Adventure Bookshop
Books for journeys of the mind and the world.
A specialist second-hand and collectable bookshop, with strong holdings in travel, exploration, mountaineering and natural history.
From the shelves
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Guide to Marks of Origin on British & Irish Silver Plate from mid 16th C. to 1950 and Old Sheffield Plate Maker’s Marks 1743-1860
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Cornwall Volume II: West and South Coasts of West Penwith
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Sea Life in Literature
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Life of Francis North
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Good Wives
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Mr Midshipman Easy
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Young Bess
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Limestone Climbs in South West England
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