Leather Boxed Set of 12 Oxford Miniature Edition Complete Works of Shakespeare, published by Henry Frowde, 1903

12 miniature volumes of the complete works of Shakespeare in burgundy leather in a drop-front leather box. With gilded edges and writing to front and to the box. Embossed in gold on the front ‘Dollar Institution’ (now Dollar Academy). Published by Henry Fowde (1841-1927), Manager of Oxford University Press and from 1880 Publisher to the University.

The books are in very good condition but there is scuffing to the box and the lid has come away from the back.

Edited with a glossary by William James Craig, an editor of Shakespeare‘s plays who produced the first Oxford Shakespeare for the Oxford University Press. Volumes one, two, three, nine, and eleven contain four of the plays. Volumes four, five, six, seven, eight, and ten contain three of the plays. Volume twelve contains poems and sonnets, with a detailed glossary.