Publications of James Chalmers

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 James Chalmers

  • Barclay, Robert. A genealogical account of the Barclays of Urie, formerly of Mathers; extracted from ancient registers, and authentick Documents. Together with memoirs of the life of Colonel David Barclay of Urie, And of his eldest Son, the late Robert Barclay of Urie. Collected for the Information and Use of their Posterity. Aberdeen: printed by James Chalmers, Printer to the Town and University, 1740. ESTC No. T87666. Grub Street ID 307702.

Sold by James Chalmers

  • Hepburn, John. Rules and directions for fellowship-meetings, by the late Reverend Mr. John Hepburn, ... To which is annexed, an Act of the Associate Presbytery, concerning fellowship-meetings. Aberdeen: printed and sold by James Chalmers, 1762. ESTC No. N48691. Grub Street ID 33177.

Printed for James Chalmers

  • Ambrose, Isaac. The complete works of that eminent minister of God's word, Mr. Isaac Ambrose: consisting of the following treatises: viz. I. Prima, media, & ultima; ... II. Looking unto Jesus, ... III. War with devils, ... IV. With a sermon added concerning redeeming the time. Carefully corrected by the best London edition. Aberdeen: printed for James Chalmers, 1769. ESTC No. N52513. Grub Street ID 36499.