Publications of J. Leadley

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 J. Leadley

  • Mason, John. Select remains of the Rev. John Mason, M.A. late rector of Water-Stratford, in the County of Bucks, Author of the Songs of Praise to Almighty God. Containing A Variety of devout and useful Sayings, on divers Subjects, digested under proper Heads; Religious Observations; Serious Advice to Youth, Occasional Reflections, &c. and Christian Letters. Recommended by the Rev. I. Watts, D.D. Bridlington: printed and sold by J. Leadley, 1791. ESTC No. T96116. Grub Street ID 315583.

Sold by J. Leadley

  • The beauties of thought, on various subjects, in prose and verse. Selected from the best authors. Consisting of a variety of matter, calculated for the improvement of the minds of readers of every class. Bridlington: printed and sold by J. Leadley, Bookseller; sold also by Messrs. J. M. Mozley, and Co. Gainsbrough, Mr. Rhodes. Hull, and Mr. Tesseyman, York, M,DCC,XCIII. [1793]. ESTC No. T116284. Grub Street ID 167951.