Publications of James Graham

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 for James Graham

  • Erskine, Ralph. The promising God, a performing God. A sermon preach'd on a thanksgiving-day, ... October 22. 1733. By ... Mr. Ralph Erskine ... Edinburgh: printed by Alexander Alison, for James Graham merchant, and sold at his house, 1737. ESTC No. T83312. Grub Street ID 303718.

Author

  • Graham, James. A new, plain, and rational treatise on the true nature and uses of the Bath waters: shewing the cases and constitutions in which these waters are really proper to be used, and the best Methods of using them, and likewise the Cases in which they are hurtful and very dangerous;-and demonstrating the great Errors in which Mankind have hitherto been under, in regard to bathing in, pumping with, and drinking these wonderful and powerful Waters;-And also as to their Regimen of Food, Drink, Airing, Exercising, &c. To which are added, several very remarkable cures performed by Doctor Graham, under the immediate ocular Inspection, and attested by th[e] Hand-Writing of several of the principal Nobility of Europe and some great cures performed at Bath. By James Graham, M.D. Of Edinburgh, but now at Bath. Bath: printed by R. Cruttwell, and sold by all the booksellers; and by Dr. Graham's servant, at his Apartments, No. 10, New Bridge-Street, MDCCLXXXIX. [1789][1790]. ESTC No. T28057. Grub Street ID 259768.
  • Graham, James. An address to the inhabitants of Great Britain, Particularly to those residing in the Great Metropolis Of the British Empire. To which, by Permission, are added, Singular Cases, Authentic Extracts from the Public Papers, and Remarkable Cures in Diseases of the eye and ear. Humbly Inscribed to the Inhabitants of Bristol and Bath. By James Graham, M. D. Oculist and Aurist, late of those Cities. London: printed by G. Scott, and may be had gratis at Mr. Newbery's, the Corner of St. Paul's Church-Yard, and at the Doctor's house in Pall-Mall, nearly opposite the King's Palace, MDCCLXXV. [1775]. ESTC No. T28055. Grub Street ID 259766.
  • Graham, James. Thoughts on the present state of the practice in disorders of the eye and ear: to which is added, an address to the inhabitants of Great Britain, ... To which, by permission, are annexed, singular cases, authentic and remarkable cures, ... in the diseases of those organs. By James Graham, M.D. ... London: printed, and may be had gratis at Mr. Newbery's, and at the Doctor's house in Pall-Mall, nearly opposite the King's Palace, 1775. ESTC No. T175659. Grub Street ID 212717.
  • Graham, James. The christian's universal prayer. By James Graham, M.D. Bath: printed for R. Cruttwell; F. Newbery, corner of St. Paul's Church-Yard [London]; J. Walter, at Charing-Cross [London]; and T. Cadell, Bristol, MDCCLXXVI. [1776]. ESTC No. T118030. Grub Street ID 169596.
  • Graham, James. A short inquiry into the present state of medical practice, in consumptions; asthmas; ... To which is added, an appendix on the management and diseases of the teeth and gums. By James Graham, ... London: printed for F. Newbery; J. Walter; R. Cruttwell, Bath; T. Cadell, Bristol; and may be had at Dr. Graham's house, 1776. ESTC No. N22834. Grub Street ID 12194.
  • Graham, James. A short inquiry into the present state of medical practice, in consumptions, asthmas, nervous disorders, &c. ... To which ... is added, a letter from ... Mrs. Catharine Macaulay; ... The second edition, inscribed to Mrs. Macaulay. By James Graham, M.D. London: printed for F. Newbery; J. Walter; R. Cruttwell, Bath; and T. Cadell, Bristol, D DCC LXX VII [1777]. ESTC No. T117875. Grub Street ID 169450.
  • Graham, James. The general state of medical and chirurgical practice, ancient and modern, exhibited; shewing them to be inadequate, ineffectual, absurd, and ridiculous, ... to which are added, a great number of recent and remarkable cases and cures, never before published. By James Graham, ... Bath: printed by R. Cruttwell, and sold by all the booksellers in London, Edinburgh, Bath, and Bristol, 1778. ESTC No. N30841. Grub Street ID 19759.
