Have not met this Prospero's Books of which you all speak.
But two very welcoming and friendly indie bookshops that will happily allow idling, flicking through and even reading quite substantial portions of books before or without buying: Owl Bookshop, Kentish Town Road, & the Stoke Newington Bookshop, SN High St.
These two, and Foyles (which is definitely rambling enough to allow uncensured browsing) are the main reasons why I've wholly started to prefer indie bookshops since I came to London, after previously being wary of them despite my principles.
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But two very welcoming and friendly indie bookshops that will happily allow idling, flicking through and even reading quite substantial portions of books before or without buying: Owl Bookshop, Kentish Town Road, & the Stoke Newington Bookshop, SN High St.
These two, and Foyles (which is definitely rambling enough to allow uncensured browsing) are the main reasons why I've wholly started to prefer indie bookshops since I came to London, after previously being wary of them despite my principles.