Publications of Joseph Hawkins

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 Joseph Hawkins

  • Crew, Richard. (No. 32,) in Crooked-Lane, facing the Monument, London, sells, wholesale and retail, on the most reasonable terms, all sorts of hardware, with Dutch and English toys in general,. London]: Printed by Jos. Hawkins, Shire-Lane, Temple-Bar, [between 1783 and 1786?. ESTC No. T217597. Grub Street ID 242487.

Printed for Joseph Hawkins

  • The agreeable story-teller: for the amusement and instruction of the youth of both sexes. Adorned with cuts. London: Printed for Joseph Hawkins, Shire-lane, Temple-Bar, [1774?]. ESTC No. N29505. Grub Street ID 18633.

Printed by and for, or by/for and sold by Joseph Hawkins

  • The history of Felina, Princess of Purry-Mew Island, who was metamorphosed into a white cat. Including the history of the golden sparrow and Prince Squally-Wally; with their restoration and marriage. London: printed and sold by Joseph Hawkins, Shire-Lane, Temple-Bar, [1774?]. ESTC No. N32790. Grub Street ID 21356.
  • Shakespeare, William. The seven ages of man, beautifully described by the immortal Shakespeare. The whole adorned with curious copper-plate cuts. London: printed and sold by J. Hawkins, Shire-Lane, Temple-Bar, [1774?]. ESTC No. N37098. Grub Street ID 25053.