Publications of Joseph Harrop

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 Harrop

  • Goodhall, James. King Richard II. A tragedy. Alter'd from Shakespear, and the stile Imitated. The additional Lines are marked thus (`) By James Goodhall. Manchester: printed by Joseph Harrop, opposite the Exchange, 1772. And Sold by the Booksellers in Town and Country, [1772]. ESTC No. T62180. Grub Street ID 287689.

Sold by Joseph Harrop

  • Bobbin, Tim. Tim Bobbin's toy-shop open'd or, his whimsical amusements. Containing, his view of the Lancashire dialect, ... Together with several other humourous epistles, ... Embellished with copper-plates designed by the author, and engraved by Mr. Barlow, of Bolton. Manchester: printed and sold by Joseph Harrop, and by the booksellers throughout England and Wales, 1763. ESTC No. T116628. Grub Street ID 168292.