copy 1 and uncorrected (partial) copy 2, none dated; and an uncorrected and undated copy of the final proof (numbered 5). The British Library proofs have another copy of revise proofs for this signature (dated 3 May).