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.

It’s a crisp and bright autumn day and we’ve found some books on the Bayeux Tapestry to adorn our window display! ...
03/10/2026

It’s a crisp and bright autumn day and we’ve found some books on the Bayeux Tapestry to adorn our window display!

A previous owner of this 1886 yellowback has vividly illustrated the line ‘She slept deliciously till seven, when she wa...
24/09/2026

A previous owner of this 1886 yellowback has vividly illustrated the line ‘She slept deliciously till seven, when she was awakened by much movement in the house’ in pencil to the margin.

All set up for the September PBFA | Second-Hand & Antique Book Fairs one-day Edinburgh Book Fair! We’re in the Augustine...
19/09/2026

All set up for the September PBFA | Second-Hand & Antique Book Fairs one-day Edinburgh Book Fair! We’re in the Augustine Church on George IV Bridge until 4pm today only.

Hive mind gather round! Do you recognise this man on the right? He was likely an actor, perhaps a director, and worked w...
18/09/2026

Hive mind gather round! Do you recognise this man on the right? He was likely an actor, perhaps a director, and worked with Beckett, almost certainly on a British production of Waiting for Godot. The photograph we can roughly date to sometime between 1956-1970.

Any leads much appreciated! And yes, we have already tried a reverse image search.

We are set up and all go at the York Book Fair! Here until 7pm today and back on Saturday as well.
11/09/2026

We are set up and all go at the York Book Fair! Here until 7pm today and back on Saturday as well.

From the boards of Alasdair Gray’s 1983 collection ‘Unlikely Stories, Mostly’ and later slightly adapted for the wall of...
06/09/2026

From the boards of Alasdair Gray’s 1983 collection ‘Unlikely Stories, Mostly’ and later slightly adapted for the wall of the Scottish Parliament; Gray himself always acknowledged he had paraphrased it from Canadian poet Dennis Lee.

After a busy August, we are busy refilling the shelves, so here’s a peek at this week’s recently priced secondhand. Here...
03/09/2026

After a busy August, we are busy refilling the shelves, so here’s a peek at this week’s recently priced secondhand. Here’s to autumn and all the cosy evenings of reading ahead!

One of our latests lists is devoted entirely to James Joyce material— first and early editions and publications, letters...
28/08/2026

One of our latests lists is devoted entirely to James Joyce material— first and early editions and publications, letters, scholarship, and even this gorgeous children’s book based on a letter Joyce wrote to his grandson, inspired by a French folk tale.

All of these can be found on our website, and they’re shelved in one of our middle cases here at the shop for browsing!

We take a lot of pride in parcelling books safely and securely for their journey to your home library— here you can see ...
27/08/2026

We take a lot of pride in parcelling books safely and securely for their journey to your home library— here you can see a gathering of parcels destined for customers near and far.

Whether you’re ordering rare books from our website, or you begin building a stack of secondhand in the shop that exceeds your luggage limit, we will always carefully pack it all up and post it for you. If you’re in the shop, just ask at the till about shipping.

Before becoming a bookseller, I already loved marbled paper, but in handling more and more antiquarian books, I have bec...
26/08/2026

Before becoming a bookseller, I already loved marbled paper, but in handling more and more antiquarian books, I have become incredibly fond of paste-paper— pictured here as the endpapers in this eighteenth-century binding.


Address

3a & 4a Haddington Place
Edinburgh
EH74AE

Telephone

+441315565897

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