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McNaughtan's Bookshop - Edinburgh

McNaughtan's BookshopMcNaughtan's Bookshop, established in 1957, is a second-hand and antiquarian bookshop in central Edinburgh, probably the longest established business of its kind in Scotland.

Founded by Major McNaughtan on his retirement from the army, the shop continued to be run by Mrs McNaughtan after her husband's death in 1972 until she retired and sold it to her assistant, Elizabeth Strong, in 1979. The McNaughtans achieved an enviable reputation for an interesting and varied stock at reasonable prices, built up through hard work, a thrifty lifestyle, and an extensive knowledge of books on many subjects.

Since acquiring the business more than thirty years ago, Elizabeth Strong has striven to maintain this reputation, continuing to deal in a wide variety of areas including literature, children's and illustrated books, history, travel and topography, and Scottish books.

Interior of McNaughtan'sMcNaughtan's Bookshop
3a & 4a Haddington Place
Edinburgh EH7 4AE

Tel: 0131 556 5897
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Opening hours: Tue-Sat 11.00-5.00.

 

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‘The best book written during this accused war' (GORKY)

First edition in Russian in book form (it was serialized in Letopis’ in the second half of 1916) of Mr Britling sees it through (1916), in Gorky’s words ‘the best, most daring, truthful, and humane book written in Europe during the course of this accursed war’ (Selected Letters, 1997, p. 195).

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