Ballads and Sonnets (1881), proof Signature R (Delaware Museum, final proof)

This is a complete and uncorrected final proof of Signature R, dated 27 May 1881 and marked 5 by the printer.

Besides this final proof, 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): a set of uncorrected proof sheets ; an uncorrected copy and a duplicate uncorrected copy, and finally WMR's copy with his notes and revisions as well as some corrections by DGR. The British Library proofs have another copy of the first author's proof for this signature (undated but marked 1).