Baldwin's Book Barn

Baldwin's Book Barn is an independent bookstore in West Chester, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1946 by William and Lilla Baldwin. The store is located in a five-story barn built in 1822.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

In the November 8, 1998 edition of The Baltimore Sun, Terry Conway described the store as a "treasure for passionate book lovers".^[4]

In 2010 the store was put up for sale.^[1]^[5] $10,000 of rare books were stolen from the store in 2019.^[6]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Kahn, Eve M. (2010-02-11). "Baldwin's Book Barn in Pennsylvania Is to Be Sold". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-08-31. What might differentiate his shop from America's throngs of ailing independent bookstores are the architecture and the intentional chaos.
^ "In the Brandywine Valley, Used-Book Utopia". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2016-08-31.
^ "Browsing rare books the 21st century way Baldwin's Book Barn jumps onto the Internet". Philly.com. Retrieved 2016-08-31. The Book Barn, which is packed with more than 300,000 books and situated in a bucolic setting two miles southwest of West Chester, has moved onto the Internet in a major way.
^ ^a ^b "Brandywine Valley is home to a rich treasury in print Pennsylvania: Baldwin's Book Barn may seem off the beaten track, but since 1934 book lovers have been beating a path to its door". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 2016-08-31. Deep in Pennsylvania's enchanting Brandywine Valley sits a treasure for passionate book lovers - Baldwin's Book Barn. Founded 50 years ago, Baldwin's resides in a rustic, stone dairy barn stuffed to the rafters with a trove of 300,000 used, fine and rare books.
^ "Chesco landmark Baldwin's Book Barn on the market". Delaware County Daily Times. Retrieved 2016-08-31.
^ "'Book Burglar' Steals Estimated $10,000 Of Rare Books From Decades-Old West Chester Book Store". 12 February 2019. Retrieved 15 October 2020.

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