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Second Edition
This is a small bookshop for serious collectors buying and selling rare editions, with a good range of titles on Scottish subjects. The owner often goes to buy books on weekday mornings, so wait until after noon if you want to be absolutely sure that the shop will be open.
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Store
Head down to the Store to load up your shopping basket with the finest foodstuffs from northeast Scotland - Aberdeen Angus beef, grass-fed lamb, venison, smoked salmon and fresh bread, cheese and eggs.
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Tiso
Founded by the late Scottish mountaineer Graham Tiso, Edinburgh's biggest outdoor equipment store offer four floors of camping, hiking, climbing, canoeing, skiing and snowboarding gear.
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Tiso Outdoor Experience
This is the macho cousin of Tiso's city centre store, where you can try before you buy with their Goretex-testing shower, boot-bashing footpath, rock-climbing wall, ice-climbing wall and stove-testing area.
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Underground Solush'n
A paradise for those in search of new and secondhand vinyl, this place has thousands of records - techno, house, jungle, hip-hop, R&B, funk, soul and 45s - plus a (smaller) selection of CDs, T-shirts, videos, books and merchandise. It's also a good place to find out what's happening on the local music/clubbing scene.
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Valvona & Crolla
Valvona & Crolla is Scotland's oldest Delicatessen and Italian Wine Merchant. Founded in 1934, this historic and cavernous Italian deli has quality wine and ingredients with prices to match. They won Scottish Wine Merchant of the Year in 2004.
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Waterstone's
Waterstone's flagship Princes St branch has four floors of books, with a good Scottish section on the ground floor and lots of travel guides and a coffee shop on the 2nd floor. It hosts frequent book signings and author events. There's another branch down the road at No 13 (; - Mon-Fri, - Sat, - Sun).
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West Port Books
A long-established secondhand bookshop, West Port has a good range of material covering Scottish history and also specialises in titles covering Indian and Himalayan history and art. There's a 10-percent discount for students.
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Whistles
Crisp white and hot pink decor sets off the racks of designer clothes for women in this branch of the well-known London-based store. Lots of little black dresses here - just the place if you're looking for something a little more formal for that special occasion - as well as quirky and off-beat styles.
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Wonderland
Wonderland is a classic kids-with-their-noses-pressed-against-the-window toy shop. It's filled with model aircraft, spaceships and radio-controlled cars, but also caters to the serious train set and model-making fraternity.
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Word Power
A radical independent bookshop supporting both small publishers and local writers, Word Power stocks a wide range of political, gay and feminist literature, as well as non-mainstream fiction and nonfiction.
