Publications of William Thompson

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 Thompson

  • Ward, Edward. A satyr against wine. With a poem, in praise of small beer. Written by a gentleman in a fever, occasion'd by hard drinking. [Suffolk]: Printed at St. Edmund's-Bury, in Suffolk; and Stamford, Lincolnshire; by VV. Thompson and T. Baily, [1712?]. ESTC No. N65396. Grub Street ID 47276.

Sold by William Thompson

  • Gentleman now in necessity.. The city and country's calamity: or, Ninety-Nine plagues of an Empty purse. Containing I. The Force of Woman's Magick: Or, The great Virtue of Hoop-Petticoats. II. The Quaker's Feast: Or, The Yea and Nay Gossips. To which is added, Providence the best Friend to the Unfortunate. Written by a Gentleman now in Necessity. [Stamford]: Printed and sold by W. Thompson and T. Bailey at Stamford, and at their Printing-Office at St. Edmund's-Bury, Suffolk, [1720?]. ESTC No. T166482. Grub Street ID 204705.

Printed by and for, or by/for and sold by William Thompson

  • Ward, Edward. The rise and fall of madam Coming-Sir: or, An Unfortunate slip from the tavern-bar, Into the Surgeon's Powdering-Tub. [Stamford?]: Printed and sold by W. Thompson, and T. Baily, at Stamford, Lincolnshire, and St. Edmond's-Bury, Suffolk, [1720?]. ESTC No. T55916. Grub Street ID 282493.
  • Carey, Henry. A learned dissertation on dumpling, its dignity, antiquity, and excellence. With a word upon pudding. And many other useful discoveries, of great benefit to the publick. [Stamford]: Printed and sold by Will. Thompson at Stamford in Lincolnshire, 1726. ESTC No. N34019. Grub Street ID 22451.