Browse and purchase with confidence as our friendly antique dealers will be more than happy to help with any questions on listed items. Below is an insight into the different periods and how they were built. This offbeat edinburgh bookshop has a huge, wide ranging stock of secondhand and antiquarian books. Specialties include, canadiana, americana, travel and photography. Discover the dark side of scotlands capital on a historical walking tour that covers edinburghs morbid past. Edinburghs finest bookish institutions have arranged talks, exhibitions, and workshops for collectors, bibliophiles, and booklovers, the majority of them free to all. Stuffed floor to ceiling with illustrated antiques and secondhand gems, armchair books is the definitive bookshop of your dreams. A biographical dictionary of nineteenth century antique. Like so many shops in edinburgh, we are situated in a very old building that was. Edinburgh s finest bookish institutions have arranged talks, exhibitions, and workshops for collectors, bibliophiles, and book lovers, the majority of them free to all. Having operated 3 stores at various times since 1966 the business has been entirely on line business since 1996. Georgian antiques with over 50,000 square feet of floor space in the historic area of leith edinburgh we offer one of the largest selections of antiques in scotland. The dictionary of antique and curiosity dealerspresented here is the first attempt to.
If you find that your book appears to be worth something, think about anything that might affect the value of your particular copy. Featuring glassware, jewellery, clocks, chairs, restoration services and much more. A wander through old towns charming grassmarket will take you past colourful victoria street, where you can stop for a dram of whisky. The citys grandest building is the 12thcentury edinburgh castle, perched on a sheer cliff atop the royal mile. With so many different styles of traditional antique furniture for sale online, how do you know what period you are buying and the history of these pieces.
Formerly known as west port books, it was saved by the skin of its teeth from becoming yet another cafe in 2006. By using this site you agree to the use of cookies. Buying and selling rare books rare book collections. All repairs are stripped down, ultrasonically cleaned, tested and regulated. The bundling together of apparently incongruous items is a consistent theme throughout this dictionary, particularly in the records of auction lots bought by dealers. We buy and sell old and rare books, and our gallery hosts typewronger books. Every decent used bookstore will have your david lodge and tom sharpe books, but armchair books is in a league of its own because of its pre1950s collections. Today the company maintains a small inventory of carefully selected books from all categories. We are book dealers for all manner of firearm, military, collectible, badge, medal, and historic travel related titles. Use the search box above to find fond treasures from your childhood or that one book that has escaped your collection thus far. Latest updates updates shop closure due to covid19 for public health reasons, mcnaughtans bookshop is closing to the public from thursday 19th march. We have been bookselling since 1974 in edinburgh since 1980, and are reliable and professional in our business dealings. And as is the case with all book dealers some of the books are rare. Whether you want the cheapest reading copy or a specific collectible edition, with bookfinder, youll find just the right book.
Grange clocks can fit winding stems and buttons, mainsprings and glasses. A history of the city, as one might expect, begins with the citys ancient history stone and bronze ages and proceeds through to the dawn of the 21st century. View all hotels near shapes antiques market on tripadvisor. T he old town bookshop has been a specialist booksellers of antiquarian maps, prints, scottish material, fine art monographs and original artworks for over thirty years. Westgarth, mw 2009 a biographical dictionary of nineteenth century antique and curiosity dealers. Our shop is in the west port of edinburgh, off the grassmarket near the castle, and there are several other bookshops within a few hundred yards.
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Welcome to jeremy tenniswood militaria jeremy tenniswood. The 10 best edinburgh antique stores with photos tripadvisor. A beautifully leather bound book or one with a pictorial gold leaf cover can form the basis for a really eyecatching shelf. Completely revised and updated, this guide is the book no dealer, collector or auctioneer should be without. Situated in the heart of edinburghs historic old town on the characterful victoria street, the shop comprises a 16th century medieval granary store originally used to supply edinburgh castle and is a stones. There are also listings for architectural salvage, vintage and antique building materials. Wind your way through the cobbled streets of calton hill, north bridge, and canongate cemetery, all of which are inaccessible by coach bus or car, and listen to stories that focus on torture, treason, and death. We are always happy to look at quality books and libraries with a view to purchasing them and we will consider buying collections. Shapes antiques market edinburgh 2020 all you need. Many bookdealers now use websites, so do some searches to see if there are other copies of your book for sale right now. Antique dealers in edinburgh browse antique dealers in edinburgh featuring photos, videos, special offers and testimonials to help you choose the right local antique dealers for you.
