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New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1934. First Edition. First American edition, first printing. vi, 302 pp. Bound in publisher's pale yellow cloth stamped in black. Front hinge starting, else Near Fine, name written on front free endpaper, in a Very Good dust jacket, well-worn and chipped along edges, rubbed, unclipped ($2.00). Very uncommon the pictorial dust jacket. A Hercule Poirot mystery better known as Murder on the Orient Express, the title of the British edition that preceded this American one by about two months. It also inspired multiple dramatic adaptations.

Death in the Clouds, also known as 'Murder in the Air' in the US, is a detective novel by British writer Agatha Christie. The book features the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, who finds himself amidst a baffling murder investigation on board a commercial passenger flight. The narrative unfolds as Poirot, with his keen observational skills and methodical approach, attempts to solve the murder where anyone on the flight could be a suspect.

Original dust jacket features art by Brian Keogh, mentions '1935' on the inner flap, and does not include reviews.