Publications of James Buckland

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 multiple roles in combination (which suggests a likelihood that the person is a trade publisher):

  1. "printed and sold by x"; "printed for and sold by x"; or "printed by and for x" and so on.

Printers (owners of the type and printing presses, and possibly owners of the copyright) may be identified by the words printed by, but printed by does not universally designate a person who is a printer by trade. Booksellers may be identified by the words sold by, but sold by encompasses a number of roles. Booksellers or individuals who owned the copyright are generally identified by the words printed for, but nothing should be concluded in this regard without further evidence, especially since "printed for" could signify that the named person was a distributor rather than a copyright holder. Trade publishers, who distributed books and pamphlets but did not own the copyright or employ a printer—and were not printers themselves—might be identified by the words printed and sold by. Furthermore, works from this period often display false imprints, whether to evade copyright restrictions, to conceal the name of the copyright holders, or to dupe unwitting customers. Ultimately, one must proceed with caution in using the following lists: designations in the imprints may not reliably reflect the actual trades or roles of the people named, and the formulas used in imprints do not consistently mean the same thing.

David Foxon discussed the "meaning of the imprint" in his Lyell Lecture delivered at Oxford in March 1976, with particular attention to "publishers" in the eighteenth-century context:

The fullest form of an imprint is one which names three people, or groups of people:
     London: printed by X (the printer), for Y (the bookseller who owned the copyright), and sold by Z.
In the eighteenth century the printer's name is rarely given, at least in works printed in London, and the form is more commonly:
     London: printed for Y, and sold by Z.
Very often in this period, and particularly for pamphlets, it is further abbreviated to:
     London: printed and sold by Z.
It is this last form which is my present concern. Z is usually what the eighteenth century called 'a publisher', or one who distributes books and pamphlets without having any other responsibility—he does not own the copyright or employ a printer, or even know the author.

D. F. McKenzie coined the term "trade publisher" for these publishers in his Sandars Lectures, also in 1976, on the grounds that their principal role was to publish on behalf of other members of the book trade (Treadwell 100).

Michael Treadwell cautions that "In this period the imprint 'London: Printed and sold by A.B.' normally means 'Printed at London, and sold by A.B.' and must not be taken to mean that A.B. is a printer in the absence of other evidence." Further, "The imprint 'published by' occurs only rarely in Wing and is almost always associated with the name of a trade publisher" (104). While there are exceptions to the rule, it is "certain," he explains, "that anyone who made a speciality of distributing works for others will show a far higher proportion than normal of imprints in one of the 'sold by' forms" (116), which appear in the imprint as "sold by," "printed and sold by," or "published by" (104). Treadwell gives Walter Kettilby as an example of "a fairly typical copyright-owning bookseller" (106)—his role is almost always designated by the phrase "printed for" on imprints.

A final caution: publisher is a word that should be used with some deliberation. Samuel Johnson defines it simply as "One who puts out a book into the world," but "published by" rarely appears on the imprint until later in the eighteenth century, and then primarily associated with newspapers and pamphlets. Treadwell observes that John Dunton names only five publishers among the 200 binders and booksellers in his autobiographical Life and Errors (1705) wherein he undertakes "to draw the Character of the most Eminent [Stationers] in the Three Kingdoms" (100). Treadwell also remarks, however, that "in law, anyone who offered a work for sale 'published' it. In this sense every work had one or more 'publishers', and every bookseller, mercury, and hawker was a 'publisher'" (114).


See:

  • Terry Belanger, "From Bookseller to Publisher: Changes in the London Book Trade, 1750–1850," in Book Selling and Book Buying. Aspects of the Nineteenth-Century British and North American Book Trade, ed. Richard G. Landon (Chicago: American Library Association, 1978).
  • Bricker, Andrew Benjamin. "Who was 'A. Moore'? The Attribution of Eighteenth-Century Publications with False and Misleading Imprints," in The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America 110.2 (2016).
  • John Dunton, The Life and Errors of John Dunton (London: Printed for S. Malthus, 1705).
  • John Feather, "The Commerce of Letters: The Study of the Eighteenth-Century Book Trade," Eighteenth-Century Studies 17 (1984).
  • David Foxon, Pope and the Early Eighteenth-Century Book Trade, ed. James McLaverty (Oxford University Press, 1991).
  • Samuel Johnson, Dictionary of the English Language, (printed for J. and P. Knapton; T. and T. Longman; C. Hitch and L. Hawes; A. Millar; and R. and J. Dodsley, 1755).
  • D.F. McKenzie, The London Book Trade in the Later Seventeenth Century (Sandars lectures in bibliography, 1977).
  • Michael Treadwell, "London Trade Publishers 1675–1750," The Library sixth series, vol. 4, no. 2 (1982).

Printed by James Buckland

  • Savage, Samuel Morton. A charge delivered in the summer of 1766, at Tooting, in Surry, at the ordination of the Rev. Mr. Samuel Wilton, and also at Lymington in Hampshire, at the ordination of the Rev. Mr. Robert Rice. The second edition. By Samuel Morton Savage, D.D. London: printed by J. Buckland, in Pater-Noster-R, MDCCLXXII. [1772]. ESTC No. T66540. Grub Street ID 291290.

Sold by James Buckland

  • Medley, Samuel. Hymns. By the Rev. Mr. Medley. Bradford: printed and sold by John Nicholson and Son; and sold also by J. Buckland, London, 1785. ESTC No. T230146. Grub Street ID 249907.

