Publications of William Bailey

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 William Bailey

  • Nicholls, Boot and Shoe Maker.; Nicholls (Boot and shoe maker).. Nicholls, (no. 144,) between Brook-Street, and Gray's-Inn-Lane, Holborn, sells shoes. London: [printed by W. Bailey, 1775?]. ESTC No. T43085. Grub Street ID 271695.
  • Rowe, Elizabeth. The history of Laura, and the handsome hermit, in six letters. Written by the celehrated [sic] Mrs. Rowe, author of the Letters from the dead to the living. ... Amoret to Corsica [sic]. A poetical epistle from the infernal regions to convince the fair unbeliever of the certainty of a future state, and to forewarn her of the torments prepared for those who die without a sincere contrition and sorrow for their sins. London]: [W. Bailey?], [approximately 1775?. ESTC No. N505905. Grub Street ID 359266.
  • Worcester, Edward Somerset. A century of the names and scantlings of such inventions, as at present I can call to mind to have tried and perfected, (which my former notes being lost) I have, at the instance of a powerful friend, endevoured now in the year 1655, to set these down in such a way as may sufficiently instruct me to put any of them in practice. The author the Marquis of Worcester. London]: Glasgow, printed. London: reprinted by W. Bailey, proprietor of the Speaking Figure, now shewing, by permission of the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, at No. 42, within Bishopsgate, MDCCLXXXVI. [1786. ESTC No. T65511. Grub Street ID 290427.
  • Reliques of genius morsels of wisdom, and scraps of knowledge, or the wit's museum, of entertainment and pleasure; being a curious selection of remarkable passages from various authors, on various subjects; . London: printed by W. Bailey; H. Lemoine, and J. Parsons, 1789. ESTC No. N56403. Grub Street ID 39553.
  • Just arrived from the glaciers, the two wonderful brothers, called albinos, known and described by Mons. Saussuer [sic]. They are allowed by gentlemen of the first science to be the most curious phænomena of nature's productions. ... They are to be seen ... at no. 45, Charing-Cross, facing the Sun Fire Office, ... 1000 bills this size printed ... at no. 42, Bishopsgate-Street. London: printed by William Bailey, 1790?. ESTC No. T193035. Grub Street ID 227310.

Printed for William Bailey

  • An authentic, candid, and circumstantial narrative, of the astonishing transactions at Stockwell, in the county of Surry, on Monday and Tuesday, the 6th and 7th days of January, 1772,. London: printed for W. Bailey, 1772. ESTC No. N4563. Grub Street ID 30505.

Author

  • Bailey, William. The advancement of arts, manufactures, and commerce; or, descriptions of the useful machines and models contained in the repository of the Society for the encouragement of arts, manufactures, and commerce. Illustrated by designs on fifty-five copper-plates. ... Carefully corrected and revised, by Alexander Mabyn Bailey, Register to the Society . London: printed for and sold by the author; R. Dodsley; and T. Moore, 1776. ESTC No. N16386. Grub Street ID 6043.