NOVEMBER 13th, 2026 at 6pm
949 Main Street, South Glastonbury, CT 06073
www.ctriverbookauction.com

will hold a LIVE and IN-PERSON BOOK AUCTION on NOVEMBER 13th, 2026 at the South Congregational Church located at 949 Main Street in South Glastonbury, CT 06073 Inspection begins at noon with the auction starting at 6 pm • ABSENTEE / PHONE BIDDERS call 860-908-8067 for Information
Our apple trees bore heavily this year and Chris has been hard at work turning out pies and applesauce while I have been making cider. Similarly, we think, the November auction offers a bountiful cornucopia of works to delight the tastebuds of readers.
Let’s begin with ephemera – a term applied to objects never intended to be preserved. We have the program for the “Newport Folk Festival July 22-25, 1965,” This festival and thus its program is famous for Bob Dylan going electric during his Sunday night performance which effectively altered the course of folk and popular music. There is a large framed “America’s Cup Challenge 1987” limited matted framed print signed by the Artist Scott Camero, lain Murray, Dennis Connor and Tom Whidden and a complete set of the “Superman Platinum Series, The Man of Steel, and Spec-
tra-Etch Collectable Cards” in a custom three ring binder.
Fiction aficionados these first editions might be interested in by Upton Sinclair (1906) “The Jungle,” by Conan Doyle (1927) “The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes,” and (1918) “The New Revelation,” by Theodore Dreiser (1926, limited signed) “Moods, Cadenced and Declaimed,” by Agatha Christie (1926) “The Murder of Roger Ackroyd,” by James Cain (1948, in dj) “The Moth,” by L. Ron Hubbard (1948, in dj) “Final Blackout,” and (1951, in dj) “Typewriter in the Sky / Fear,” by Isaac Asimov (1990 in dj ) “Robot Visions,” and Joshua Cohen’s (2015 in dj signed) “Book of Numbers,” to name just a few.
Geologists should appreciate Manchester’s (1931,1st) “The Minerals of New York City and Its Environs,” Schuberth ‘s (1968, 1st signed) “The Geology of New York City and Environs,” Thomson’s (1836,1st) “Outlines of Mineralogy, Geology and Mineral Analysis,” in two 3/4 leather volumes and a first edition inscribed copy to Thomas S. Hunt by James Dana of the “Structure and Classification of Zoophytes.” Photography and Americana enthusiasts should look at Henry G. Peabody’s (1889) privately printed and very desirable 1st edition copies of “Caso Bay,” “Cutler and Vicinity,” “Mount Desert,” and “Penobscot Bay,” Oh, and let’s not omit Baker’s (1866) matted and framed print “Ruins of the Great Fire at Portland, ME, July 4th & 5th 1866.”
Lastly, there are WWII and other posters, RxR books and paper, MAD Magazines galore, history and exploration volumes like Frederick Schwatka’s (1885, 1st signed) “Along Alaska’s Great River,” and poetry by Ralph Waldo Emerson (1847) “Poems,” with the Catalogue dated January 1,1847 and bound in full vellum along with signed Red Sox baseballs.
For further information on this 6 pm, Friday, November 13th book auction to be held at the South Congregational Church, 949 Main St, South Glastonbury, CT 06073, visit ctriverbookauction.com or call 860-908-8067.
South Congregational Church • 949 Main St, South Glastonbury, CT • www.ctriverbookauction.com • 860-908-8067