Tom Cable (18 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

dvd. Condition: Used - Good.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. In our warehouse. Ryan, Michael; Ribic, Esad; Derenick, Tom (illustrator).

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Ryan, Michael; Ribic, Esad; Derenick, Tom (illustrator).

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Paperback. 272pp. Illustrated. Slight edgewear. A few small marks to page edges. Owner's name neatly inside. A good copy. (BS13).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Small handling wear on jacket. Signed by the author on the front end paper with short author's dedication. Signed by Author(s).

Softback. Light creasing to the spine 272pp Internally a nice clean copy. book.

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. Fair to good condition soft cover, some wear to cover and spine, internally clean and tidy with unmarked pages, in a good readable condition.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Blue boards with gilt titles to the spine. Clean pages and firm binding. Signed and inscribed by the author on the front end page. (Inscribed by Tom to pike fisherman, Dan Leary). Professional seller. All pictures are of the actual book that is for sale. Books are dispatched in cardboard packaging and dust jackets are placed in removable protective covers. Signed By Author.…

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1991). (1991) 1992 paperback reprint. 8vo (147 x 210mm). Ppviii,256. B/w photographs, illustrations, map. Well-used but solidly intact second-hand paperback. Errata slip on title-page, correcting incorrect date on rear cover. This book "is the autobiographical account of the life of one of the Broad's best-known characters, Tom Cable of Ludham." From 1952 to his retirement in 1976, Cable was "Water Bailiff on the Rivers Thurne and Bure as well as the famous Hickling Broad and Horsey Mere, where he remained until his retirement in 1976. In this book, [Tom's recollections] tell the story of the broads themselves over that period. .When commercialism gradually began to dictate the future of this unique landscape, still threatened today despite National Park status." Chapters include: Early days; A new life; The education begins; The floods and the film; The timber town; New headquarters and new friends; A dying breed; The European eel - its life and death; The revolution; Baits; The new arrival; The poachers; Turning chaos into order; A new era; New problems and new ideas; Pollution and the Hundred Stream; Hickling Broad; Horsey Mere; Survival; The bad year; The inland broads; Electro fishing; New faces and new problems; Trade union shop steward; Public relations; Fishing and permanent pegs; The Yellow Peril; The fish farm; Swans; The student; The final days; The cancer and the cure. . …

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1991). 1991 1st edition pbk issue. 8vo paperback (147 x 210mm). Ppviii,256. B/w photographs, illustrations, map. Creases to spine, calligraphic gift inscription to half-title but clean, solidly intact paperback. This book "is the autobiographical account of the life of one of the Broad's best-known characters, Tom Cable of Ludham." From 1952 to his retirement in 1976, Cable was "Water Bailiff on the Rivers Thurne and Bure as well as the famous Hickling Broad and Horsey Mere, where he remained until his retirement in 1976. In this book, [Tom's recollections] tell the story of the broads themselves over that period. .When commercialism gradually began to dictate the future of this unique landscape, still threatened today despite National Park status." Chapters include: Early days; A new life; The education begins; The floods and the film; The timber town; New headquarters and new friends; A dying breed; The European eel - its life and death; The revolution; Baits; The new arrival; The poachers; Turning chaos into order; A new era; New problems and new ideas; Pollution and the Hundred Stream; Hickling Broad; Horsey Mere; Survival; The bad year; The inland broads; Electro fishing; New faces and new problems; Trade union shop steward; Public relations; Fishing and permanent pegs; The Yellow Peril; The fish farm; Swans; The student; The final days; The cancer and the cure. . …

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1991). 1991 1st edition pbk issue. 8vo paperback (147 x 210mm). Ppviii,256. B/w photographs, illustrations, map. Spine creased o/w a very good paperback. This book "is the autobiographical account of the life of one of the Broad's best-known characters, Tom Cable of Ludham." From 1952 to his retirement in 1976, Cable was "Water Bailiff on the Rivers Thurne and Bure as well as the famous Hickling Broad and Horsey Mere, where he remained until his retirement in 1976. In this book, [Tom's recollections] tell the story of the broads themselves over that period. .When commercialism gradually began to dictate the future of this unique landscape, still threatened today despite National Park status." Chapters include: Early days; A new life; The education begins; The floods and the film; The timber town; New headquarters and new friends; A dying breed; The European eel - its life and death; The revolution; Baits; The new arrival; The poachers; Turning chaos into order; A new era; New problems and new ideas; Pollution and the Hundred Stream; Hickling Broad; Horsey Mere; Survival; The bad year; The inland broads; Electro fishing; New faces and new problems; Trade union shop steward; Public relations; Fishing and permanent pegs; The Yellow Peril; The fish farm; Swans; The student; The final days; The cancer and the cure. .…

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. 8vo. 256 pp. small ink ownership inscription, very good softcover copy, some faint creasing along spine, minor shelfwear. . Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

(11012) Paperback. 272 pages. B.w. illustrations. V.g. with inscription signed by author on half title page, in a v.g. papercover. Born in the Norfolk Broads village of Reedham in 1911, he joined the Royal Navy at 14 and remained there for the next 26 years, after which he returned to Norfolk.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 1st Ed., hard cover green cloth bds, gilt titles to spine, Fine, in Nr Fine+ dust wrapper, contents fine and tight with b/w and colour plates, includes a newspaper article tribute to Tom Cable by Patrick Wright, pp256.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Green boards with gilt lettering to the spine. Clean Pages. Firm binding. Signed and inscribed by the author to the front end page 'To Dan, Memories' (Angler Dan Leary). All pictures are of the actual book that is for sale. Books are dispatched in cardboard packaging and dust jackets are placed in removable protective covers. Signed by Author(s).…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 106 pages. 8.80x6.90x0.60 inches. This item is printed on demand.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 208 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.47 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.