Edinburgh Premier (with ABA)
20th Mar 2026, 21st Mar 2026
Event Information
The fair will be opened by collector and scholar Bill Zachs, Director of Blackie House Library and Museum.
Everybody welcome. Admission free.
Please scroll to the bottom of the page to download the floor plan.
Details of all the book fair exhibitors, and other events taking place during the week, can be found at https://rarebooksedinburgh.com/
Key Details
Time & Date 20th March 2026, 12:00 - 19:00 21st March 2026, 10:00 - 16:00
Venue InterContinental Edinburgh The George Hotel, 19-21 George Street, Edinburgh, EH2 2PB
Organisers
Derek Walker, McNaughtan's Bookshop
Tel: 0131 556 5897
Email: info@mcnaughtans.co.uk
Travel Information
Train
10 minute walk from Edinburgh Waverley train station. The tram is a 4-minute walk from St Andrews Square tram stop.
Bus
Bus services 10 & 11 stop right outside, services 9, 13, 23, 27 stop around the corner on Hanover Street.
Bus
Ember coaches from Inverness, Fort William, Aberdeen, and Dundee stop right outside; Edinburgh Bus Station for Megabus, Flixbus, and Citylink services is a 6-minute walk.
Parking
On-street pay & display spaces directly outside (though usually full), a 1,600-space multi-storey car park at the St James Centre is an 8-minute walk, and a further 1,000 spaces are at the Q-Park Omni Greenside Row a 15-minute walk away.
Highlights
If you are thinking of attending this fair, why not have a look at some of the books recommended by some of the Members who will be there.
The History of Women from the earliest antiquity t...
William Alexander
C Dilly
£300.00
Offered by RGM Books
The Battle of Waterloo, with Those of Ligny and Qu...
George Jones
L. Booth, London
£450.00
Offered by Lanna Antique
William Burgess and the high Victorian dream.
Crook. J. Mordaunt
France’s Lincoln limited.
£95.00
Offered by Black Cat Bookshop
The Great Edwardian gardens of Harold Peto
Whaley. Robin
Aurum press. London
£45.00
Offered by Black Cat Bookshop
The Scottish Country houses
James Knox
Thames and Hudson. London
£45.00
Offered by Black Cat Bookshop
Gothic for the steam age- George Gilbert Scott ill...
Stamp. Gavin
Aurum press. London
£65.00
Offered by Black Cat Bookshop
The Scottish Students Song Book
Various
Bailey & Ferguson. London & Glasgow
£45.00
Offered by Black Cat Bookshop
Prospects and Observations on a Tour in England an...
Thomas Newte (William Thomson)
Printed for G.G.J. and J. Robinson, Paternoster-Row, London
£1000.00
Offered by Lanna Antique
Bible
Eighteenth century Scottish binding
Adrian Watkins His Majesty's Printer
£1800.00
Offered by Wool House Autographic
Foulis Castle and the Monroes of Lower Iveagh (Iri...
Horace Monroe
Mitchell, Hughes and Clarke
£150.00
Offered by Wool House Autographic
Fever Crumb; Signed/remarqued copy of this Mortal...
Philip Reeve
Scholastic, London
£180.00
Offered by Lanna Antique
Narrative of A Voyage to the Polar Sea During 1875...
Capt. Sir G.S. Nares, H.W. Feilden
Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, London
£600.00
Offered by Lanna Antique
The Laughter of Peterkin: A retelling of old tales...
“MACLEOD, Fiona” (William SHARP); SHARP, Mrs William (Elizabeth A. Sharp); [HILL, Ernest F.]
London: William Heinemann Ltd
£150.00
Offered by Quair Books
The Poetical Works of Robert Burns, Including the...
Robert Burns
T Cadell and W Davies
£450.00
Offered by Books Written By
**Signed** Sword and Blossom Poems from the Japane...
Shotura Kimura, Charlotte M. A. Peake (Translated by)
T Hasagawa, Tokyo
£525.00
Offered by Books Written By
The History of the Union of Great Britain
Daniel Defoe
Published by the Heirs and Successors of Andrew Anderson, Printer to the Queen's most Excellent Majesty
£1500.00
Offered by Lanna Antique
Fair Exhibitors
If you would like to see which Members will be at this fair, you can browse through them all below. Just select the letter their name starts with and click their name to see their specific page.
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Resources
Please find some helpful links below. If you need anything else, do not hesitate to get in touch.
Floor Plan & Exhibitors
Please click on the button below to see the floor plan for this fair.
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