bookman
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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.
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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.
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When one not a bookman publishes a book, he treads the danger-line.
From Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey by John Uri Lloyd
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
Seldom was a tardy writer pressed to repay; the image of a company bearing down on a lonely writer was too distasteful for bookmen to contemplate.
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There are some authors whom we think of as bookmen; there are others whom we think of as men first, and as writers secondarily.
From Americans All Stories of American Life of To-Day by Benjamin A. Heydrick