Raven Used Books
Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone: (617) 441-6999
- Hours:
- Mon-Sat 10am-9pm, Sun 11am-8pm
Editorial Description for Raven Used Books
Harvard Square used book store carries over 10,000 titles, spanning numerous categories.
User Reviews for Raven Used Books
10/08/2007 Posted by petermarshal
I have been impressed with Raven's colleciton since they opened 2 years ago. Not only do they have the best collection of scholarly books, but they also stock great Art, Architecture and Fiction used books as well. As other reviewers have said, the shop is on the small side. But the very density of really good books here makes the shop seem so much larger. It usually takes me about an hour to get through the philosophy section and I usually buy at least 8 books on any visit. Further, they tend to price their books cheaper than other used bookstores in the area. Most of their stock seems to fall in the 50 to 80% off the cover price range. Definitely my favorite shop in New England.
Pros: friendy, knoweldgable staff. Books are amazing. Prices reasonable
04/24/2007 Posted by johnbauman64
With the addition of Raven used books into Harvard Square, i go to Cambridge a lot more often now. The shop stocks a surprising number of exciting used books. Though a bit smaller than other shops in the Boston area, I find more books there than all the other shops I go to combined. It is really "dense" with good books. Their tag line is the they "specialize in scholarly used books", but i go mainly for their amazing Art book and fiction sections. Like some of the other reviews, I also find it very pleasant to shop there as well. They have really nice people who work there and the manager is very knowledgeable about books and what he has on the shelves. Oh yea, one more thing.....the prices are very fair. Most of the books appear to be better than half off the cover price. I recently got an Art History book that was $40 new for $9.00. Anyway, i totally recommend this place.
Pros: friendly, knowledgable staff, prices, location, quality of books
Cons: parking sometimes tough
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