38 volumes (1 duplicate volume). Edited by Herbert Farjeon. Each illustrated in color and black and white with plates by a different illustrator. 13x8¾, cloth-backed decorative boards, spines lettered in gilt, top edges gilt. No. 1415 of 1950 sets. Designed by Bruce Rogers and printed at the Press of A. Colish.

Includes a number of different issues of the publisher's "A Shakespeare Commentary" for the individual plays. Samuel Kahn's bookplates, designed by Eric Gill, on front pastedowns.