Publications of Griffith Wright

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 Griffith Wright

  • Venn, H. An earnest and pressing call, to keep holy the Lord's day. Addressed equally to the rich and poor of his flock. With suitable directions, to be observed for that purpose. By H. Venn, ... Leedes: printed by Griffith Wright. And sold by the booksellers, 1760. ESTC No. T186089. Grub Street ID 222253.
  • Moxon, Elizabeth. English housewifry. Exemplified in above four hundred and fifty receipts, giving directions in most parts of cookery; ... With cuts for the orderly placing the dishes and courses; ... By Elizabeth Moxon. With an appendix, containing upwards of sixty receipts, ... Leedes: printed by Griffith Wright: for George Copperthwaite; and sold by Mr. B. Dod; Mrs. Richardson; and Mr. Johnson, London, 1764. ESTC No. T127778. Grub Street ID 177443.
  • Peckham, Ann. The complete English cook; or, prudent housewife. ... By Ann Peckham, ... Leeds: printed by Griffith Wright, M,DCC,LXVII. And sold by the author, and J. Ogle, in Leeds; and Messrs. Robinson and Roberts, London, [1767]. ESTC No. T92199. Grub Street ID 311994.
  • A sermon preached at the visitation held at Wakefield, by the Worshipful Edmund Pyle, LL.D. On Tuesday, the 25th day of July, 1769. By James Scott, B. D. Fellow of Trinity-College, Cambridge. Leeds: printed by Griffith Wright; and sold by the booksellers of Leeds, Wakefield, Bradford, Halifax, Rochdale, and Huddersfield; sold also by Messrs. Richardson and Urquhart, under the Royal Exchange, London; Fletcher and Hodson, at Cambridge; Jackson, at Oxford; and to be had of all the Booksellers in Town and Country, [1769]. ESTC No. T84532. Grub Street ID 304907.
  • Rules and orders for relieving and employing the poor of the township of Leeds: and for the government of the workhouse there. Leeds: printed by Griffith Wright, 1771. ESTC No. N12865. Grub Street ID 2839.
  • Taylor, Dan. The consistent Christian; or the Truth and Peace, Holiness, Unanimity, Stedfastness, and Zeal, recommended to Professors of Christianity. The substance of five sermons. By Dan Taylor. To which is prefixed, a brief account of the Author's Removal from Wadsworth to Halifax. Leeds: printed by Griffith Wright and Son, [1784]. ESTC No. T11627. Grub Street ID 167939.

Sold by Griffith Wright

  • Chetham, John. A book of psalmody, containing, variety of tunes for all the common metres of the Psalms in the old and new versions, and others for particular measures, with chanting-tunes for Venite exultemus, ... and fifteen anthems, ... The ninth edition, with large additions, and corrected. By the Reverend Mr. John Chetham. Leeds: printed and sold by Griffith Wright: sold also by Geo. Copperthwaite, J. Wilson, J. Ogle, and J. Binns, in Leeds; N. Binns, W. Edwards, and A. Smith, in Halifax; [and 2 in Wakefield, 1 in Barnsley, York, Manchester, Huddersfield, Bradford, Pontefract, Knaresborough Newcastle and 4 in London], 1767. ESTC No. T55673. Grub Street ID 282236.

Printed for Griffith Wright

  • Peckham, Ann. The complete English cook; or, prudent housewife. ... By Ann Peckham, ... Leeds: printed (by assignment from the author) for Griffith Wright and John Binns: and sold by S. Crowder and G. Robinson, London; and all other booksellers in town and country, 1773. ESTC No. N28191. Grub Street ID 17420.