Publications of Thomas Spence

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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."

Sold by Thomas Spence

  • A political dictionary for the guinea-less pigs, or, a glossary of emphatical words made use of by that jewel of a man, Deep Will. In his administration, and his plans for yoking and putting rings in the snouts of those grumbling swine, who raise such Horrid Grunting, when Tyrannical winds blow high. London]: Printed for the author: and sold by J. Burks, No. 74, Sun-Street, Bishopsgate; J. Smith, Portsmouth-Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields; D. I. Eaton, Newgate-Street; Lee, 444, Strand; T. Spence, Turnstile; A. Seale, No. 11, Cumberland-Street, Middlesex Hospital; F. Place, No. 13, Back of St. Clement's; T. G. Ballard, No. 3, Bedford Court, Covent Garden; F. Ward, No. 41, Dean-Street, Westminster; and J. Baker, No. 30, Sutton-Street, Crown-Street, Soho, [1795?. ESTC No. T43959. Grub Street ID 272447.

Author

  • Spence, Thomas. The grand repository of the English language: containing, ... the most proper and agreeable pronunciation ... With a copper-plate, exhibiting the new alphabet ... By Thomas Spence, ... Newcastle upon Tyne: printed by T. Saint, for the author, and sold by him at his school, and by all the booksellers in town and country, 1775. ESTC No. T204080. Grub Street ID 234444.
  • Spence, Thomas. The real reading-made-easy: or, foreigners' and grown persons' pleasing introductor to reading English, ... Newcastle: printed and sold by T. Saint, 1782. ESTC No. T206771. Grub Street ID 236159.
  • Spence, Thomas. A s’upl’im’int too thı̆ Hı̆stı̆re ŏv Rŏbı̆nsı̆n Kruzo, beı̆ng th’i h’ist’ire ’ov Kruzonea, ŏr R’ob’ins’in Kruzo’z il’ind. ... [Newcastle upon Tyne]: Nu K’as’il: prı̆ntı̆d ănd sold bi T. Sant, 1782. ESTC No. T135302. Grub Street ID 183742.
  • Spence, Thomas. A supplement to the History of Robinson Crusoe, being the history of Crusonia, or Robinson Crusoe's island, ... Newcastle: printed and sold by T. Saint, in, 1782. ESTC No. T135303. Grub Street ID 183743.
  • Spence, Thomas. The rights of man, first published in the year 1783. London]: printed for T. Spence, Bookseller, No. 8, Little Turnstile, Holborn, [1793. ESTC No. T45086. Grub Street ID 273428.
  • Spence, Thomas. The rights of man, as exhibited in a lecture, read at the Philosophical Society, in Newcastle, To which is now first added, an interesting conversation, between a gentleman and the author, on the subject of his scheme. With the queries sent by the Rev. Mr. J. Murray, to the Society in defence of the same. And a song of triumph for the people, on the recovery of their long lost rights. The fourth edition. By T. Spence. London: Printed for the author, and sold by the corner of Chancery-Lane, Holborn, 1793. ESTC No. T69870. Grub Street ID 293746.
  • Spence, Thomas. Burke's address to the "swinish multitude!" Tune, - "Derry down, down," &c. London]: Printed for T. Spence, No.8, Little Turnstile, High Holborn, [1793. ESTC No. T4794. Grub Street ID 275917.
  • Spence, Thomas. The rights of man; first published in the year 1783. By T. Spence, now at no, [sic] 9, Oxford-Street. tune - "Chevy chace.". London]: Printed for T. Spence, no, [sic] 8. Little Turnstile, Holborn, [1795?. ESTC No. T224042. Grub Street ID 246386.
  • Spence, Thomas. The coin collector's companion. Being a descriptive alphabetical list of the modern provincial, political, and other copper coins. London: printed for T. Spence, dealer in coins, No. 8, Little Turnstile, High Holborn, 1795. ESTC No. T69534. Grub Street ID 293505.
  • Spence, Thomas. The end of oppression; being a dialogue between an old mechanic and a young one. Concerning the establishment of the rights of man. Second edition.. London: printed for the author, and sold by T. Spence, No. 8, Little Turnstile, High Holborn; patriotic bookseller and publisher of Pio's meat, [1795]. ESTC No. T5300. Grub Street ID 279994.
  • Spence, Thomas. The end of oppression. or, a quartern loaf for two-pence; being a dialogue between an old mechanic and a young one. Concerning the establishment of the rights of man. London: printed for the author, and sold by T. Spence, [1795]. ESTC No. T4795. Grub Street ID 275928.
  • Spence, Thomas. Spence's recantation of the end of oppression. London: printed for T. Spence, [1795?]. ESTC No. T4796. Grub Street ID 275939.
  • Spence, Thomas. A fragment of an ancient prophecy. Relating, as some think, to the present revolutions. (Being the fourth part of the end of oppression.). London: Printed for T. Spence, No. 8, Little Turnstile, High Holborn, Patriotic bookseller; and publisher of Pig's Meat, &c, 1796. ESTC No. T70281. Grub Street ID 294042.
  • Spence, Thomas. The meridian sun of liberty; or, the whole rights of man displayed and most Accurately Defined, In a lecture read at the Philosophical Society in Newcastle, on the 8th of November, 1775, for printing of which the Society did the Author the honor to expel him. To which is now first prefixed, by way of Preface, a most important dialogue between the Citizen Reader, and the Author. By T. Spence. London: printed for the author at No. 8. Little Turnstile, High Holborn, Patriotic Bookseller and Publisher of that best School of Man's Rights, entitled Pigs' Meat; the End of Oppression; Grand Repository of the English Language, &c * See ``sober Reflections'' or rather, Lamentations over the impending Fate of ``the vessel of Hereditary Property,'' by John Thelwall, 1796. ESTC No. T5299. Grub Street ID 279983.
  • Spence, Thomas. The rights of infants; or, the imprescriptable right of mothers to such a share of the elements as is sufficient to enable them to suckle and bring up their young in a dialogue between the aristocracy and a mother of children. To which are added, by way of preface and appendix, strictures on Paine's Agrarian justice. By T. Spence, Author of the Real Rights of Man, End of Oppression, Reign of Felicity, Pigs' Meat, &c. London: printed for the author, at No. 9, Oxford-Street, lately removed from No. 8, Little Turnstile, [1797]. ESTC No. T69545. Grub Street ID 293515.
  • Spence, Thomas. The constitution of a perfect commonwealth. Being the French Constitution of 1793, amended, and rendered entirely conformable to the whole rights of man. By T. Spence,. London: printed and sold by the author, [1798?]. ESTC No. N67637. Grub Street ID 49193.