Dates active between. Name. Details.
1716-1717: Matthew Unwin printed Birmingham's first known book in 1716 (more about Unwin).
1719-1758: Henry Butler. Between about 1724 and 1730 Henry Butler printed images of Newcomen's steam engine (more about Butler).
1727-1755: Thomas Warren Senior. In 1727 Thomas Warren was described as a 'bookseller', and he printed his first known book in 1729 (more about Warren).
1741-1761: Thomas Aris. Aris began his newspaper, The Gazette, in 1741 (list of books published).
1750-1775: John Baskerville. Baskerville started letter-cutting in about 1750.
1752: Thomas Juxon. In this year Juxon printed a catalogue of inhabitants and tradesmen of Birmingham, which is now lost.
Before 1755-1770: Thomas Warren Junior.
1758-1773: Esther Butler. Esther was probably Henry's widow, or perhaps a daughter. She was at 74 New Street (more about Butler).
1758-1796: Robert Martin: Martin became Baskerville's journeyman in about 1758.
1760-1792: James Sketchley. Sketchley first printed in Birmingham in 1760, but a book printed in Bristol in 1757 bears the imprint 'J. Sketchley & S. Warren'. He printed the first Sketchley's Birmingham Directory in 1763 (though no copies have been found) and was involved in a number of newspaper ventures.
1761-1791: Christopher Earl.
1768-1773: Orion Adams. Involved in a number of newspaper ventures with other printers.
1769-1770: Nicholas Boden.
1770-1796: Thomas Pearson.
1771-1809: Myles Swinney. Printed a number of newspapers, and casted his own type from 1779. Swinney was the printer of Bisset's Magnificent Directory. He partnered with John Collins (1796) and Henry Hawkins (1799-1800).
1780-18??: Edward Piercy.
1791-1809: James Belcher Senior.
Early Booksellers (many of the printers above were also booksellers, those below sold books, but did not print them)
1728-?: Andrew Johnson. Andrew was the uncle to Samuel Johnson, his shop was on High Street.
1737-1753: Francis Woollaston. A bookseller on High Street.
1744: Robert Luke.
1753-?: Pryn Parkes. Parkes takes over from Woollaston in 1753.
