| Author | Thomas Hardy |
| Publisher | Penguin, Penguin Books, Penguin Books Ltd, Penguin Books Canada Ltd, Penguin Books (N.Z.) Ltd, Penguin Books Australia Ltd |
| Imprint | Penguin English Library |
| Editor | Martin Seymour-Smith |
| Introduction by | Martin Seymour-Smith |
| Notes by | Martin Seymour-Smith |
| Copyright Holder (Introduction/Prologue) | Martin Seymour-Smith |
| Copyright Holder (Notes) | Martin Seymour-Smith |
| Cover Artist | Edward Ridley |
| Printed by | Hazell Watson & Viney Ltd* |
| Format | Paperback |
| Language | English |
| Location | UK |
| Copyright | 1978 |
| This Edition Published | 1978 |
| Reprinted | 1979 |
| Reprinted | 1979 |
| Reprinted | 1980 |
| Reprinted | 1981 |
| Reprinted | 1981 |
| Reprinted | 1982 |
| Pages / Font | 437 pages / Intertype Lectura |
| ISBN | 0 14 043.125 X |
| Price | 95p UK |
| Price | $2.75 AUST |
| Price | $2.95 CAN |
| Price | $2.95 U.S.A |
