The geology of western Peru. Cornish pioneers in South Africa. The defunct Eastern Counties Railway. Cheeses of the world. The jewellery of Hong Kong.
When Compass Books in Dartmouth, Devon, received an order earlier this summer for second-hand volumes on these subjects and many more, seller Lucy Hingston was delighted – if a little baffled.
And when she discovered that the buyer appeared to be a shipping company based at Heathrow airport, her suspicions increased.
Soon the 49-year-old was speaking to other second-hand dealers around the country – and discovered that Compass Books wasn’t alone.
There is now a growing realisation that Britain’s second-hand
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