The old house-cum-bookstore on North Highland Ave has a small open sign which reassuringly lets you know you aren't intruding on someone's abode. Walk up the porch steps and enter the packed-to-the-gills bookhaus. Each creaky step winds you around the seemingly endless rooms full of delightfully musty hardbacks and lightly-used paperbacks. ABE boasts a great classics section, along with a stout Lit Crit, American History, Biography, and Art section among others. The staff (usually just one person) is eager to help you find what you are looking for, and they surprisingly know exactly what area (and can sometimes pinpoint exact coordinates) each book is located. Prices are pretty standard percentages of list price - often 40% is the magic number.
Pros: Massive selection, Great Classics Section
Cons: Prices are Still High compared to Used Book e-tailers
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