Baldwin’s Book Barn is literary gem bursting with used books, and maybe a few ghosts

Seven days a week, except Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day, Carol Rauch works among the books and ghosts in a cavernous, centuries-old barn in West Chester. Rauch, 91, is the longtime manager of Baldwin’s Book Barn. Nestled in the Brandywine Valley, the former dairy barn and milking house may be the largest used book shop in America.

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