Event Information

The fair is again being held at the InterContinental Edinburgh The George Hotel where members of the Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association (PBFA) and the Antiquarian Booksellers Association (ABA) will be offering antiquarian and second-hand books, maps and other printed material for sale.

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

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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.

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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.

A Collection of Poems for J Dodsley in 11 volumes...

Various

J Dodsley

£650.00

Offered by RGM Books

The History of Women from the earliest antiquity t...

William Alexander

C Dilly

£300.00

Offered by RGM Books

Art Rambles in Shetland

John T Reid

Edmonston and Douglas

£250.00

Offered by RGM Books

A Visit to The Philippine Islands

Sir John Bowring

Smith, Elder & Co

£600.00

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

Motor Touring in Scotland

Various

George Outram. Glasgow

£35.00

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

Bible

Eighteenth century Scottish binding

James Watson

£3500.00

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

Unique NASA Astronaut Correspondence Archive, 1963...

NASA

NASA

£1500.00

Offered by Lanna Antique

Extensive Archive Collection of Forth Bridge (Fort...

Various

£500.00

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

Bookshelf Art Cards

Roo Waterhouse Art

£3.00

Offered by Roo Waterhouse Art

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

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Floor Plan & Exhibitors

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