Ballads and Sonnets (1881), proof Signature R (Delaware Museum, third revise, uncut proof sheets)

This is a complete uncorrected third revise proof of Signature R (undated and marked 4b by the printer).

Besides this copy of the third revise, the Delaware Art Museum library has the following proof copies of Signature R: a corrected copy of the author's first proof, dated 5 May and numbered 1; two uncorrected copies of the first revise, copy 1 and copy 2 (dated 9 May 1881); a corrected copy of the second revise (dated 10 May 1881); and four copies of the third revise (none dated): WMR's copy, these uncut proof sheets, an uncorrected proof set , and a duplicate copy of the latter; and finally an uncorrected final proof (dated 27 May 1881 and numbered 5). The British Library proofs have another copy of the first author's proof for this signature (undated but marked 1).