Fatal Descent [alt. title: Drop to His Death]

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1939. Very Good. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1939. First American Edition. Octavo; publisher's yellow decorative cloth stamped in black; [8],280pp. Moderate wear to cloth margins with brief exposure at corners, spine rather toned, front hinge slightly starting, else a Very Good, still bright example, though lacking the rare dust jacket.

Crime novel written by the American author Carter Dickson (a.k.a. John Dickson Carr) and the English author John Rhode (a.k.a. Cecil Street), "Fatal Descent" takes the locked room mystery to new heights with the murder occurring in a hermetically sealed elevator.