  • Graham, James. The general state of medical and chirurgical practice, exhibited; shewing them to be inadequate, ineffectual, absurd, and ridiculous, particularly in Consumptions, Asthmas, Nervous, Gouty, Bilious, Scorbutic, Scrophulous, Rheumatic, Venereal, Maniacal, and in many other Disorders, external as well as internal. And More rational, elegant, speedy, effectual, and lasting Methods of Cure recommended, by Means of Diet, and simple Medicines, rendered more active by the irresistible Power of Aerial, Aetherial, Magnetic, Electric, and musical Essluvia and Influences. In which, particularly, The Errors and trisling Absurdities of what is called the regular London and Bath Medical Practice, and of the ridiculous Manner of using the celebrated and very salubrious Waters of Bath, Aix-Ja-Chapelle, and the German Spa, are poin'ed out: and to the whole are added, near an hundred recent and remarkable cases, cured by the above newly discovered and improved Means, after having bassled the Effects of th. London: printed and sold by Mr. Almon, Piccadilly; Mr. Becket, Adelphi; and Messrs. Richardson and Urquhart, Front of the Royal Exchange, 1779. ESTC No. N30344. Grub Street ID 19312.
  • Graham, James. The general state of medical and chirurgical practice exhibited; shewing them to be inadequate, ineffectual, absurd, and ridiculous, ... To which are added a great number of recent, and remarkable cases and cures never before published. The sixth edition. By James Graham M.D. Bath: printed, and sold by all the principal booksellers in Great Britain, 1778 [1779]. ESTC No. T28065. Grub Street ID 259776.
  • Graham, James. A sketch: or, short description of Dr. Graham's medical apparatus, &c. erected About the Beginning of the Year 1780, in his house, on the Royal Terrace, Adelphi, London. London: printed and sold by Mr. Almon, Piccadilly; Mr. Becket, Adelphi; and Messrs. Richardson and Urquhart, front of the Royal Exchange, MDCCLXXX. [1780]. ESTC No. T18501. Grub Street ID 221262.
  • Graham, James. A lecture on the generation, increase and improvement of the human species. Interspersed with receipts for the preservation and exaltation of personal beauty and loveliness; and for prolonging human life, healthily and happily. With private Medical Advice to those Married Ladies and Gentlemen, who are not blessed with Children. Containing Such Precepts as will, if duly attended to, make Man and Wife Sweeter, Lovelier, and more Desireable in each other's Eyes; originally sold at the Temple of Hymen, (for One Guinea.). London: printed for M. Smith, and sold by all other booksellers, [1780?]. ESTC No. T20989. Grub Street ID 238299.
  • Graham, James. The guardian goddess of health: or, the whole art of preventing and curing diseases; and of enjoying peace and hapiness of body and of mind to the longest possible period of human existence: with precepts for the preservation and exaltation of personal beauty and loveliness. To which is added, an account of the composition, preparation, and properties of the three great medicines prepared and dispensed at the Temple of Health, Adelphi, and at the Temple of Hymen, Pall-Mall, London. By James Graham, M.D.This book is of so much real importance to the health and happiness of each individual among the public, that tho' it contains more matter or reading than most two shilling pamphlets, it is ordered to be sold for only two pence; - a price very inadequate to the prime cost of the paper, printing, distribution, &c. But salus populi suprema lex est!. London: printed for the people: and by the rosy heralds of health distributed, [1780?]. ESTC No. T141037. Grub Street ID 188651.
  • Graham, James. Travels and voyages in Scotland, England and Ireland, France, America Hungary, ... in the 1779 and 80, ... New edition, being the sixth ... By James Graham, M.D. London: printed for J. Hunter W. Martin, and J. Guthrie, Edinburgh, 1783. ESTC No. T177625. Grub Street ID 214533.
