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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

Yet there is many an aged building in Brittany where old books do still lie hid, as our bookman knows from the library of a friend who lives in Finisterre.

From The Book-Hunter at Home by P. B. M. Allan

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

Because of the dividends, bookmen guessed that B.O.M.C. did not take in more than $15,000,000.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Père Jacob in his treatise upon famous libraries had some personal anecdote to record about the bookmen of each place that he visited.

From The Great Book-Collectors by Charles Isaac Elton




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