Publications of Shober and

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 Shober and

  • Gregory, John. A father's legacy to his daughters. By the late Dr. Gregory of Edinburgh. New-York: Printed by Shober and Loudon, in Maiden-Lane, for Samuel Loudon, at Hunter's-Quay, M.DCC.LXXV. [1775]. ESTC No. W12113. Grub Street ID 321360.

Sold by Shober and

  • The New-York and country almanack for the year of our Lord 1776 ... Fitted for the province of New-York; but will serve the adjacent provinces without any sensible error. By Dick Astronomer, philo-ast. New-York: Printed and sold by Shober and Loudon, at the newest printing-office, the corner of Maiden-Lane and Nassau-Street, [1775]. ESTC No. W32540. Grub Street ID 343038.