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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

Easter shop closure

McNaughtan’s Bookshop will be closing for the Easter Break: We will be closed from Friday, 29th March, through Monday 1st April 2024 inclusive. Normal opening hours will resume…

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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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Selected Books

  • The Statistical Account of Scotland. Drawn up from...

    • Sinclair, John
    • Edinburgh: Printed and sold by William Creech, 1791
    £2,000 Find Out More
  • NZ Army Current Affairs Bulletin. Vol. 1, Nos....

    • (World War II)
    • Wellington: E.V. Paul, Government Printer., 1943
    £150 Find Out More
  • The Letterpress Shakespeare.

    • Shakespeare, William
    • London: The Folio Society; Oxford University Press, 2007
    £9,750 Find Out More
  • Body and Light and other drawings 1990-1996.

    • Gormley, Antony
    • London: Jay Jopling, 1996
    £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

Easter 2024

We will be closed from Friday 29th March to Monday 1st April inclusive.