The Dartmoor Bookshop

A marvellous old secondhand bookshop over three floors with at least two rooms on each. I’ve been coming here for over 20 years to buy and sell books. The people are very friendly, and honest too — they have pointed out to me more than once that a book I was hoping to sell them was worth more than I’d thought! Once I took a carrier bag full of old books expecting to get about £20 but I came away with £200! Mind you, that doesn’t happen every day but I happened to have a valuable first edition in the bag on that occasion, and it illustrates the honesty of the owners well. I have bought a lot of books here too and half the fun has been browsing. It’s such a marvellous old building and the books are laid out nicely with the wooden shelves clearly labelled, so it’s easy to find all the different categories. There are books on most subjects and a good classics and general fiction section — paperbacks as well as hardbacks — something for everyone! There’s a pay and display car park immediately opposite.