Ballads and Sonnets (1881), proof Signature Q (Delaware Museum, second revise, author's copy 1)

This is a complete set of author's proofs for the second revise of Signature Q, dated 9 May and marked 3a by the printer and with a single correction on page 240. There is a second copy with the same correction as well as an uncorrected copy of this signature in the Delaware Art Museum library.

Besides this proof, the Delaware Art Museum library has the following proof copies of Signature Q: an author's first proof (corrected, dated 4 May 1881 and numbered 1); three copies of the first revise, two with corrections ( copy 1 and copy 2, and an uncorrected copy (all dated 6 May 1881); three copies of the second revise, this author's copy, another author's copy, and an uncorrected copy; all dated 9 May 1881); and four copies of a late proof state (none dated): a set of uncorrected proof sheets; a copy with an author's correction; an imperfect copy with a printer's corrections; and an uncorrected copy. The British Library proofs have another copy (partial) of revise proofs for this signature (dated 28 April).