Don’t Miss in Salem, Mass.: One Over-the-Top Bookstore

(Last Updated On: November 21, 2013)
Pull books from stacks cautiously at the Derby Square Book Store. Photo credit: M. Ciavardini

Pull books from stacks cautiously at the Derby Square Book Store.
Photo credit: M. Ciavardini

I was in town to learn about the witches, and maybe just a little bit about author Nathaniel Hawthorne (with whom I spent so much time in freshman English class in high school), when I discovered a marvelous place: Derby Square Book Store. Paths between shelves were just sufficient for one person to walk through; books were stacked from the floor almost, almost to the ceiling. I caused two mini-avalanches as I pulled a couple of history books resting near the bottom of stacks. The clerk was cool about it.

He explained to other customers as we entered: No pictures unless you buy something. These photos were well worth the price.

—Lori Tripoli

Photo credit: M. Ciavardini

Photo credit: M. Ciavardini

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