Male : Novelist & poet. Articled to an ecclesiastical architect 1856-61, and worked for a architect 1862-7. Married Emma Gifford in 1874 (she died 1912) and then Florence Dugdale in 1914. Buried in Westminster Abbey

Nationality : English Place of Birth : Higher Bockhampton, Dorset

Date of Birth : 1840 Date of Death : 1928 Age : 87

Other Work : Architect

Education : Dorchester & King's College, London

Desperate Remedies
(Tinsley Brothers 1871) - 3 vols - Anon
(1889 Ward & Downey) - 2nd Ed. One Vol
(1891 Ward & Downey. 4th Ed)
(1892 Heinemann) - 3rd Ed. One Vol

Under the Greenwood Tree
(Tinsley Bros 1872) - 2 vols - Anon
(1873 Tinsley) - 2nd Ed. One Vol
(1875 Tinsley) - 3rd Ed. One Vol. R Knight
(1878 Chatto & Windus) - 4th Ed. One Vol
(1913 Chatto & Windus) - Keith Henderson
(1940 Macmillan) - Clare Leighton

A Pair of Blue Eyes
[First serialised in Tinsley's Magazine]
(Tinsley Bros 1873) - 3 vols (1873 Holt & Williams, NY)
(1877 Henry S King) - 2nd Ed. One Vol
(1877 Kegan Paul) - 3rd Ed. One Vol

Far From the Madding Crowd
(Smith, Elder 1874) - 2 vols
(1875 Smith Elder) - 2nd Ed. 2 vols
(1877 Smith Elder) - 3rd Ed. One Vol
(1958 Ltd Eds Club, NY) - 1500 signed by Agnes Miller Parker
(1958 Heritage Press NY) - Agnes Miller Parker
[Filmed in 1967]

The Hand of Ethelberta
(Smith Elder 1876) - 2 vols - George Du Maurier (1876 Henry Holt)
(1877 Smith Elder) - 2nd Ed. One Vol - George Du Maurier
(1882 Sampson Low) - 3rd Ed. One Vol

The Return of the Native
(Smith, Elder 1878) - 3 vols
(1880 [1879] Kegan Paul) - 2nd Ed. One Vol
(1884 Sampson Low) - 3rd Ed. One Vol
(1929 Macmillan) - 1500 Signed by Clare Leighton
(1942 Heritage Press) - Agnes Miller Parker
(1971 Folio Society) - Peter Reddick

The Trumpet Major
(Smith, Elder 1880) - 3 vols
(1881 Sampson Low) - 2nd Ed. One Vol
(1890 Sampson Low) - 3rd Ed. One Vol

A Laodicean
(1881 Henry Holt NY) (Sampson Low 1881) - 3 vols - George Du Maurier
Offered in 1999 for £950
(1882 Sampson Low) - 2nd Ed. One Vol
(1890 Sampson Low) - 3rd Ed. One Vol

Two on a Tower
(Sampson Low 1882) - 3 vols (1882 Henry Holt, NY)
(1883 Sampson Low) - 2nd Ed. One Vol
(1883 Sampson Low) - 3rd Ed. One Vol

The Mayor of Casterbridge
(Smith, Elder 1886) - 2 vols
Offered in 1999 for £1500
(1887 SL) - 2nd Ed. One Vol
(1889 SL) - 3rd Ed. One Vol
(1958 Folio Society) - Peter Reddick
(1964 Ltd Eds Club, NY) - 1500 signed by Agnes Miller Parker
(1964 Heritage Press NY) - Agnes Miller Parker

The Woodlanders
(1887 Macmillan) - 3 vols (1887 Harper NY)
(1887 Macmillan) - 2nd Ed. One Vol
(1889 Macmillan) - 3rd Ed. One Vol
[Filmed in 1997]

Wessex Tales : Strange, Lively, Commonplace
(1888 Macmillan) - 2 vols
(1889 Macmillan) - 2nd Ed. One Vol
(1896 Osgood McIlvaine) - 3rd Ed. One Vol

Tess of the D'Urbervilles
[Denounced by some critics as immoral when first published. First serialised in The Graphic 1891]
(Osgood & McIlvaine 1891) - 3 vols
Offered in 1999 for £950
(1892 Osgood & McIlvaine) - 2nd Ed. 3 vols
(1892 Osgood & McIlvaine) - 'Fifth' (third) Ed. One Vol
(1926 Macmillan) - 1500. Vivien Gribble. Large Paper Ed of 325 signed by Hardy
(1956 Ltd Eds Club, NY) - 1500 signed by Agnes Miller Parker
[Filmed in 1979 as "Tess"]

A Group of Noble Dames
(1891 Osgood & McIlvaine) - One Vol
(1896 Osgood & McIlvaine) - 2nd Ed One Vol

Life's Little Ironies
(1894 Osgood & McIlvaine) - One Vol
(1894 Osgood & McIlvaine) - 2nd Ed. One Vol (1894 Harper NY)

