"A book shop is a place where people can go to talk to other people who understand what they're talking about." - bookseller Amalya Reifsneider

We're open Tuesday through Saturday, 11-6, and other times by appointment. Very occasionally we're closed during our regular hours, so please call ahead if you're coming from a distance. We're tucked behind a group of shops and not visible from the street. Look for the grey-green signs on a white fence and the big blue "1640" banner near Tocco Classico hair salon. Follow the garden path and go into the basement of the house in the garden. We're near Starbucks, an antique shop, and Marathon Sports. We're easily reached by the Red Line T (we're halfway between the Harvard and Porter Square stations, a 10-minute walk)  and by the frequent number 77 or 96 bus, which stops near Starbucks. There is metered parking on Massachusetts Avenue.

We're near the Harvard Law School, Lesley University, Longy School of Music, and the many independent specialty shops and good local restaurants that have led the Boston Globe to call this stretch of Massachusetts Avenue "the new Harvard Square." The Harvard museums are a short walk away (the Fogg and Busch-Reisinger museums are closed for 5 years, with their works on rotating display at the Sackler Museum). Black River Architects, above our shop, specializes in institutional, commercial, and residential architecture with an emphasis on sustainability. We are a member of Cambridge Local First: Independent Locally-Owned Businesses.