Merrill's Bookshop — Local services in Hallowell

The best bookstore in Maine, hands down. I travel an hour and a half from my home just to come here as often as I can.

The owner is always present, and always friendly and helpful. Every time I ask for a book, or have a question about literature, he has a answer! The knowege of the owner and variety in this bookstore is remarkable.

This is very well stocked, well cared for bookstore. Clean, cozy, and delightful, it’s as if you have stepped into another world the moment you enter. I always leave with a new book to treasure, always, and am always please by the adventure to come from it!

A must-see tourist destination, and a welcome sanctuary for...

By far the best used book store I've been to. The owner has an impeccable flair for loading up his byzantine stacks with unusual and interesting selections in every category.

He also fancies himself a sort of propagandist, plastering every surface with news clippings and cartoons which prove the stupidity and evil of his political foes. If that's not enough, he will blithely explain to you how stupid Ayn Rand is as you shell out $50 for a rare edition of The Objectivist Epistemology, having unfailingly found you the finest of intellectual ammunition even as he declares war on you. How can one argue with such glorious and sparkling contradiction!...

It was filled with MANY, MANY books!! I loved it. Prices vary and some are pretty high like one I wanted was $95. A but steep for me for a book personally but he collects such a range it's fantastic. He is very helpful and knows his books well and location in the store. He collects old books, first editions and hard to find books and can find books. He can look at your books to see roughly the details of it's history and at times even. Buys books if they're useful to him. Would go back again. I just don't have the funds to buy exactly what I want for some prices. But has some reasonable prices...