Connecticut River Book
Friday, Sept. 21, 2018
at the South Congregational Church
located at 949 Main Street
in South Glastonbury, CT 06073
The preview inspection begins at 1:30 pm
with the auction starting at 6 pm

This auction consists of 200 lots of leather, history, ephemera, fine art and archeology books. For those interested in the American Civil War, we have a large consignment of Civil War volumes from the collection of David A. Ward. Scholar, author, and Civil War guide, David’s collection focuses principally on the Union Army of the Potomac and Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia. We also have a large number of fine art books from a Litchfield area artist and the scholarly books of a Connecticut archeologist with a focus on Central and South American native people. Download the PDF file by visiting www.ctriverbookauction.com
JUST ADDED: A lovely 1st edition copy of “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” in the rare blue cloth binding with the following 1st issue points: Title page and pp 283 are cancels; pp 13 (“88”); pp 57 (“with the was”); pp 155 last 5 is replaced; pp 9 chapter heading (“decided”); pp 161 no signature mark, and the Heliotype slug appears on the Twain bust. Housed in a new clamshell case bound in ½ blue morocco. See the website for photos.
We are accepting consignments for future “list” and “shelf” auction sales to be held in 2019. Call Tom at 1-860-908-8067 or
e-mail him at tpgullotta@aol.com to discuss your books, maps, paper and prints and whether selling them at auction makes
sense. We strongly urge all potential consigners to first read the section A Primer on Bookselling on our website to understand
the present state of the book selling business. Not responsible for errors and omissions.
South Congregational Church | 949 Main Street, South Glastonbury, CT | www.ctriverbookauction.com | 860-908-8067
Our auction typically lasts for two hours.