Publications of J. Belcher.

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. Belcher.

  • Coke, Thomas. A funeral sermon, preached in Spitalfields-Chapel, London, on Sunday, Oct. 26, 1794, on the death of Mrs. Hester Ann Rogers; by the Rev. Thomas Coke, LL.D. Also, an appendix, written by her husband, with various pieces, selected and transcribed from her manuscript journals. Birmingham: printed by J. Belcher. 1795. Sold at the Methodist chapels, [1795]. ESTC No. N18412. Grub Street ID 7887.

Sold by J. Belcher.

  • Waring, George, Minister at the Countess of Huntingdon's Chapel. A sermon on the righteousness of Christ; preached at the Chapel, in King-Street, Birmingham, on Sunday Evening, Jan. 15, 1792. By G. Waring. Published by Request. Birmingham: printed and sold by J. Belcher. Sold also by L.J. Higham, No. 159, ST. John's-Street, Clerkenwell, London; by T. Lucas, [Birmingham] High-Street; the other booksellers in Birmingham; and may be had in the vestry of King-Street Chapel, [1792]. ESTC No. T121800. Grub Street ID 172561.