Publications of Thomas Harrison

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 Thomas Harrison

  • A new version of the Psalms of David, fitted to the Tunes used in Churches. By N. Brady, D. D. Chaplain in Ordinary, and N. Tate, Esq. Poet-Laureat, to His Majesty. London: printed by Thomas Harrison for the Company of Stationers, and sold at Stationers Hall, near Ludgate-Street, and by most booksellers, MDCCXCI. [1791]. ESTC No. T195397. Grub Street ID 229106.

Printed for Thomas Harrison

  • Mildmay, William. An account of the southern maritime provinces of France; representing the distress to which they were reduced at the conclusion of the war in 1748: and In what Manner they may again be Distressed upon any Future Renewal of Hostilites. With a supplement, containing observations on the Three Principal Cities of Provence, namely, Aix, Marseilles, and Toulon. To which are added, some remarks on the marine of France. London: printed for Thomas Harrison in Warwick-Lane, MDCCLXIV. [1764]. ESTC No. T77295. Grub Street ID 299438.

Author

  • Harrison, Thomas. A sermon preach'd the 20th of January 1714/15. Being the solemn thanksgiving-day for the happy accession of our Gracious Sovereign King George to the British throne. Publish'd at the Request of some that heard it. By Thomas Harrison. London: printed by J. Darby, and sold by J. Harrison at the Royal Exchange, and A. Dodd at the Peacock without Temple-Bar, [1715]. ESTC No. T89626. Grub Street ID 309503.
  • Harrison, Thomas. A funeral sermon occasion'd by the death of Mr. John Lawes Jun. Preach'd in Little Wildstreet, Dec. 23. 1716. By Thomas Harrison. London: printed, and sold by J. Clarke at the Bible and Crown near the Poultrey, E. Matthew s at the Bible in Pater-Noster-Row, and W. Likely by the Horse-Guards at Whitehall, [1717]. ESTC No. T85160. Grub Street ID 305501.
  • Harrison, Thomas. The duty of calling to mind remarkable events of providence, recommended: in a sermon preach'd on November 27. 1716. In commemoration of the dreadful storm of wind, which God sent into this part of the world, on November the 26th and 27th, 1703. By Thomas Harrison. London: printed, and are to be sold by J. Clarke, and E. Matthews, 1717. ESTC No. T185493. Grub Street ID 221678.
  • Harrison, Thomas. Poems on divine subjects in two parts. To which is added, A poem to the memory of the Rev. Mr. Benjamin Stinton. By Tho. Harrison. London: printed for, and sold by John Clark in the Poultry; E. Matthews in Pater-Noster-Row; and T. Sanders in Little-Britain, MDCCXIX. [1719]. ESTC No. T85162. Grub Street ID 305503.
  • Harrison, Thomas. A funeral sermon occasion'd by the death of Mrs. Hannah Hurst. Preach'd in Little Wildstreet, March 13, 1719/20. To which is added, A Brief Narrative of the Dealings of God with her. By Thomas Harrison. London: printed, and sold by J. Clark at the Bible and Crown near the Poultrey; E. Matthews at the Bible in Pater-Noster-Row; and T. Saunders in Little Britain, M.DCC.XX. [1720]. ESTC No. T1410. Grub Street ID 188619.
  • Harrison, Thomas. Poems on divine subjects. In two parts. To which is added, A poem to the memory of the Rev. Mr. Benjamin Stinton. By Tho. Harrison. London: printed for John Clark, at the Bible and Crown in the Poultry, 1721. ESTC No. T85163. Grub Street ID 305504.
  • Harrison, Thomas. A funeral sermon occasioned by the death of Mrs. Isabella Ewer, late wife of Mr. John Ewer, of Willesdon, Middlesex. Preach'd in Little Wild-Street, February 16, 1723. By Thomas Harrison. London: printed for Aaron Ward, at the King's-Arms, in Little Britain, 1724. ESTC No. N1313. Grub Street ID 3079.
  • Harrison, Thomas. Belteshazzar; or, the heroic jew: a dramatic poem. London: printed for Theodore Sanders, 1727. ESTC No. T183769. Grub Street ID 220151.
  • Harrison, Thomas. A funeral sermon occasioned by the death of Dame Mary Page, relict of Sir Gregory Page, Bar. Preached at Devonshire-Square, March 16, 1728. To which is added, a short funeral oration, pronounced at the time of her interment: and an ode sacred to her memory. By Thomas Harrison. London: printed for Aaron Ward, at the King's Arms in Little-Britain; and sold by H. Whitridge, near the Royal-Exchange, [1729]. ESTC No. T85161. Grub Street ID 305502.
  • Harrison, Thomas. A sermon deliver'd in the Parish-Church of St. Leonard's, Foster-Lane, on September 14. 1729. By Thomas Harrison. London: printed for Theodore Sanders, at the Bell in Little-Britain, M.DCC.XXIX. [1729]. ESTC No. T45833. Grub Street ID 274028.
  • Harrison, Thomas. An answer to a false and scandalous paper, which is printed, and handed about, entitled, The reasons which induced some ministers to blame Mr. Harrison's conduct towards Mr. Richardson, in the affair of the Lady Page's funeral sermon. By Tho. Harrison. London: printed by C. A. in the year, 1729. ESTC No. N42739. Grub Street ID 28814.
  • Harrison, Thomas. A sermon deliver'd in the parish-church of St. Leonard's, Foster-Lane, on September 14. 1729 By Thomas Harrison. London: printed for Theodore Sanders, at the Bell in Little-Britain, M.DCC.XXIX. [1729]. ESTC No. T67825. Grub Street ID 292272.
  • Harrison, Thomas. The mutual duties of clergy and laity considered; As the means of a Successful ministry. In a sermon Preach'd at Ratcliffe in Leicestershire, February 15. 1729/30. By Thomas Harrison, Vicar of Ratcliffe, and Chaplain to the Right Honourable the Lady Colepeper. London: printed for Theodore Sanders, at the Bell in Little-Britain, 1730. ESTC No. T6580. Grub Street ID 290639.