CHRISTIE, Agatha (1890-1976). Death on the Nile. London: Collins for The Crime Club, 1937.

8vo. Original red-orange cloth (light sunning to spine, some spotting to title-page); ORIGINAL DUST JACKET (extreme edges professionally restored, right corner of front panel completely restored, small spot of restoration to front top fore-corner slightly affecting title).

FIRST EDITION, in the rare dust jacket designed by Robin Macartney, the architect and painter, who participated in archaeological expeditions with Christie. It was twice adapted into film, the first being in 1978 which won an Academy Award for Best Costume Design, and most recently in 2022 which was produced by Ridley Scott. [With:] a copy of the first American edition in a facsimile dust jacket, published in 1938 by Dodd, Mead and Company.