Many early English books list the name of the shop from which the book was sold, or the house where the printer lived. This is a list of such names found in the Early English Books Online database (http://eebo.chadwyck.com) from books printed between 1473 and 1600. All names below are of the form "sygne of the X" or "signe of the X".
The tables below index these names by type. Header forms (shown in bold are the standard modern spellings; the forms found as imprints are in plain typeface.
| Sign of the: |
| Bear |
| Beare |
| Elephant |
| Elephant |
| Elephante |
| Oliphante |
| Greyhound |
| Grayhound |
| Greyhound |
| Hedgehog |
| Hedge hog |
| Hedgehogge |
| Hedge-hogge |
| Lamb |
| Lambe |
| Talbot |
| Talbot |
| Tiger's head |
| Tygars head |
| Tygres head |
| Sign of the: |
| Grasshopper |
| Grashopper |
| Sign of the: |
| Black Bear |
| Black beare |
| Black Horse |
| Black horse |
| Black Elephant |
| Black elephant |
| Black oliphante |
| Golden hind |
| Golden hinde |
| Red Lion |
| Red lion |
| Reed lyon |
| White Bear |
| Whyte beare |
| White Greyhound |
| White grayhound |
| White gray-hounde |
| White hart |
| White hart |
| Whyte harte |
| White horse |
| Whyt horse |
| Sign of the: |
| Brass Serpent |
| Brasen serpent |
| Brazen serpent |
| Sign of the: |
| Cock |
| Cocke |
| Crane |
| Crane |
| Eagle |
| Egle |
| Eagle's foot |
| Eagles foote |
| Falcon |
| Falcon |
| Faucon |
| Faulcon |
| Parrot |
| Paret |
| Parrat |
| Parret |
| Parrot |
| Swan |
| Swanne |
| Sign of the: |
| White Swan |
| White Swanne |
| Sign of the: |
| Spread Eagle |
| Spread eagle |
| Spred egle |
| Sprede egle |
| Sign of the: |
| Griffin |
| Gryffin |
| Mermaid |
| Maremaide |
| Marmayde |
| Meremayde |
| Mermaid |
| Mermayd |
| Mermayde |
| Unicorn |
| Vnicorne |
| Sign of the: |
| Green Dragon |
| Greene dragon |
| Sign of the: | |
| Bishop's Head | |
| Bishops head | |
| Black boy | |
| Black boy | |
| Blacke boie | |
| Blacke boys | |
| Blackamoor | |
| Black mores | |
| Blacke moryant | |
| King's Head | |
| Kynges head | |
| Maiden's head | |
| Maydens heade | |
| Maydens heed | |
| Maydens heede | |
| Pope's head | |
| Popes heade | |
| Sower | |
| Sower | "One who sows seeds" |
| Wildmen | |
| Wodoweg | |
| Wodows | |
| Woodowes |
| Sign of the: | |
| George | Probably Saint George, patron saint of England |
| George | |
| Gorge | |
| Saynte George | |
| Holy Cross | |
| Holy crosse | |
| Holy Ghost | |
| Holy ghoste | |
| Holye ghoost | |
| Holy gooste | |
| Holy gost | |
| Holy Lamb | |
| Holy Lambe | |
| Our Lady of Pity | |
| Our Lady of Pite | |
| Our Lady of Pitie | |
| Our Lady of Pyte | |
| Our Lady of Pytie | |
| Resurrection | |
| Resurrection | |
| Saint Austin/Augustine | |
| Saint Augustine | |
| Saint Augustyne | |
| Saynct Austen | |
| Saint John the Baptist | |
| S. John Baptist | |
| Saint John the Evangelist | |
| S. John Euangelyst | |
| Saynt Ioh[a]n Evangelyst | |
| Saynt Iohn Euangelist | |
| Saynt Jhon Euangelist | |
| Saint Mark | |
| S. Marke | |
| Saint Michael | |
