All Elevations Unknown: An Adventure in the Heart of Borneo by Lightner, Sam - 2001

Broadway Books. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

First Edition - first printing - hardcover.  Clean, tight, unmarked, rubbing and light edge wear to dust jacket.

2001. Hardcover. UsedVeryGood. Very Good, binding is square and tight, minor shelf wear

New York: Broadway Books. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 2001. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 239 pp. .

First edition 2001 hardcover book with map of Borneo and additional maps on the end-papers. A touch of foxing on the top-edge, thus, a Very Good+ book with a Near Fine dust jacket.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Broadway Books, 2001. 239pp A captivating, utterly original combination of travel-adventure memoir and historical re-creation". First Edition. Cloth Hardbound. As New/As New.

New York: Broadway Books. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2001. First Printing. Hardcover. 0767907566 . Inscribed by the author on the title page. ; 9.30 X 6.10 X 1.10 inches .

NY: Broadway Books. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2001. First Printing. Hardcover. 0767907566 . Black paper quarter-bound in black cloth. xii, 239pp. Endpaper maps, map, bibliography, and acknowledgments. A beautiful copy of this "travel- adventure memoir and historical recreation. " ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

New York: Broadway Books, 2001. 239 pp, large 8vo (9 1/2" H). Map endpapers. "In the spring of 1999, armed with little more than a descriptiion from a book and a map labeled 'all elevations unknown', Sam Lightner and his German rock-climbing buddy, Volker, found themselves deep in the jungles of Borneo on a mission to climb a mountain that was only rumored to exist. They had only their climbing expertise to rely on and a copy of a little-known book titled 'World Within', written by Major Tom Harrisson, a British World War II soldier who had been one of the first white men ever to explore the interior jungles of the island and interact with its native peoples. He had also constructed one of the most daring and unusual campaigns in military history: In 1945, he had been assigned the near-impossible mission of parachuting blindly into the thick Borneo rain forests to unite the feuding native tribes - who then had a grisly habit of cutting off heads - against the Japanese in… Read More

New York: Broadway Books, 2001. First Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. 6-1/4" x 9-1/2. 239 pages, Guide to Climbing Terms, Bibliography. First Edition/First Printing. Black quarter-cloth spine stamped in gilt over black paper boards, with publisher's device blind stamped on upper right corner of front board. Bright, clean, tight, and square text block, no marks of any kind. Map endpapers. Corners sharp. Unclipped ($24.95) DJ in clear archival protector. Appears unread. From the DJ: 'All Elevations Unknown charts Lightner's exhilarating, often harrowing quest to ascend the mountain Baru Lawi in the face of leeches, vipers, and sweat bees, and to keep his team together in one of the earth's most treacherous uncharted pockets. Along the way, Lightner reconstructs a fascinating historical narrative that chronicles Tom Harrison's adventures on Borneo during the war (WWll) and illuminates an astonishing piece of forgotten World War II history.'