  • Graham, James. A lecture on the generation, increase, and improvement of the human species! Interspersed with precepts for the preservation and exaltation of personal beauty and loveliness; and For prolonging Human Life, Healthily and Happily, To the very longest possible Period of Human Existence! This curious, most eccentric, most important, and most cordially concentric Lecture, is begun with enumerating the safest and most efficacious Ways and Means of producing A Numerous, a Healthy, a Beautiful, and a Virtuous Offspring; And is closed with a glowing, brilliant, and supremely delightful Description of the Structure, and most irresistibly Genial Influences of the Celebrated Celestial Bed!!! The whole illustrated and embellished with A just and spirited Review of the Candour of News-Paper doers; of the present Professors and Administrations of Politics, Law, Physic, and Divinity; and with a Naked Exhibition of Asses, stripped of their Ermine, namely, of country just-asses, Mares, Alderwomen, and W. London: printed, and sold at the Temple of Health; at the pamphlet-shop, under the Front Piazza of the Royal Exchange; and at Mr. Rich's pamphlet-shop, opposite Anderton's Coffee-House, No. 55, Fleet-Street, [1783]. ESTC No. T26901. Grub Street ID 258862.
  • Graham, James. An eccentric lecture on the art of propagating the human species, and producing a numerous and healthy offspring, &c. Wherein is particularly recommended, that temperance and sobriety necessary for all married gentlemen, in order to perform their functions with that glowing vigour which speaks so cordially home to the female heart: the efficacious virtues of the electrical bed, in the act of copulation, &c. Delivered at the Temple of Hymen, by Dr. Graham. London: printed for A. Roger, G. Lister, and other booksellers. Also sold by Mr. Frobisher, at York: Mr. Jackson, at Oxford; Mr. Hodson, at Cambridge; Mr. Slack, at Newcastle, &c., [1783]. ESTC No. T187455. Grub Street ID 223420.
  • Graham, James. A discourse delivered in the Tolbooth of Edinburgh, on Sunday, --- August 17. 1783. By James Graham ... Edinburgh: printed by Campbell Denovan, sold by P. Anderson, 1783. ESTC No. T194040. Grub Street ID 228043.
  • Graham, James. A discourse delivered on Sunday, August 17. 1783, in the Tolbooth of Edinburgh, by Doctor James Graham, of the Temple of Health, in London, while he was, ... imprisoned there, for a pretended libellous hand-bill and advertisement, which were said to be published by him against the magistrates of that city. Edinburgh: printed by Campbell Denovan. Sold by P. Anderson, 1783. ESTC No. T182654. Grub Street ID 219096.
  • Graham, James. A lecture on the generation, increase, and improvement of the human species. Interspersed with receipts for the preservation and exaltation of personal beauty and loveliness; and for prolonging human life, healthily and happily, to the very longest possible period of human existence! This curious, most eccentric, most important, and most cordially concertri[c] lecture, is begun with enumerating the safest and most efficacious ways and means of producing a numerous, a healthy, a beautiful and a virtuous offspring; with private medical advice to those married ladies and gentlemen, who are not blessed with children. Containing suchprecepts as will, if duly attended to, make man and wife sweeter, lovelier, and more desirable in each others eyes; and originally sold at the Temple of Hymen, by itself, for one guinea; but now reduced to the small consideration of half a crown. Londini: typis excusum Iac. Græmæi, et prostant venales per Josephum Ray, bibliopolam in Dublinia, [1783]. ESTC No. N69807. Grub Street ID 50683.
  • Graham, James. The guardian of health, long life and happiness! or, the whole art of preventing and curing diseases, ... to which is now first added, the Christians universal prayer! with a preface, exhibiting, a short sketch of Dr. Graham's religious principles, ... By James Graham, ... [Manchester]: All Dr. Graham's books, pamphlets, and medicine, are now to be had at the Doctor's Apartments in Deansgate; but after his departure from Manchester, they will be sold by Mr. Harper, printer, in Hanging-dith [sic], [1784]. ESTC No. T166427. Grub Street ID 204652.
  • Graham, James. The principal grounds, basis, argument, or, soul! of the new celestial curtain, (or reprehensory) lecture! Most humbly addressed to all crowned heads! great personages! And others, whom it may concern. By James Graham, M. D. London: printed for the author, and sold at his House, No. 6, Panton-Street, Hay-Market. Entered at Stationers-Hall, 1786. ESTC No. T28062. Grub Street ID 259774.
