A Floating City and The Blockade Runners

Overview:

  • Title: A Floating City and The Blockade Runners
  • Author: Jules Verne
  • Year: 1874
  • Publisher: Sampson Low, Marston, Low, and Searle
  • Pages: iv+286+40
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Omnibus
  • Title Reference: A Floating City and The Blockade Runners
  • Notes: The cover image is one of the images from the original illustrated French publication. The two-page list of illustrations ends on numbered page iv. No other roman numeral pages. The novel begins on page 1 and ends on page 196. The novella begins on page 197 and ends on page 286 and is followed by an illustration on an unnumbered page. This is followed by a publisher's catalogue, pages 2-40 being numbered. Art is uncredited but matches the illustrations to the original French edition. Sources:
    • Title ("A Floating City," over "and" over "The Blockade Runners"), date (1874), publisher, page count and content notes from a scanned copy at the Bodleian Library.
    • Date (September 1874) from Jules Verne Encyclopedia.