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    Tim's Used Books

    3.6 (33 reviews)
    InexpensiveUsed Bookstore

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    Jack M.

    Kinda spooky place! You walk down a small "alley" to get to it. It looks like a little house that got lost playing hide-and-seek and was never found. Cute little used and new book store. Cluttered inside but maybe you'll find something worth your time. Books I got were like 6-7 bucks each. Well, not too bad I suppose...

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    10 months ago

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    4 years ago

    Lovely selection of books. So much to browse through and the store is open year round. I'll be back.

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    4 years ago

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    4 years ago

    SImply overwhelming! SO many books in every room of this house - AMAZING!!!! Recommend highly!

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    17 years ago

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    10 years ago

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    14 years ago

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    19 years ago

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    10 years ago

    I find something here every summer! Friendly staff. Peaceful vibe. Wouldn't be Ptown without it!

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    17 years ago

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    14 years ago

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    13 years ago

    Charming used book store, with an outstanding selection and informed staff. It's a must when you're in Provincetown!

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    18 years ago

    This is a great place to escape the craziness of the street. Books are fairly priced and I always seem to find a small pile to purchase.

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    A true oasis , charmingly set back from teeming Commercial Street , Time's Used Books is like stepping back in time.

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    Greg's Used Books

    Greg's Used Books

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    (15 reviews)
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    Once I walked through the door I was greeted by a strong smell of incense. Walking down the narrow…read morestairs to the shop are retro 80's movie posters on the walls. The store is a bit small but it is fully stocked with used books, board games, retro video games and figurines. Friendly staff. Fair prices!

    WHO'S AFRAID OF THE BIG BAD, Independently owned and operated, used book store?!?…read more As a traveler passing through a few of the sleepy Cape Towns on the off-season, I stumbled across Greg's while walking Orleans' main street where I encountered a sign propped up against a brick wall bearing a stylized image of Medusa's Mean Mug and reading "Greg's Used Books Around Back". Undeterred and unturned to stone, my buddy and I made a left 'round the building and then a quick right where we saw the entrance to Greg's shop. The entry way was a staircase that lead us down to what we soon learned was considered to be by the political pearl clutchers in the area, Orleans' own underworld. Perhaps they were right, in a sense, given that a book about the blues bearing Robert Johnson's image was the first thing my eyes caught in the enclosed glass case of books near the entrance. Were we about to make a faustian deal of our own? Having descended down below, my buddy and I soon found ourselves in a relatively small yet incredibly well and interestingly stocked book store with posters of Jim Morrison and the Doors decorating the walls, amongst other things. We looked around for a bit and came across not only books, but also true relics from the 80's and 90's, including vhs tapes, boxed super famicom games with beautiful box art, etc. We were eventually greeted not by a Gorgon, but Greg himself, who was really a character and in the best sense of the term. Our conversation with him ran the gamut from owning and operating a business like his to politics, philosophy, and literature. He was a really cool, well versed, interesting, and friendly guy and without any pretense. For that, I respect him and his shop, which I gladly supported with my business. All in all, my experience at Greg's was Good. Everything was reasonably and fairly priced and it turns out that it isn't the underworld that some in town have made it out to be. In fact, perhaps in a world of confusion and inversion, a descent down into Greg's used book store is really a move up.

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