There are still some browsable ones in Devon, John, though fewer than not many years ago. In one, in a non-tourist town, you have to literally climb over heaps of books in a huge steel shed in a back garden to get at some of the shelves. (Those in the main shop are more accessible.) However, all on the computer and a touch pricey.
Found one still going in Dartmouth the other week with the proprietor listening to the Ashes on a small radio. Interesting verse section which had J.B. Morton's 'The Dancing Cabman'.
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