[Rarebooks] Cunningham Books Closing Sale (Portland, Maine)

[William Van Nest]

One of the most attractive traditional used bookstores in New  
England, Cunningham Books, at 188 State Street, Portland, Maine, will  
close
its doors in mid October. Before my friend Nancy Grayson closes the  
front door for the last time, the store's inventory is on sale
at much reduced prices. At a guess, that's 50,000 clean, well-chosen  
used books you would expect to find in an especially well-run
general shop, together with special collections associated with Maine  
and the northeast.

Cunningham Books is located at Longfellow Square, at the intersection  
of State and Congress streets, in downtown Portland. Parking is pretty
dependably available on Congress just beyond the State/ Congress  
corner, and there is some space behind the store as well. You can  
reach Cunningham Books
at (207) 775- 2246. If you are from away and would like directions,  
please e-mail me (Cunningham's does not have e-mail), and I'll be  
pleased
to help get you oriented. Portland is Boston arranged on a human  
scale, and you will have no difficulty finding suitable diversions  
after attending the sale.

William Van Nest

Trillium Antiquarian Books, IOBA
1285 Albertus Avenue
Peterborough, ON  K9J 6A4
Canada
www.trilliumbooks.ca
trilliumbooks at sympatico.ca
1-705-749-0461