Cellar Stories Bookstore

Michael Chandley, owner of Cellar Stories bookstore in Providence, Rhode Island, talked about the largest rare and used bookstore in Rhode Island. The store specialized in Rhode Island history, New England history, art and architecture, modern 1st editions, poetry, and math. The store has over 70,000 volumes, including a first edition of Madame Bovary.

C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles (LCVs) made a stop in their “2012 LCV Cities Tour” in Providence, Rhode Island to feature the history and literary life of the community.*Working with the Cox Communications local affiliate, they visited literary and historic sites where local historians, authors, and civic leaders were interviewed.*The history segments air on American History TV (AHTV) on C-SPAN3 and the literary events/non-fiction author segments air on BookTV on C-SPAN2. close