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A Floating City, A Floating City,

VERNE, Jules. A Floating City, and The Blockade Runners. Translated by Henry Frith. 2nd edn. Sampson Low, Marston, Low, & Searle. 1875
Front., plates, 40pp cata. (Oct. 1874); occasional light spotting. Orig. dark blue pictorial cloth, blocked & lettered in black & gilt, bevelled boards; spine darkened & a little worn on hinge, following board sl. marked, inner hinges sl. cracked. Gift inscription on leading f.e.p., Feb. 1875. a.e.g. A good-plus copy.

¶Une Ville Flottante, suivi de Les Forceurs de Blocus, 1871. First English edition, 1874. Based on Verne's experiences of a voyage on the Great Eastern. JVE V008. Myers 22.
Stock #71300
£250


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