"Death on the Nile" by Agatha Christie- London: he Crime Club, Collins - 1937 first UK edition first printing - 18cmx15cm - condition: very good, in original orange binding with some tanning and rubbing, in first issue facs. dustwrapper in mylar cover, with tipped-on Agatha Christie signature on title page. Rare signed first edition of one of Agatha Christie's most famous Poirot novels Death on the Nile is a work of detective fiction by British writer Agatha Christie, published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on 1 November 1937 [1] and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company the following year.[2][3] The UK edition retailed at seven shillings and sixpence (7/6)[4] and the US edition at $2.00.[3]) The book features the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. The action takes place in Egypt, mostly on the River Nile. The novel is unrelated to Christie's earlier (1933) short story of the same name, which featured Parker Pyne as the detective.