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A Floating City and The Blockade Runners

Jules Verne

First published 1874
Publisher Sampson Low, Marston, Low, and Searle
Format Hardcover
Type Omnibus
Cover art Jules-Descartes Férat
Pages iv+286+40

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.

Page Title Author(s) Type
197|2.1 The Blockade Runners Jules Verne Novella
1|1.1 A Floating City Jules Verne Novel

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
A Floating City and The Blockade Runners 1876 George Routledge & Sons Hardcover Omnibus
A Floating City and The Blockade Runners 1904 Charles Scribner's Sons Hardcover Omnibus iv+287
A Floating City and The Blockade Runners Cover 2010 Forgotten Books Trade Paperback Omnibus 376
A Floating City and The Blockade Runners 2022 Project Gutenberg eBook Omnibus 67829