Jude the Obscure
[Denounced by some critics as immoral and indecent when first published.
The Bishop of Wakefield threw it in the fire and W H Smith withdrew it from their shelves.]
(Osgood & McIlvaine 1896) (1896 Harper NY)
(1903 Macmillan. 2nd Ed)
(1969 Ltd Eds Club, NY) - 1500 signed by Agnes Miller Parker
(1969 Heritage Press NY) - Agnes Miller Parker
[Filmed in 1996 as "Jude"]

The Well-Beloved
(Osgood & McIlvaine 1897)
(1897 Osgood & McIlvaine) - 2nd Ed. One Vol

The Dynasts
Part First (1903 Macmillan 1904)
Part Second (1905 Macmillan1906)
Part Third (1908 Macmillan)
Prologue and Epilogue (1914 C Shorter) - Ltd Ed 12
(1927 Macmillan) - 525 Signed copies on large paper. 3 vols. Francis Dodd
Offered in 1999 for £750

1898-1910
Wessex Poems & other Verses (1898 Harper & Bros)
Poems of the Past and Present (1902 Harper, London & NY)
Selected Poems of William Barnes (Ed and Intro by Hardy) (1908 OUP)
Time's Laughingstocks & Other Verses (1909 Macmillan)

1911-1915
The Convergence of the Twain (1912 Clement Shorter) - Ltd Ed 10
Hermann Lea : Thomas Hardy's Wessex (1913 Macmillan) - Photographs by Hardy
A Changed Man, The Waiting Supper & Other Tales (1913 Macmillan)
Offered in 1999 for £450
(1913 Harper) - One Vol
A Changed Man & Other Tales (1914 Macmillan) - 2nd Ed. One Vol
Satires of Circumstance, Lyrics and Reveries (1914 Macmillan)
Song of the Soldiers (1914 C Shorter) - Ltd Ed 12
Before Marching and After (1915 C Shorter) - Ltd Ed 25 numbered
The Oxen (1915 E Williams) (1915 PP by E Williams, Hove for private circulation)

1916-1920
Selected Poems (1916 Macmillan)
In Time of The Breaking of Nations (1916 C Shorter) - Ltd Ed 25
Domicilium (1916 C Shorter) - Ltd Ed 25 numbered
To Shakespeare After Three Hundred Years (1916 Florence Hardy) - Ltd Ed 50 numbered
When I Weekly Knew (1916 Florence Hardy) - Ltd Ed 25 numbered
England to Germany, etc (1917 F Hardy) - Ltd Ed 25 numbered
A Trampwoman's Tragedy (1917 F Hardy) - Ltd ed 25 Numbered
A Call to National Service, etc (1917 F Hardy) - 25
The Fiddler's Story, etc (1917 FH) - Ltd Ed 25
Moments of Vision and Miscellaneous Verses (1917 Macmillan)
Jezreel, Etc (1919 FH) - 25 Ltd Ed
And There Was Great Calm (19201921 FH) - Ltd Ed 25

1921-1925
Selected Poems (1921 Philip Lee Warner, Medici Society, London) - 1025 William Nicholson
Late Lyrics and Earlier, with Many Other Verses (1922 Macmillan)
Haunting Fingers, Etc (1922 FH) - Ltd Ed 25
The Famous Tragedy of the Queen of Cornwall (1923 Macmillan)
(1923 Macmillan NY) - 1000 numbered
Compassion (1924 Mrs Thomas Hardy) - Ltd Ed 25
Winter Nights in Woodland (1925 FH) - Ltd Ed 25
No Bell-Ringing (1925 Mrs TH) - Ltd Ed 25
Human Shows, Far Phantasies, Songs and Trifles (1925 Macmillan)
(1925 Macmillan NY) - 100 numbered
Life and Art by Thomas Hardy : Essays, Notes & letters collected for the First Time
(1925 Greenberg NY) - 2000 numbered

1926-1950
Yuletide in a Younger World (1927 Faber Ariel Poems No 1) - 350 Ltd Ed. Albert Rutherston
(1927 William Edwin Rudge, NY)
Christmas in the Elgin Room (1927 Mrs TH) - Ltd Ed 25
Winter Words in Various Moods and Metres (1927 Macmillan)
(1928 NY) - 500 numbered
Old Mrs Chundle : A Short Story (1929 Crosby Gaige NY) - 742Collected Poems (1930 Macmillan)
Human Shows, Far Fantasies (1930 Macmillan)
Any Little Old Song (1934 printed by Hy Ling, Dorchester for Florence Hardy)
The Three Wayfarers : A Play in One Act (1935 PP for Mrs Thomas Hardy, Dorchester)
- 250 numbered