Antique pocket watches david penneys antique watch store. Established in 1957, mcnaughtans is the oldest secondhand and antiquarian bookshop in scotland. Rare books edinburgh is a festival dedicated to rare, collectable, and important books and the history of the book. Rare books for sale, buy antique books from alibris. Where history in antique silver, porcelain and glass comes to life. Georgian antiques one of the largest selections of antiques. Discover oxfam online shops range of antiquarian, rare and collectable books. Antique furniture for sale online buy on antiques world. Folly antiques edinburgh 2020 all you need to know. Edinburgh books has been a landmark for book lovers for more than twenty years. The edinburg historical society a volunteer community. Discover your rare book source, featuring outofprint books and antique books.
Gallery is scotlands oldest secondhand and antiquarian bookshop. We specialize in making it easier for you to get the books. I will then issue a confirmed order giving the price of your requested postage, etc. Welcome to jeremy tenniswood militaria for the 50 years, jeremy tenniswood has specialised in vintage military firearms deactivated and antique, uniforms, equipment, medals, badges, bayonets, swords and books. Armchair books ekes out its intense and blustery existence on edinburghs. For public health reasons, mcnaughtans bookshop is closing to the public from. Situated in the heart of edinburghs historic old town on the characterful victoria street, the shop. Benny gillies books is a secondhand and antiquarian book, map and print business specialising purely in scottish material. We have thousands of rare and antique treasures brought to you by our network of trusted sellers from all around the world. Alibris is one of the premier rare and outofprint book sites on the internet. Since 1997, bookfinder has made it easy to find any book at the best price. Buying and selling rare books rare book collections national. Find signed books, first editions, antiquarian books and more. Selling antique pocket watches, and all forms of interesting technical and precision horology all wristwatches now on sale payment is not automatic by placing an order on my website the item is reserved for you and an automatic order is generated.
Choose from s antiques and collectibles by antique dealers and stores worldwide. Situated in the heart of edinburgh s historic old town on the characterful victoria street, the shop comprises a 16th century medieval granary store originally used to supply edinburgh castle and is a stones throw away from. You find a dusty box full of books in the corner of the attic. Here at the edinburgh antiques centre you will find a variety of unique works of art, taxidermy, silver and jewellery, antique furniture and vintage pieces from many of edinburghs specialists. Shops are listed by name and address with a description, plus a map feature showing all antique stores in the vicinity of scotland. We buy and sell old and rare books, and our gallery hosts typewronger books, offering new books and secondhand typewriters. The old town bookshop has been a specialist booksellers of. Joanne blaauboer, northampton historian will speak on fish house history. Rare and second hand books old town bookshop e d i n b u. Shop for old books in excellent condition at affordable prices.
The edinburg historical society will hold their monthly meeting on tuesday, october 15th at 7 p. We are open afternoons except monday and all day saturday. Georgian antiques one of the largest selections of. We hope to reopen as soon as possible, and will be closely monitoring read more events nonfiction book club fifth season we are happy to announce the list of books for. Thousands of facts presented in a timeordered manner. The book abounds in facts concerning people, locations, policies, events, etc. Scotlands city of literature with our guide to edinburghs most beautiful bookshops. Retail premises plus online shop with over 2500 scottish titles and 200 antiquarian maps. Scottish antiques are recognised antique glass specialists. Great browsing and i really liked the poetry and fiction sections. Antique shops and malls in scotland, uk and surrounding areas.
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