Publications of John Ireland

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 John Ireland

  • The famous and renowned history of the unfortunate lovers, Hero and Leander. Who ended their lives in the sea, for each other. Leicester: printed by John Ireland, Opposite the Conduit, in the Market-Place, [1780?]. ESTC No. T67851. Grub Street ID 292293.

Sold by John Ireland

  • An exact copy of the poll taken at the Guild-Hall in the borough of Leicester, Before William Holmes, Esq. Mayor; And John Kirkland, Gent. Bailiff. From March 22d. to April 6th. 1768. For electing two burgesses to represent the said borough in the ensuing Parliament. Leicester: printed and sold by John Ireland, [1768]. ESTC No. T183384. Grub Street ID 219794.

Printed for John Ireland

  • Heathcote, Ralph. Memoirs of the late contested election for the county of Leicester: or, a new triumphal arch erected in honor of victory obtained from that contest by the true old interest. By a freeholder of Leicestershire. Leicester: printed for John Ireland, Bookseller, MDCCLXXV. [1775]. ESTC No. T128122. Grub Street ID 177757.