New England independent bookstores

4. Gulf of Maine Books

From their sunny storefront just down the hill from Bowdoin College, poet Gary Lawless and his wife, Beth Leonard, run Gulf of Maine Books. Since 1979 they have devoted themselves to the bookselling life. Lawless is editor at Blackberry Books, a publisher of out-of-print Maine classics and poetry. In the store’s early days Leonard worked at the local Post Office and Lawless worked nights in the warehouse at L.L. Bean.

(Text and photo by Jonathan Levitt for the Boston Globe)
4. Gulf of Maine Books From their sunny storefront just down the hill from Bowdoin College, poet Gary Lawless and his wife, Beth Leonard, run Gulf of Maine Books. Since 1979 they have devoted themselves to the bookselling life. Lawless is editor at Blackberry Books, a publisher of out-of-print Maine classics and poetry. In the store’s early days Leonard worked at the local Post Office and Lawless worked nights in the warehouse at L.L. Bean. DISCUSS Your favorite independent bookstores? PLAN New England travel guide