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A great used book store that I was happy to wander upon. Staff was helpful and friendly, and selection of used books was large, spanning back to late 1800s antiques. While I didn't leave with any books, I did get some antique glass bottles, because there are small treasures scattered amongst the books. Thank you for a great shop!

Had an amazing experience in this fantastic shop. It was like falling down a rabbit hole lined with vintage books, used post cards and trinkets. The owner was very charismatic and brought a unique charm to the place. My friends and I spent what felt like hours exploring the place and loved it. Money well spent!!

I love this bookstore! the perfect kind of used bookstore, with a wide variety- among many other cool books i was surprised to find a selection of unique books about asian art :)

EDIT: To respond to the completely incorrect information provided in the owner's response to my review: Owner - "Additionally, in your review, you state we sell all of our paperbacks for $6 and all of our hardcovers for $12. That is simply not true by any means. As our customers know, we have a variety of prices on our books based on the individual item. These can vary from being cheaper to being more expensive." In my unedited review below, available for anyone to read including the owner should he choose to retract the falsehood he wrote, I stated that all of the used books WE LOOKED AT were $6 and $12, respectively. At no point did I state, as the owner accuses, that this store sells ALL of their used paperbacks for $6 and ALL of their used hardcovers for $12. Additionally, yes, I did tell my son that he could choose three paperbacks he was looking at to purchase because it would approximate the amount I had just spent on a purchase for his sister. Normally I would not have purchased any of these used books for him at the price they were marked here given what I found when I price compared them to the same new titles at Target as I previously noted. However, I felt it was fair to give my son the same amount of money that I gave my daughter in the same time frame at the same vacation stop so that he could, as I mentioned before, have the immediacy of enjoying the purchase. AT ABSOLUTELY NO POINT did I state that amount was "all of the money I wanted to spend on my trip" as the owner states. It would not even have been possible to spend so little in one trip given its length (multiple days, multiple states). In fact, our next stop approximately an hour later was a used book store in Montpelier where the Star Wars books were priced less than at this store and I purchased two more books there. It seems that the owner here simply wasn't able to accept that his bookstore is not going to be for everyone and that's perfectly okay. There was nothing false in my review and cost analysis. Some people prioritize shopping local over total cost, so I'm sure my facts regarding prices wouldn't have and won't matter to that customer base. He could have simply left his comments at the fact that he was sorry their prices didn't meet my expectations and he appreciated me complimenting their selection. Instead, he felt the need to misquote both what I wrote in my review and what I said in his store in addition to casting doubt on my book purchasing habits... to what end, I'm still not exactly sure. It's frankly bizarre. Original Post: Stopped in on a recommendation from an employee at another local used book store after that store had no Star Wars books at all and she said we'd have better luck here. I certainly give them credit for selection as they had almost two full shelves of Star Wars books; we stop in a LOT of used bookstores while traveling and rarely do we find anywhere near that amount for my son's collection. However, perhaps part of the reason they have a larger selection is because their books are simply priced too high. All the used paperbacks we looked at regardless of condition were $6 across the board and all the used hardcovers were $12. Several of those paperbacks are currently in my Target cart online where they are $7.99 ea for the same books in brand new condition in addition to being part of a Buy 2 Get 1 free sale. So I could buy three used paperbacks here for $18 or buy the same books in new condition at Target for $15.98. Apples to apples comparison, the same paperback titles in used condition were $4-$5 on Ebay and/or Amazon with shipping included. We did end up getting a few titles for the immediacy of him having something to read in the car as we continued our drive, but had the prices been more reasonable we would've purchased at least eight more.