  • Graham, James. A discourse, delivered on Sunday, August 17. 1783, at Edinburgh, wherein the nature, and manner of the resurrection of the human body, and the immortality, or future modes of existence, and progress of the Soul! are philosophically, medically, and religiously explained, by Doctor James Graham, of the Temple of Health, in Pall-Mall, near the King's Palace, London. Hull: printed by T. Briggs, in Church-Lane, MDCCLXXXVII. [1787]. ESTC No. T28063. Grub Street ID 259775.
  • Graham, James. This day are published by Dr Graham, ... An abridgement of Dr Graham's lecture: or, The guardian of health, ... II. A treatise on the all-cleansing, ... qualities of the simple earth, ... III. A new edition, ... of the present, trifling, absurd and ineffectual state of medica practice ... IV. An abstract of the above book, ... [London: 1790]. ESTC No. N47002. Grub Street ID 31779.
  • Graham, James. This day are published by Dr Graham, ... An abridgement of Dr Graham's lecture: or, The guardian of health, ... II. A treatise on the all-cleansing, ... qualities of the simple earth, ... III. A new edition, ... of the present, trifling, absurd and ineffectual state of medica practice ... IV. An abstract of the above book, ... V. A discourse, delivered on Sunday, August 17, 1783, at Edinburgh, ... VI. A new reprehensory and admonitory lecture, most humbly addressed to all the crowned heads, ... [London: 1790]. ESTC No. N47003. Grub Street ID 31780.
  • Graham, James. A short treatise on the all-cleansing, - all-healing, - and all-invigorating qualities of the simple earth, When long and repeatedly applied to the naked Human-Body and Lungs, for the safe, speedy, and radical Cure of all Diseases, internal as well as external, which are, in their Nature or Stage, susceptible of being cured;-for the preservation of the Health, Vigour, Bloom and Beauty of Body and of Mind;-For rejuvenating the aged and decaying Human-Body;-And for prolonging Life to the very longest possible Period. To which are added, a description of the best Kinds of Soil, or Mould, and Situations,-And of the best Methods of conducting this most essicacious, and most salutary Practice of Earth-Bathing; And a free Critique on the regular Professors or Teachers, and Practisers of Medicine, Surgery, &c. Being the first Book or Pamphlet that ever was published in the World on the Subject of Earth-Bathing. By James Graham, M. D. Newcastle upon Tyne: printed by Hall and Elliot; and sold by the author; - by Mr Richardson, Royal Exchange, London; - Mr. J. Guthrie, Nicholson-Street, Edinburgh; and by Mr Cruttwell, Bath, MDCCXC. [1790]. ESTC No. T28056. Grub Street ID 259767.
  • Graham, James. The guardian of health, long-life, and happiness: or, Doctor Graham's general directions as to regimen, &c. for the cure or alleviation of all nervous, scorbutic, scrophulous, bilious, gouty, and rheumatic diseases, for the Preservation of Health, for the happy Prolongation of Life,-For the Improvement and Preservation of Youth and Beauty,---and for the Enjoyment of temporal Peace, and of eternal Felicity; affectionately addressed to every reasonable and candid Person who wishes to be healthy, respectable, and truly happy both here and hereafter. To which are added, the Christian's Universal, being a Paraphrase on our Lord's prayer; and a complete and infallible Guide to everlasting Blessedness in Heaven!. Newcastle upon Tyne: printed by S. Hodgson; and sold by the author; - by Mr. Richardson, Royal Exchange, London; - Mr J. Guthrie, Nicholson-Street, Edinburgh; and by Mr Cruttwell, Bath, MDCCXC. [1790]. ESTC No. T28058. Grub Street ID 259769.
