Publications of A. Bell

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 A. Bell

  • Hitchin, Edward. Free thoughts on the late application of some Dissenting ministers to Parliament; in a letter to the Rev. ******* ... By Edward Hitchin, . London: printed and sold by A. Bell, [1772]. ESTC No. T53488. Grub Street ID 280451.

Sold by A. Bell

  • Mason, William. The best improvement of the much lamented death of that eminent and faithful minister of the Gospel, the Revd. Mr. George Whitefield, chaplain to the Countess of Huntingdon: ... Addressed to the people of the Tabernacle and the Chapel, in Tottenham-Court-Road. By W. M. The second edition.. London: printed and sold by A. Bell, M. Lewis, and I. Matthews, 1770. ESTC No. N32389. Grub Street ID 21070.

Printed for A. Bell

  • Quincy, John. Pharmacopoeia officinalis & extemporanea: or, a compleat English dispensatory, in four parts. Containing I. The theory of pharmacy, ... II. A description of the officinal simples, ... III. The officinal compositions; ... IV. Extemporaneous prescriptions, ... By John Quincy M.D. The third edition, with large additions.. London: printed for A. Bell, W. Taylor, and J. Obsorn, 1720. ESTC No. N11353. Grub Street ID 1352.