Publications of Wm. Durell

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 Wm. Durell

  • The History of little King Pippin, with an account of the melancholy death of four naughty boys, who were devoured by wild beasts. And the wonderful delivery of Master Harry Harmless, by a little white horse. New-York: Printed by Wm. Durell, for Thomas B. Jansen & Co, 1800. ESTC No. W11083. Grub Street ID 320251.

Printed for Wm. Durell

  • Lover of their precious souls.. The history of the Holy Jesus. Containing a brief and plain account of his birth, life, death, resurrection and ascension into heaven; and his coming again at the great and last Day of Judgment. Being a pleasant and profitable companion for children; composed on purpose for their use. By a lover of their precious souls. New-York: Printed by John Buel, for Wm. Durell, [1793?]. ESTC No. W11169. Grub Street ID 320345.