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New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1934. First U.S. edition. Small rub mark to front cover, mild stress creases to upper front cover, mild darkening to spine, two faint black marks to rear cover, a nearly fine copy in a nearly fine price clipped dust jacket with mild edge rubbing, slight loss at corner tips and lower spine corners, light wear to upper spine panel with some shallow loss. Still a bright, collectible copy. (31273). Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v-vi [1-2] 3-302 [303-306: blank], jacket illustration by Clayton Rawson, original light tan cloth, front and spine stamped in black, fore edge untrimmed, illustrated end papers. A classic Hercule Poirot mystery. Published in the U.K. as MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS. Filmed several times. [Reference: Hubin, p. 164].

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.