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New York: Dodd, Mead and Company. 1934. First American edition of this Hercule Poirot mystery, published in the UK under the title Murder on the Orient Express. First American edition of this Hercule Poirot mystery, published in the UK under the title Murder on the Orient Express. Publisher's original tan cloth with titles in black to the upper board and spine, in the Clayton Rawson illustrated dustwrapper. Illustrated endpapers, fore-edge untrimmed. An excellent near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth with minor darkening to the extremities and a couple of mild production creases to the upper board. The contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the lightly rubbed and nicked price-clipped dustwrapper that has tiny chips at the head of the spine and is otherwise bright and without fading or tears. A scarce title in dustwrapper, especially so in this, original condition. (Hubin). Further details and images for any of the items…

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.