Skidompha Second Hand Bookshop

We only stopped here briefly due to time, but we found this an excellent bookstore. It had a ton of old or classic books. The people working there were excellent too. I believe they were about to close, and we didn’t even spend a lot of time there, but they still took the time to tell us a number of things we just had to see in the area. Also, when I asked if they had something, they gave considerable effort to show me all of the areas to look in for that type of book.

Unilocal user for a very long time and I am so glad to write my very first review for this amazing establishment!
I’m in Maine for a summer job in Portland, and decided to take a couple of days to explore before the position begins. I was able to make it north to the Pemaquid Point Lighthouse (totally worth it) and stopped through Damariscotta on the way back south. Before lunching I had noticed a small but special sign noting the existence of a used book store sponsored by the local public library and made a mental note to go after eating. The short walk back to a residential street was lovely and exuded small town charm. The unassuming building housing the shop features some great buys before you even walk in the door. Once I did enter the store however I was greeted with the typical smell you get from a really great used book store and got distracted right off the bat by the awesome selection of vintage children’s books.
I should stop here to mention that every used book store I visit (and I really like books, so I visit a significant and unhealthy amount of book stores) I look for books from a 1930s series of children’s books called «The Twins Series» written by Lucy Fitch Perkins. The books focus on twin siblings, always a boy and a girl, from various places geographically or in history. These books are very special to me and I have never found more than one at a time. After scouring the entire and rather lengthy children’s sections for a «Twin», I made it to s pile of books stashed under a shelf along the floor and gasped way to loud for being in a public place. Sitting down there on the ground were 12 «Twins» all in a row. There were even four more in another section. My fellow customers were nothing if entertained by my pure joy and giddiness upon making this discovery and the woman working the shop was completely helpful and just as excited as I was.
So thank you Skidompha Public Library for organizing and running such an exciting treasure trove of goodness.

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The Skidompha Second Hand Bookshop is a wonderful store that is presently in a old barn. The books are donated and the proceeds go to the library just down the street.
The bookshop is crowded, messy and kind of smells like an old barn, which is necessarily a bad thing. Of course in a used bookstore like this you never know what you care going to find and that is the real fun.
Definitely a eclectic and odd assortment of books but that’s to be expected when the books are donated. Lots of old classic and kids books as well as some interesting farming and agricultural stuff.
The prices of course were dirt cheap and it’s easy to walk out of here with a armful of books for only a couple of bucks.
Bookstores like this are great fun and it’s easy to lose several hours poking around inside the cool old barn. You might not always find what you are looking for but you definitely will find something interesting.

I found a lot of interesting books here for really low prices. All of the book sales go to support the public library and all of the books are donations, I think.