Ballads and Sonnets (1881), proof Signature O (Delaware Museum, complete third revise, uncorrected copy 1)

This is one of the two uncorrected copies of the third revise for Signature O in the Delaware Art Museum library, which has a total of four copies of this proof signature.

Besides this uncorrected third 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); two copies of the second revise, the author's corrected copy (dated 9 May 1881 and numbered 3a) and an uncorrected copy (undated and numbered 3b); four copies of the third revise, including this complete uncorrected copy, an incomplete corrected author's copy , and a complete corrected author's copy, plus 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).