1951 Onwards
Our Exploits at West Poley (OUP 1952) - 1050. Lynton Lamb
[This is Hardy's only childrens book. Written in 1883 for an American magazine,
the manuscript was discovered almost 60 years later and published]
Collected Poems (1952)
The Architectural Notebook of Thomas Hardy (1966 Macmanus, London)
Our Exploits at West Poley (1978 OUP) - John Lawrence
The Songs from the Dynasts (1980 Tern Press) - 230 signed by Nicholas Parry
The Darkling Thrush & Other Poems (1985 Viking £10.95) - Gordon Beningfield

Collected Works
Pocket Edition : Maroon Cloth (1906 onwards) - 28 vols
Pocket Edition : Maroon Leather (1906 onwards) - 28 vols
Pocket edition : Blue Leather (1906 onwards) - 28 vols
Wessex Edition (1912-1931 Macmillan) - 24 vols
The Writings in Prose & Verse (1915 Harper, NY - Autograph Edition) - 20 vols. 153 signed
Offered in 1999 for £2120
Melstock Edition (1919-20 Macmillan) - 37 Vols. Ltd Ed 500. 1st vol signed
The Writings in Prose & Verse (1920 Harper, NY - Anniversary Edition) - 21 vols. 1250
The Works : Pocket Edition (1924-28 Macmillan) - 26 vols
Works (1926-30 Macmillan Pocket Edition) - 27 vols

READING
1911-1930
F Outwin Saxelby : A Thomas Hardy Dictionary (1911 Routledge)
A P Webb : A Bibliography of the Works of Thomas Hardy (1916 Hollings, London)
Henry Danielson : The First Editions of Thomas Hardy & Their Values (1916 Allen & Unwin)
Florence Emily Hardy : Thomas Hardy - the Early Life (1928 Macmillan)
Patrick Braybrooke : Thomas Hardy and His Philosophy (1928 C W Daniel, London)
Vere H Collins : Talks with Thomas Hardy at Max Gate 1920-1922 (1928 Duckworth) (1978 Duckworth)
Florence E Hardy : Thomas Hardy - The Later Life (1930 Macmillan)

1931-1960
Arthur McDowell : Thomas Hardy - A Critical Study (1931 Faber)
Florence E Hardy : The Life of Thomas Hardy (1933 Macmillan) - 2 vols
(Compiler) Carl J Weber : The First Hundred Years of Thomas Hardy 1840-1940 - A Centenary
Bibliography of Hardiana (1942 Colby College Library, Maine)
Albert J Guerard : Thomas Hardy - The Novels & Stories (1949 Harvard UP)
Evelyn Hardy : Thomas Hardy - A Critical Biography (1954 Hogarth Press)
Richard Little Purdy : Thomas Hardy - A Biographical Study (1954 OUP) (1968 OUP)

1961-1970
(Ed by Evelyn Hardy & Robert Gittings) Emma Hardy - Some Recollections (1961 OUP)
Florence E Hardy : The Life of Thomas Hardy (1962 Macmillan)
F B Pinion : A Hardy Companion - A Guide to the Works of Thomas Hardy and Their Background
(1968 Macmillan)
R L Purdy : Thomas Hardy - A Bibliographical Study (1968 OUP)
J O Baily : The Poetry of Thomas Hardy - A Handbook & Companion (1970 N Carolina UP)

1971 Onwards
Michael Millgate : Thomas Hardy - His Career as a Novelist (1971 Bodley Head)
Robert Gittings : Young Thomas Hardy (1975 Heinemann)
Harold Orel : The Final Years of Thomas Hardy 1912-28 (1976 Macmillan)
Norman Page : Thomas Hardy (1977 Routledge & Kegan Paul £7.95)
Robert Gittings : The Older Hardy (1978 Heinemann £6.95) - JAMES TAIT MEMORIAL PRIZE FOR BEST BIOGRAPHY
Denys Kay-Robinson : The First Mrs Thomas Hardy (1979 Macmillan £7.95)
Michael Millgate : Thomas Hardy - A Biography (1982 OUP)
Arlene M Jackson : Illustration and the Novels of Thomas Hardy (1982 Macmillan)
Kristin Brady : The Short Stories of Thomas Hardy - Tales Past and Present (1982 Macmillan)
H E Gerber & W E Davis : Thomas Hardy - An Annotated Bibliography of Writings
about Him 1871-1978 (1983 N Illinois UP)
Desmond Hawkins : Hardy at Home - The People and Places of His Wessex
(1989 Barrie & Jenkins £15.95)
Joanna Cullen Brown : Let Me Enjoy the Earth - Thomas Hardy and Nature
(1990 Allison & Busby £14.99)
Elizabeth James : Thomas Hardy (c1990 British Library) - 37pp
Martin Seymour-Smith : Hardy (1994 Bloomsbury £25)
(Ed) Michael Millgate : Letters of Emma and Florence Hardy (1996 OUP £45)
Paul Turner : The Life of Thomas Hardy - A Critical Biography (1998 Blackwell)