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Established in 1957, McNaughtan's is the oldest second-hand and antiquarian bookshop in Scotland. We buy and sell old and rare books, and our gallery hosts Typewronger Books, offering new books and secondhand typewriters.

Please note our new longer opening hours.


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Holiday closure

McNaughtan’s Bookshop will be open as normal up to and including Saturday 23rd December. We will be closed from Christmas Eve, 24th December, through 2nd January 2024 inclusive.…

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Shop Fully Open Again

Now that Scotland has exited the Tier system of coronavirus restrictions, McNaughtan’s Bookshop is now able to resume our full normal opening hours of 11am to 5pm, Tuesday…

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Selected Books

  • Fourth Night, This Season, of St Ronan’s Well....

    • (Theatre Royal, Edinburgh) (Walter Scott)
    • [Edinburgh]: [s.n.], 1824
    £175 Find Out More
  • The Epigrams of M. Val. Martial, in twelve...

    • Martial
    • London: Printed by Baker and Galabin, 1782
    £300 Find Out More
  • Aucassin and Nicolete. Done into English by Andrew...

    • Lang, Andrew [trans.]
    • London: David Nutt, 1904
    £175 Find Out More
  • Carmina Gadelica. Hymns and Incantations with Illustrative Notes...

    • Carmichael, Alexander
    • Edinburgh: Printed for The Author by T. and A. Constable, Printers to Her Majesty, 1900
    £500 Find Out More

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Location & Opening Times

3a & 4a Haddington Place, Edinburgh, EH7 4AE


Opening Hours

Open seven days a week, 11am - 5pm

On Thursdays late night opening until 8pm