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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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Latest Updates

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

  • Inspector French’s Greatest Case.

    • Crofts, Freeman Wills
    • London: Published for The Crime Club by W. Collins Sons & Co Ltd, 1932
    £40 Find Out More
  • A Letter to Adam Smith LL.D. on the...

    • [Horne, George]
    • Oxford: At The Clarendon Press, 1777
    £350 Find Out More
  • The Eglinton Tournament.

    • Richardson, John and James Henry Nixon
    • London: Colnaghi & Puckle, 1843
    £1,500 Find Out More
  • The Oddest of All Oddities, Being a Collection...

    • (Anthology)
    • London: Printed for the Booksellers, By J. Kendrew, 1830
    £250 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


Upcoming Shop Closures

Holidays 2024-25

We will be closed from Wednesday 25th December to Wednesday 1st January inclusive.