bibliomaniac
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Even as a child he was a bibliomaniac, spending his waking hours flipping pages “stiff as cartilage,” deciphering marginalia and cloistering himself in a reality of his own making.
From New York Times ● Jun. 9, 2014
The first book I read on the Kindle was The Book Lover’s Tale, a psychological drama about a bibliomaniac gone to the bad.
From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2011
The only wolf calls in its pages rise when a bug-eyed bibliomaniac spots an unescorted Gutenberg Bible or First Folio Shakespeare.
From Time Magazine Archive
Though the garden-variety 19th century English baronet was normally content with a small, showcase library, Sir Thomas Phillipps was a certified bibliomaniac.
From Time Magazine Archive
Odd leaves and sheets and boards—a thing to make a bibliomaniac shed tears—are fished out of odd corners.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) by Lang, Andrew
