Arthur Bullen founded the Shakespeare Head Press in Stratford-on-Avon in 1904 with the express purpose of printing a complete edition of Shakespeare's works in the author's home town. Bullen later claimed that he was inspired to found the Press by a dream about a visit to Stratford-on-Avon. The Shakespeare Head Press did issue the complete works of Shakespeare, as well as those of Yeats. For the first decade or so of its existence, the Press operated on the model of a fine press – indeed, some of the equipment used at the Press had previously been used by William Morris at the Kelmscott Press, including one of the printing presses. The focus of the Shakespeare Head Press then became increasingly commercial, though it still produced fine quality books. After Bullen's death in 1920 the Press was operated by a partnership including the publisher and bookseller Basil Blackwell. It still exists as an imprint of the publishers Wiley-Blackwell.

Special Collections has the following items printed at or published by the Shakespeare Head Press:

• De Quincy, Thomas. Confessions of an English Opium-Eater. Oxford: 1930. PR4534 .C6 1930
• Malory, Thomas. The Noble & Joyous Boke Entytled Le Morte Darthur, Notwythstondyng It Treateth of the Byrth, Lyf and Actes of the Sayd Kynge Arthur, of His Noble Knyghtes of the Rounde Table, Theyr Merveyllous Enquestes and Adventures, Thachyevynge of the Sanc-Greall and in the Ende the Dolourous Deth and Departynge out of This Worlde of Them, Al Whyche Boke Was Reduced in to Englysshe by the Well Dysposyd Knyghte Syr Thomas Malory. Oxford: 1933. PR2040 1933
• Ovid. Ovyde, Hys Booke of Methamorphose: Books X-XV. Oxford: 1924. PR1847 .O7 1924
• Shakespeare, William. The Works of William Shakespeare Gathered into One Volume. New York: 1934. PR2754 .B86 1934
• Sidgwick, Frank. Frank Sidgwick’s Diary and Other Material Relating to A. H. Bullen, & the Shakespeare Head Press at Stratford-upon-Avon. Oxford: 1975. Z232.S525 F7

Special Collections has the following secondary resources relating to the Shakespeare Head Press:

• Sidgwick, Frank. Frank Sidgwick’s Diary and Other Material Relating to A. H. Bullen, & the Shakespeare Head Press at Stratford-upon-Avon. Oxford: Blackwell for the Shakespeare Head Press, 1975. Z232.S525 F7