Ballads and Sonnets (1881), proof Signature P (Delaware Museum, 9 May proof, copy 1)

This is a complete proof for Signature P, dated 9 May and marked 3a by the printer. It carries only printer's corrections for improving space design between words and two incorrectly printed letters, plus the addition of a period in a running head. It is one of six proof copies of this signature in the Delaware Art Museum library.

Besides this proof, the Delaware Art Museum library has the following proof copies of Signature P: the author's first proof (corrected, dated 4 May 1881 and numbered 1a) and a second copy of this first proof, also with some (but fewer) corrections; two uncorrected copies of the first revise, copy 1 and copy 2 (both dated 6 May 1881 and numbered 2a and 2b respectively); and two uncorrected copies of a subsequent proof, this copy and an incomplete duplicate copy (both dated 9 May 1881 and numbered 3a and 3b respectively). The British Library proofs have another copy (undated, marked “3”) of revise proofs for this signature.