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    McNaughtan’s Bookshop
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    This 1986 interview with bookseller Marjorie McNaughtan – then retired – evokes a golden era in the book trade. Marjorie was a renowned expert in children’s books and the shop was a magnet for collectors. Its traditions have been continued by Elizabeth Strong, the current proprietor. Textualities editor Jennie Renton here also shares her own childhood memories of McNaughtan’s. …

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    West Port Bert
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    From the Scottish Book Collector archives. A 1990 interview with BERT BARROTT, owner of Edinburgh’s West Port Books, in which he tells the tale of how he came into the second hand book trade. He specialises in art, photography and books on India. When interviewed in 1990, Bert had recently started publishing under the West Port Books imprint. …

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