Ballads and Sonnets (1881), proof Signature R (Beinecke Library, first revise, author's copy)

This is DGR's corrected copy of the first revise proof of Signature R (dated 9 May) and numbered 2. The revise is especially interesting because it exhibits the transposition of the sonnets on pages 243-244 that DGR called for in his first author's proof, but that he quickly rescinded, as we see in two uncorrected copies of the first revise at Delaware, copy 1 (dated 9 May 1881) and copy 2 (undated), both of which must have been printed off immediately after this revise. This revise is also notable because it is the last printing to retain the footnote on page 241, which represents DGR's gloss on that important sonnet. DGR marks the footnote for deletion in this proof.