Publications of George and

Note: The following printer, bookseller, or publisher lists are works in progress. They are generated from title page imprints and may reproduce false and misleading attributions or contain errors.

What does "printed by" mean? How to read the roles ascribed to people in the imprints.

In terms of the book trades, the lists below are sorted into up to four groups where: the person is designated in the imprint as having a single role:

  1. "printed by x"; or
  2. "sold by x"; or
  3. "printed for x" or "published by x";

or as having the seller and printer roles in combination, or an absence of the printer's name following "London: printed:" or "London: printed,":

  1. "printed and sold by x"; or "printed for and sold by x"; or "printed by and for x"; or "printed: and sold by x"; or "printed, and sold by x";  and so on.

On this last point, trade publishers may seem to have "printed" or "published" the work, though they did not own the copyright. The lists below reflect only the information on the imprint, except where ESTC provides extra information.

See also "The Meaning of the Imprint."

Printed by George and

  • By Isaac Tichenor, governor of the state of Vermont. A proclamation. ... the first Thursday of December next, being the sixth day of said month, to be observed as a day of public thanksgiving ... Given at the Council chamber in the city of Vergennes, this 29th day of October, A.D. 1798 ... [Vergennes, Vt.]: Printed at Vergennes, by George and Robert Waite, [1798]. ESTC No. W17111. Grub Street ID 326633.

Printed for George and

  • Campbell, John. Lives of the admirals, and other eminent British seamen. Containing their personal histories, and a detail of all their public services. Including a new and accurate naval history from the earliest Account of Time; and, clearly proving by a continued Series of Facts, our uninterrupted Claim to, and Enjoyment of the Dominion of our Seas. Interspersed With many curious Passages relating to our Discoveries, Plantations, and Commerce. The whole supported throughout by proper Authorities. By John Campbell, Esq; Vol. I. Dublin: printed for George and Alexander Ewing, at the Angel and Bible, and William Smith, at the Hercules in Dame-Street, and George Faulkner, in Essex-Street, MDCCXLVIII. [1748]. ESTC No. N11154. Grub Street ID 1146.