Publications of James Dalton

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 for James Dalton

  • Cibber, Colley. The tragical history of King Richard III. Containing, the distresses and death of K Henry VI. ... As it is now acted at the Theatre-Royal in Smock-Alley. Reviv'd with alterations by Mr. Cibber, from Shakespear. Dublin: printed for James Dalton, 1750. ESTC No. N23342. Grub Street ID 12703.
  • Philips, Ambrose. The distrest mother. A tragedy. As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Smock-Alley. By Mr. Philips. Dublin: printed for James Dalton. Bookseller, at Sir Isaac Newton's Head on Temple-Bar, 1750. ESTC No. T186213. Grub Street ID 222374.
  • Gay, John. The beggar's opera. As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Lincoln's Inn-Fields. Written by Mr. Gay. Dublin: printed for James Dalton Book-Seller, at Sir Isaac-Newton's Head on Temple-Bar, 1752. ESTC No. N14796. Grub Street ID 4558.
  • Cibber, Colley. The tragical history of King Richard III. Containing, the distresses and death of K. Henry the Sixth. ... As it is now acted at the Theatre-Royal in Smock-Alley. Reviv'd with alterations by Mr. Cibber, from Shakespear. Dublin: printed for James [D]alton, 1753. ESTC No. N23341. Grub Street ID 12702.