Publications of William Pelham

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 for William Pelham

  • Saunders, William. A treatise on the structure, economy, and diseases of the liver; together with an inquiry into the properties and component parts of the bile and biliary concretions. By William Saunders, M.D. F.R.S. Fellow of the College of Physicians, and senior physician to Guy's Hospital. Boston: Printed for W. Pelham no 59 Cornhill, 1797. (Price one dollar). ESTC No. W28189. Grub Street ID 338340.
  • Cross, J. C. The purse; or, benevolent tar. A musical drama, in one act, as performed at the Boston Theatre, Federal-Street. By J. C. Cross. (The music by Mr. Reeve.). Boston: Printed for W. Pelham, no. 59 Cornhill, 1797. ESTC No. W28020. Grub Street ID 338158.

Author

  • Pelham, William. At Pelham's bookstore and circulating library, no. 59, Cornhill, Boston, a general assortment of books and stationary. Purchasers of social libraries, and traders who buy to sell again, are respectfully invited to apply as above, where they will find good usage. The most satisfactory allowance of discount will continue to be made to those who purchase largely. ... [Boston: s.n, between 1796 and 1809]. ESTC No. W37282. Grub Street ID 348047.
  • Pelham, William. William Pelham respectfully solicits the attention of the public to the following conditions of his circulating library, No. 59, Cornhill, Boston. [Boston: s.n, 1796]. ESTC No. W10272. Grub Street ID 319385.