Constantine K C Carl Constantine Kosak (6 results)
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Language: English
Published by Hodder & Stoughton London, 1985
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: M.A.D. fiction, Grimsby, ON, CanadaM.A.D. fiction
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Near fine
£ 15.27
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First U.K. edition (preceded by the 1985 U.S. hardcover release) first printing of a near fine hardcover, pages toning, in a fine dustjacket. The 7th novel in the Mario Balzic mystery series, a police chief in Rocksburg PA USA.
Language: English
Published by Mysterious Press/Pensler Publishers, New York, 2023
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: H. W. Gumaer, Bookseller, Canandaigua, NY, U.S.A.H. W. Gumaer, Bookseller
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£ 22.90
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. This is the final novel in Constantine's celebrated Rocksburg series featuromg Chief Mario Balzic and other members of the Rocksburg, PA. Police Department. Published in 2023, ten years after iits author's death in 2003, a small mystery in itself. First ed…ition, first printing with complete numberline. Hardcover, 232 pages, about 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches in plain black paper-covered boards with gold lettering on spine. The dustjacket's front panel features an illustration by Andy Ross of the back of a police patrolman who provides safety and security for a hillside dotted with houses. The back panel contains four blurbs of praise. This is a very fine, unread copy with no known flaws or damage, a fitting copy for a collector's Constantine collection.
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Language: English
Published by Saturday Review Press, 1972
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: M.A.D. fiction, Grimsby, ON, CanadaM.A.D. fiction
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Fine
£ 99.25
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition first printing of a fine hardcover with a touch of foxing to the vertical textblock, in a very good second state dustjacket(with reviews of this book), with one small closed tear on the top of the front cover, two creases to the front flap a…nd minor browning to the jacket. The 1st novel in the Mario Balzic mystery series, a police chief in Rocksburg PA. USA.
Published by Saturday Review Press/Dutton, New York, 1975
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
Contact seller5-star sellerFirst edition. Octavo, Hardcover. Fine in fine dust jacket with a touch of shelf wear to base of spine panel. (5380).
Published by Saturday Review Press/E.P. Dutton, New York, 1973
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
Contact seller5-star sellerFirst edition. Octavo, Hardcover. The second Mario Balzic mystery. ".written in a readable, literate style, tightly plotted and with believable, very human characters in familiar settings." - Pronzini and Muller: 1001 Midnights, pp. 160-61. Fine, top corners very slightly bumped, in an about fine dust jacket with a touch of rubb…ing, slight shelf wear to top corners. (5284).
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Published by Saturday Review Press / E. P. Dutton, New York & Cleveland, 1974
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Seller: S. Howlett-West Books (Member ABAA), Modesto, CA, U.S.A.S. Howlett-West Books (Member ABAA)
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Near fine
£ 76.35
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Add to basketCondition: Near Fine. Near Fine. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Cover Art; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The top edge of the book cover (both front and rear) has the faintest hint of sunning. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust… jacket is crisp and clean with only some beginning fading / toning to the spine. This is the third book in the Chief Mario Balzic mysteries, set in Rocksburg, PA, and of the books in the series, this is one of the most difficult to find. "Kosak continued to work a day job until 1993, when he lost his job and turned to writing full-time. He worked for several years as an English teacher at Seton Hill University (then Seton Hill College) in Greensburg, where he taught creative writing and composition until his refusal to complete his master's degree prompted his dismissal. His most famous creation is Mario Balzic, police chief in fictional Rocksburg, Pennsylvania. Rocksburg is a by-product of Kosak's hometown, McKees Rocks, and the nearby cities Greensburg and Johnstown. Kosak is much more interested in the people in his novels than the actual mystery, and his later novels become ever more philosophical, threatening to leave the mystery/detective genre behind completely. In 1989, Constantine was nominated for the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel for the Mario Balzic novel Joey's Case. In 1999 Booklist ranked Blood Mud among the year's best crime novels, saying (along with Brushback) , "Constantine has given us two more superb police procedurals and a wonderful opportunity to renew our acquaintance with one of the most memorable characters in contemporary crime fiction." " (from Wikipedia). Illustrated by Roy Kuhlman (illustrator).
