Rex Alston (28 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing octavo hardback 217 pp Illustrated Very Good condition in Good unclipped dust jacket (tiny losses at a couple of corners) No inscriptions.

Condition: Good. 1956. First Edition. 237 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Unclipped jacket has moderate edge wear with tears, chips, and some areas of loss. Noticeable rubbing and marking. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: V G Chipped. 1st Edition. 237pp, 16 illus., octavo, d.j., fine condition, spine a little faded, a little chipped.

Blue Cloth. Condition: VERY GOOD ( AVERAGE). Dust Jacket Condition: Good (CHIPPED). This is the first edition. Slight faded brown mark lines on free endpages of book. This book will be POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES FULLY INSURED (UK) ONLY . Please email for further details. OFFERED FOR SALE BY A FULL-TIME STOCKHOLDING CAREER BOOKSELLER WHO TELLS YOU WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT THEIR TELEPHONE AND ADDRESS CONTACT DETAILS ARE! POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES FULLY INSURED! (UK ONLY). FEEL FREE TO E-MAIL FOR PHOTOGRAPHS AND FURTHER DETAILS. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾". Signed by A Previous Owner.…

Condition: Good. 1962. No edition remarks. 115 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning. Unclipped jacket has very light edge wear with minor chipping and creasing. Some mild tanning and foxing.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair - Browned, Age Marks. 1st Edition. A day-by-day description of the Test Matches of 1956, together with accounts of all other first-class matches in the Australian fixture list. It records Alston's own impressions of the play and of the players as seen from the commentator's privileged position behind the bowler's arm. Bottom of spine has been damaged. Has an inscription inside front page.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. BBC Sports Commentator Rex Alston on cricket.

Octavo hardcover (scruffy), ex library; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.…

No Jacket. hardback, lacks d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.…

Condition: Good. 1951. First Edition. 264 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. B&W photographs throughout. Clean pages. Notable foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Previous owner's name to front endpaper. Mild wear to spine, board edges and corners, with sunning to spine. Minor scuffing and marking to boards.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Boards are worn and marked.Foxing.Well bound.[R.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 60 page booklet celebrating Rosslyn Park Rugby Football Club 1879-1979, Great condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. The jacket is worn and marked.Foxing.Excellent binding.[R.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. The boards are worn and sunned.Gift inscription.Tightly bound.[R.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Owner's name. Tape marks on endpapers. Dustwrapper is protected.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. This copy is in very good plus condition bound in publisher's original blue cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine and gilt decoration to the upper board. There is some typical offsetting to the endpapers. The unclipped dustwrapper is a trifle dusty but entire. This book is for the cricket spectator only. Rex Alston's many years of looking at cricket and making the game come to life through his broadcasts on the BBC help him to offer the readers of this book a really useful guide to ways of getting more enjoyment out of the game. His explanation of the rules and laws of the game, the positions and etiquette are fully described. Ref SS2.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. 1st Ed., hard cover green cloth bds, Good, corners a little bumped, unclipped dust jacket, some wear at spine ends and corners otherwise Good+, contents clean and tight, b/w plates, endpapers have tape shadows (not a lib. bk), pp220, smells a bit of 'old book'.

Hardback. 1st Edition. Octavo Size. VG/VG no inscriptions. 115 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardback. 152 pages with frontispiece photo of Bert Williams. Clean & tight. No inscriptions. Jacket has a little edge wear with minimal loss. Front flap is not price-clipped: 7/6 net. Dispatched with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref F9995.…

8vo. pp 115. Original publisher's blue cloth lettered gilt. Illustrated dust jacket. Publishers own file copy , with 'FILE' stamp on prelims. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket.

An account of the 1953 Ashes series. Alston was the BBC's senior cricket commentator. 8vo. [viii] + 220pp. Frontispiece, 12 plates. Dust-wrapper, rubbed with some small chips to edges. Good condition.

An account of the retention of the Ashes in 1956 by Bedfordshire captain Rex Alston. 1st edition. 8vo. 257pp. plus plates. In the original pictorial dustwrapper, spine faded and light edgewear. Good condition. Ownership bookplate of Gordon Ross, the well-known sports journalist.

Second year of publication. Paperback. 8vo. 368pp. Some wrinkling to later pages where once a little damp - nothing affected. Pictorial covers, good.

The famous BBC commentator on cricket Test matches, rugby internationals, Wimbledon and the Olympics. 1st edition. 8vo. 264pp. Dust wrapper, lightly rubbed. Very good.

Rugby book. Centenary history of Rosslyn Park RFC. Paperback. Sq8vo. 60pp. Illustrated. Pictorial glossy covers. Very good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. ALSTON, Rex [115] pp. Phoenix Sports Books 1962 7 1/2" x 4 1/2".

Reminiscences of the famous BBC commentator on Test matches, rugby internationals, Wimbledon and the Olympics. 1st edition. 8vo. 264pp. Dust wrapper, rubbed to edges. Good condition. Signed and dedicated by Alston (signed "Rex") to fly-leaf.

Alston was the BBC's senior cricket commentator. 8vo. [viii] + 220pp. Frontispiece, 12 plates. Dust-wrapper, lightly rubbed. A very good copy. Signed by Alston to fly-leaf (not dedicated).