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bookman

[book-muhn, -man] / ˈbʊk mən, -ˌmæn /


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In this regard, Wessells — himself a bookman — rightly devotes his penultimate chapter to honoring science fiction’s most influential scholars and bibliographers, including E.F.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 23, 2018

And in his "spare time," Dirda, who says he's not so much a critic as an "old time bookman," indulges his passion for Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 13, 2011

Since then, something has happened to reduce the bookman to a mere bookworm.

From Time Magazine Archive

Today there are a handful of editorial celebrities: Knopfs Robert Gottlieb, an outstanding bookman, put the title Catch-22 on Joseph Heller's first novel.

From Time Magazine Archive

But the bookman no longer has the opportunity of selecting for a community.

From The Building of a Book A Series of Practical Articles Written by Experts in the Various Departments of Book Making and Distributing by Frederick H. Hitchcock

Before long, the island’s new sovereign began to issue proclamations, investing his favorite bookmen and women with titles and high offices in the Redondan court.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 6, 2022

Valiantly, the bookmen have continued to explore their copy of Baret’s “Alvearie” while encouraging people to visit their Web site — shakespearesbeehive.com — and study a facsimile of its pages.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 21, 2015

When the bookmen began to examine their new acquisition, they naturally paid close attention to the annotations.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 21, 2015

A legend that all bookmen love is that of the bright-eyed New York University girl who listened to Fred Goudy lecture on lettering and then askecl: "Professor, just how do you design type?"

From Time Magazine Archive

It is not necessary to recall that the ancient Rabbis were not professional bookmen.

From The Book of Delight and Other Papers by Israel Abrahams


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