1909 Boxed Set
Beginning in 1909 the complete 39 title set was sold in one of two sets. Leather bound or cloth bound books. These boxed sets are incredibly difficult to find because of their size and weight. The box shown here is 6 x 4.5 x 22. It was originally purchased on 12/23/1909. The volumes within it are Format 7 books (see Shakespeare’s Plays) with blank endpapers.

None of the books have dust jackets and my suspicion is that the books within the boxed set never had them. Many of the volumes in my set were pristine and it appeared that they had never been opened.

Interestingly even in 1909 there were bargains. The original buyer left a note on the box that stated that the set was purchased for $3.00 (not the list price of $13.50).