| S. Michel | |
| Saynt Mychell | |
| Saint Nicholas | |
| Saynt Nycolas | |
| Saint Peter | |
| S. Peter | |
| Sainct Peter | |
| Saint Peter's Key | |
| Sente Peters Kay | |
| Trinity | |
| Trinitie | |
| Trynyte |
| Sign of the: |
| Judith |
| Iudith |
| Judith |
| Iudith |
| Love and Death |
| Loue and death |
| Lucrecia |
| Lucrece |
| Lucres |
| Time |
| Tyme |
| Sign of the: | |
| Anker | |
| Aquavit still | |
| Aqua vite still | |
| Ball | |
| Baule | |
| Bell | |
| Bel | |
| Bell | |
| Bible | |
| Bible | |
| Byble | |
| Castle | |
| Castell | |
| Checker | |
| Checker | |
| Cradle | |
| Cradle | |
| Crown | |
| Croune | |
| Crowne | |
| Gun | |
| Gun | |
| Gunne | |
| Harp | |
| Harpe | |
| Hill | |
| Hill | |
| Hyll | |
| Hyl | |
| Key | |
| Key | |
| Lute | |
| Lute | |
| Packstaff | |
| Pack-staffe | "A peddlar's staff" |
| Plough | |
| Plough | |
| Purse | |
| Pursse | |
| Ship | |
| Shippe | |
| Standish | |
| Standish | "A inkstand or inkpot" |
| Sugarloaf | |
| Sugherloafe | |
| Sun | |
| Son | |
| Sonne | |
| Sun | |
| Sunne | |
| Tower | |
| Tower | |
| Woolsack | |
| Wool-sacke |
| Sign of the: |
| Bishop's Miter |
| Byshops Myter |
| Bysshoppes Myter |
| Cardinals Hat |
| Cardynalles hat |
| Crown |
| Croune |
| Crowne |
| Double Hood |
| Dobbel hood |
| Double hood |
| Hat's horn |
| Hattes horne |
| Helmet |
| Helmet |
| Helmette |
| Miter |
| Mytre |
| Sign of the: |
| Blue Garland |
| Blew garlande |
| Blewe garlande |
| Gilded Cup |
| Golden Anchor |
| Golden ancore |
| Golden anker |
| Golden Bible |
| Golden bibel |
| Golden bibell |
| Golden Cross |
| Golden crosse |
| Golden Cup |
| Gilded cuppe |
| Golden cup |
| Golden Tun |
| Gilden Tunn |
| Gylden Tunn |
| Gylden Tunna |
| Gylden Tunne |
| Green Hill |
| Grene hyl |
| Grene hyll |
| Red Harrow |
| Red harrow |
| Sign of the: |
| King's Arms |
| Kinges armes |
| Kyng his armes |
| Kyinges armes |
| Prince's Arms |
| Princes armes |
| Prynces armes |
| Queen's Arms |
| Queenes armes |
| Sign of the: |
| ABC |
| ABC |
| A.B.C. |
| Sign of the: |
| Crosskeys |
| Crosse keies |
| Crosse keyes |
| Crossekeyes |
| Olive |
| Olyue |
| Rape |
| Rape |
| Rose |
| Rose |
| Vine |
| Vine |
| Sign of the: |
| Crabtree cudgel |
| Crab tree cudgell |
| Rose Garland |
| Rose garland |
| Sign of the: |
| Half Rose and half Sun | Halfe Rose and half Sun |
| Hand and plough | Hand and plough |
| Hand and plow |
| Hand and plowgh |
| Hands and plowe |
| Hand and star | Hand and star |
| Hand and stare |
| Hand and the stare |
| Rose and Crown | Rose and crowne |
| Rose and the Crowne |
| Sign of the: |
| Cat and Parrots |
| Cat and parrots |
| Cat and two parats |
| Catte and parrettes |
| Eagle and Child |
| Eagle and Childe |
| Sign of the: |
| Half Eagle and the Key |
| Halfe Eagle and the Keie |
| Halfe Eagle and the Key |
| Sign of the: |
| Three Arrows |
| Three arrowes |
| Three Conies |
| Three connies |
| Three Cranes in the Vinetree |
| three cranes in the vinetree |
| Three Kings |
| iii kynges |
| Thre kynges |