Publications of W. Clachar

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 W. Clachar

  • Fry, Richard. The origin and use of civil government. A sermon, delivered at Billericay, April 23d, 1789, being the day of general thanksgiving for the King's recovery. Published at the request of the congregation, by Richard Fry. Chelmsford: printed and sold by W. Clachar; sold also by Mr. Buckland, London, and by the author at Billericay, [1789]. ESTC No. N62532. Grub Street ID 44867.

Sold by W. Clachar

  • The poll for Knights of the shire to represent the county of Essex, taken at Chelmsford, On Monday and Tuesday, October XVII, XVIII, M,DCC,LXXIV. BY Henry Lovibond Collins Esq. Sheriff. BY Authority Of The High Sheriff. Chelmsford: printed and sold by W. Clachar and C. Frost: sold also by Mr. Nicholls, Witham; Mr. Gibbs and Mr. Keymer, Colchester; Mr. Gray, Chelmsford; Mrs. Thorn and Mr. Smitheman, Braintree; Mr. G. Jewitt, at Halsted; Mr. J. Jewitt, Hedingham; and Mr. Shinglewood, Maldon, M,DCC,LXXV. [1775]. ESTC No. T118139. Grub Street ID 169695.