  • Graham, James. Proposals for the establishment of a new and true Christian Church; and for cutting off the sources of corruption and of antichristianism in the Church of England. Containing Advices to Dr. Priestley; and to his numerous deluded and deluding Followers; Critical Remarks on the Churches of England, Scotland, and Rome, and on the various Sects which dissent from them; Directions for the Public and Private Reading of the Holy Scriptures with the deepest Devotion, and with the highest Benefit. The whole interspersed with Exhortations and Words of Consolation to all those Persons who truly know, who are desirous of knowing, or who are destined to know, that our Lord Jesus Christ is very gracious; and that He is the alone-the only possible Saviour of Mankind. With a preface, demonstrating the generally hurtful, and often fatal Effects of the Electrical Fire, and of the artificially produced Airs, which are recommended by Dr. Priestley, when applied to the Human Body. By James Graham, M.D. Bath: printed by R. Cruttwell, and sold by all the booksellers in Bath, Bristol, Gloucester, and the adjacent towns; in London, by Mr. Richardson, Front of the Royal-Exchange, and by Mr. Hookham, in New Bond-Street; and in Edinburgh, by Mr. Guthrie, [1790?]. ESTC No. T28059. Grub Street ID 259770.
  • Graham, James. Dr. Graham has had the honour of publicly exhibiting and explaining to the inhabitants of Bath and Bristol, ... the nature and effects of earth-bathing, ... [Bath?: printed by R. Crutwell?, 1792?]. ESTC No. T166314. Grub Street ID 204550.
  • Graham, James. A clear, full, and faithful portraiture, or description, and ardent recommendation of a certain most beautiful and spotless virgin princess, of imperial descent! to a certain youthful heir apparent, In the possession of whom alone, his Royal Highness can be truly, permanently, and supremely happy. Most humbly and dutifully dedicated to his Royal Highness George, Prince of Wales, &c. And earnestly recommended to the attention of The Members of both Houses of Parliament. With a postscript to the People at large. the second edition. By James Graham, M.D. Bath: printed by R. Cruttwell; and sold in London, by Mr. Hookham, in New-Bond-Street; Mr. Richardson, Royal Exchange; Mr. John Guthrie, Nicholson-Street, Edinburgh; by the Bath booksellers, and by Dr. Graham, 1792. ESTC No. T26910. Grub Street ID 258872.
  • Graham, James. A clear, full, and faithful portraiture, or description, and ardent recommendation of a certain most beautiful and spotless virgin princess, of imperial descent! to a certain youthful heir apparent, ... The third edition. By James Graham, M.D. Bath: printed by R. Cruttwell; and sold in London, by Mr. Hookham; Mr. Richardson; Mr. John Guthrie, Edinburgh; by the Bath booksellers, and by Dr. Graham, 1792. ESTC No. T162257. Grub Street ID 201077.
  • Graham, James. A clear, full, and faithful portraiture, or description, and ardent recommendation of a certain most beautiful and spotless virgin princess, of imperial descent! to certain youthful heir apparent, ... By James Graham, M.D. Bath: printed by R. Cruthwell; and sold in London, by Mr. Hookham; Mr. Richardson; Mr. John Guthrie, Edingburgh; by the Bath booksellers, and by Dr. Graham, 1792. ESTC No. T28060. Grub Street ID 259772.
  • Graham, James. Dr. Graham has had the honour of publicly exhibiting and explaining to the inhabitants of Bath and Bristol, ... the nature and effects of earth bathing, ... [Bath?: printed by R. Crutwell?, 1792?]. ESTC No. T28061. Grub Street ID 259773.
  • Graham, James. A new and curious treatise of the nature and effects of simple earth, water, and air, when applied to the human body: how to live for many weeks, months, or years, without eating any thing whatever: With The Extraordinary Histories Of Many Persons, Male and Female, who have so subsisted. To which is added, an appendix, Containing Pathetic Remonstrances And Advices To Young Persons, And To Old Men, Against the Abuse of Certain debilitating and degrading Pleasures. By James Graham, M. D. Formerly sole Institutor, Proprietor, and Director of the Temple of Health in the Adelphi, and in Pall-Mall, London. London: printed for the author, and sold by Messrs. Richardson, at the Royal Exchange, and Hookham, in Bond Street, 1793. ESTC No. T122809. Grub Street ID 173381.