McNaughtan's Bookshop

McNaughtan's Bookshop Rare & second-hand bookshop in central Edinburgh. The longest established second-hand and antiquarian bookshop in Scotland.

The shop also has a small gallery space available for exhibitions.

A whole pack of pelicans has flown onto our shelves! Best come by and browse them where they’re perched above fiction be...
14/08/2026

A whole pack of pelicans has flown onto our shelves! Best come by and browse them where they’re perched above fiction before they take flight again!

As the first weekend of Fringe kicks off, we thought we’d highlight some lovely little secondhand treasures in our drama...
08/08/2026

As the first weekend of Fringe kicks off, we thought we’d highlight some lovely little secondhand treasures in our drama section. Wishing everyone an excellent festival season!

Does anybody recognise this view? It’s from a late-Victorian collection of photographs undergoing cataloguing, with the ...
03/08/2026

Does anybody recognise this view? It’s from a late-Victorian collection of photographs undergoing cataloguing, with the bulk of the other 100+ images being of places in Edinburgh, Fife or the Borders. This one has me stumped though. Any leads gratefully received.

Some highlights from a book of ABCs. Undated, but with an advert to the rear for polish ‘used in the household of the Qu...
31/07/2026

Some highlights from a book of ABCs. Undated, but with an advert to the rear for polish ‘used in the household of the Queen’ which places it in the reign of Victoria. I particularly enjoy seeing how these books deal with the high Scrabble scorers of the alphabet and am impressed with the X in this one.

Thought we’d hop on the Odyssey bandwagon and share the copy on our shelves at the moment— the first duodecimo printing ...
25/07/2026

Thought we’d hop on the Odyssey bandwagon and share the copy on our shelves at the moment— the first duodecimo printing of Pope’s landmark translation, printed over 1725-1726 in five volumes. The fifth volume also includes Pope’s translation of Homer’s Battle of the Frogs and Mice.

Some gorgeous books that are about to migrate from the sunny window to the shelves— there’s everything from fairy tales ...
23/07/2026

Some gorgeous books that are about to migrate from the sunny window to the shelves— there’s everything from fairy tales to Scottish poetry, with iconic children’s books and books on brewing and insects for good measure.

Things found in books, an occasional series: a purchase receipt from Bernard Quaritch Ltd , dated 1899, in this 1888 ang...
20/07/2026

Things found in books, an occasional series: a purchase receipt from Bernard Quaritch Ltd , dated 1899, in this 1888 angling book.

One of the pleasures of working with secondhand books is that our shelf divisions and categories are in a constant state...
18/07/2026

One of the pleasures of working with secondhand books is that our shelf divisions and categories are in a constant state of flux to serve our ever-changing stock. We’ve been lucky to get our hands on some incredible scholarly historical titles, including a comprehensive collection of social history focusing on the early modern period in Europe.

Stay tuned in the coming week for a thorough reorganisation of the whole history section!

Address

3a & 4a Haddington Place
Edinburgh
EH74AE

Telephone

+441315565897

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