Publications of Joseph Bumstead.

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 Joseph Bumstead.

  • The Wonderful story-teller; or Pocket library of agreeable entertainment. Containing a miscellaneous collection of remarkable stories, surprising narratives, wonderful occurrences, singular events, whimsical tales, striking anecdotes, miraculous and heroic adventures in human life, odd sayings, supernatural visions, unaccountable appearances, absurd characters, memorable exploits, astonishing deliverances from death and various other dangers, amusing histories, strange accidents, extraordinary memoirs, &c. in the wonderful phenomena of nature. The whole interspersed with choice extracts from the most celebrated historians, ancient and modern; and including many wonderful stories entirely original, and founded on well-attested facts. By Walley C. Oulton, Esq. [Eight lines of verse]. Boston: Printed by Joseph Bumstead. Sold by Thomas & Andrews, E. Larkin, Wm. P. & L. Blake, J. Nancrede, and J. Bumstead, 1797. ESTC No. W15566. Grub Street ID 325039.

Printed for Joseph Bumstead.

  • Surr, T. S. George Barnwell. A new novel. By T.S. Surr, author of Consequences, a novel; and Christ's hospital, a poem. [Four lines from Cowper] Two volumes in one. Boston: Printed for Joseph Bumstead. Sold by him at no. 20, Union-Street; by Thomas and Andrews, Newbury-Street; by E. Larkin, Wm. P. & L. Blake, Cornhill; and J. Nancrede, Marlbro' Street, 1800. ESTC No. W12395. Grub Street ID 321662.