Publication History
- 1935, Dodd Mead and Company (New York), March 10, 1935, Hardcover, 304 pp
- 1935, Collins Crime Club (London), July 1935, Hardcover, 256 pp
- 1946, Avon Books (New York), Paperback, (Avon number 89), 259 pp
- 1957, Fontana Books (Imprint of HarperCollins), Paperback, 188 pp
- 1961, Popular Library (New York), Paperback, 189 pp
- 1964, Pan Books, Paperback (Pan number X317), 188 pp
- 1967, Ulverscroft Large-print Edition, Hardcover, 219 pp
- 1973, Greenway edition of collected works (William Collins), Hardcover, 256 pp, ISBN 0-00-231187-9
- 1974, Dodd, Mead and Company (As part of the Murder on Board along with The Mystery of the Blue Train and What Mrs. McGillicuddy Saw!), Hardcover, pp 601 ISBN 0-396-06992-4
- 1974, Greenway edition of collected works (Dodd Mead), Hardcover, 256 pp
- 2007, Poirot Facsimile Edition (Facsimile of 1935 UK First Edition), HarperCollins, April 2, 2007, Hardback ISBN 0-00-723442-2
The book was first serialised in the US in The Saturday Evening Post in six instalments from February 9 (Volume 207, Number 32) to March 16, 1935 (Volume 207, Number 37) under the title Death in the Air with illustrations by Frederick Mizen.
In the UK, the novel was serialised as an abridged version in the weekly Women's Pictorial magazine in six instalments from February 16 (Volume 29, Number 736) to March 23, 1935 (Volume 29, Number 741) under the title Mystery in the Air. There were no chapter divisions and all of the instalments carried illustrations by Clive Uptton.
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