Printed for James Buckland

  • Watts, Isaac. Hor? lyric?. Poems, chiefly of the lyric kind. In three books. Sacred I. To Devotion And Piety. II. To Virtue, Honour, And Friendship. III. To The Memory Of The Dead. By I. Watts, D.D. London: printed for J. Buckland and T. Longman, In Paternoster-Row; T. Field, NO. 11, Cornhill; and C. Dilly, In The Poultry, 1789. ESTC No. N17044. Grub Street ID 6549.
  • The life of Cassem, the son of Hamid, a noble Arabian. Translated from an oriental manuscript. London: printed for James Buckland, 1746. ESTC No. N10458. Grub Street ID 468.
  • Clark, Samuel. A sermon preached at Daventry, December 7, 1755, On occasion of the late earthquake at Lisbon, November, 1, 1755. By S. Clark. London: printed for James Buckland at the Buck in Pater-Noster Row, MDCCLVI. [1756]. ESTC No. T60265. Grub Street ID 286153.
  • The scripture account of justifying faith, considered. In a letter to ... Samuel Pike. Interspersed with reflections on some modern sentiments in religion. London: printed for James Buckland: Thomas Field: and Edward Dilly, 1760. ESTC No. N47153. Grub Street ID 31892.
  • Steffe, John. The goodness of God as manifested to us, and His severity to other nations, considered, in a sermon preached at Whidford in Essex, on Friday the 14th of March, 1760. ... By J. Steffe, ... London: printed for J. Buckland; C. Henderson; G. Woodfall; and T. Toft, 1760. ESTC No. N1558. Grub Street ID 5289.
  • Chandler, Samuel. A critical history of the life of David: in which the Principal Events are ranged in Order of Time; the chief Objections of Mr. Bayle, and Others, against the Character of this Prince, and the Scripture Account of him, and the Occurrences of his Reign, are examined and refuted; and the Psalms which refer to Him, Explained. By the late Rev. Samuel Chandler, D.D. F.R. and A.S.S. In two volumes. Vol. I. London: printed by Samuel Chandler, for J. Buckland, and J. Coote, in Pater-Noster Row, MDCCLXVI. [1766]. ESTC No. T63366. Grub Street ID 288622.
  • Gibbons, Thomas. An ode to the memory of His Grace the late Duke of Newcastle. By Thomas Gibbons, D.D. ... London: printed for J. Buckland, and J. Johnson and J. Payne, in Pater-Noster-Row; and J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall, MDCCLXVIII. [1768]. ESTC No. N10521. Grub Street ID 531.
  • Gibbons, Thomas. Objections against the application to the legislature for relief for Protestant dissenting ministers, and dissenting tutors and schoomasters [sic], dispassionately considered and obviated. To which are added, the sentiments and observations of Lactantius, an excellent Christian writer in the fourth century, and of the eminent Dr John Owen in the last century, upon the only warrantable methods of treating diversities of opinion in religion. By Thomas Gibbons, D.D. London: printed for James Buckland; E. and C. Dilly; and J. Towers, 1773. ESTC No. N10116. Grub Street ID 126.
  • A serious address, to all serious Christians, upon the necessity and importance of uniting their humble and earnest supplications at the throne of grace, on account of our national sins and calamities. London: printed for J. Buckland: sold also by W. Pine, Bristol, [1775?]. ESTC No. T11820. Grub Street ID 169753.
  • Pickard, Edward. A charge, delivered at the ordinations of the Rev. Mr. Barbauld, Mr. Beynon, Mr. Alderson, and Mr. Pilkington, at Palgrave, in Suffolk, September the 13th, 1775. By Edward Pickard. London: printed for J. Buckland. And J. Johnson, 1775. ESTC No. T181814. Grub Street ID 218341.
  • The psalms of David imitated in the language of the New Testament. And applied to the Christian state and worship. With the preface and notes. By I. Watts, D.D. London: printed for J Buckland and T. Longman, in Pater-Noster-Row; J. F. and C. Rivington, in St. Paul's Church-Yard; E. and C. Dilly, in the Poultry; T. Field, and Co in Leadenhall-Street; and W. Davenhill, in Cornhill, MDCCLXXVI. [1776]. ESTC No. T82698. Grub Street ID 303263.
  • Owen, John. A guide to church-fellowship and order, according to the Gospel-institution: wherein these following particulars are distinctly handled; I. The necessity of believers to join themselves in church-order. II. The subject matter of the church. III. The continuation of a church-state, .. IV. What sort of churches the disciples of Christ may, and ought to join ... By ... John Owen, D.D. London: printed for J Buckland, 1778. ESTC No. N2359. Grub Street ID 12943.

Printed by and for, or by/for and sold by James Buckland

  • Pike, Samuel. The touchstone of saving faith; or, a plain and brief answer to the two following questions: ... By Samuel Pike. London: printed and sold by J. Buckland; T. Field; E. Dilly; and J. Robinson, 1757. ESTC No. T216720. Grub Street ID 242090.
  • Helps for short memories; in rules, precepts, and examples, consisting of maxims, proverbial sayings, &c. in prose and verse; Selected from the best authors. Principally Intended For The Instruction And Improvement Of Younger Minds. London: printed and sold by J. Buckland, Pater-Noster-Row; and T. Matthews, Strand, M.DCC.LXXXV. [1785]. ESTC No. T115767. Grub Street ID 167454.