About Us

We're bringing magic back to everyday life.

An independent Edinburgh shop curating antiquarian books and decor celebrating history, folklore, magic, and herbology.

Here in the home of dark academia, we search far and wide to gather arcane knowledge and extraordinary things.

OUR FOUNDER

Alexandra Jones

Alexandra is a lifelong antiquarian who enjoys nothing more than hunting for rare and wondrous objects. She spent her early career working in provenance research for Nazi-era art theft restitution, before taking up intelligence positions with organisations based in the USA, Middle East, and Europe. Alexandra studied Art History at Miami University of Ohio and attained an MA in European History at the University of Glasgow. She is now based in Edinburgh, Scotland.

origins

Based in Edinburgh

Built on thousands of years of human civilization, from Bronze Age settlements to 12th-century monuments and Enlightenment institutions, Edinburgh has been a bastion of tradition and a leader in literature for centuries.

About our fans...

Our magical fans span the globe, covering 3 continents, 14 countries, and counting.