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
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
Since then, something has happened to reduce the bookman to a mere bookworm.
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
Nobody yet knows how mergers of this kind will affect trade-book publishing, though many bookmen are pessimistic.
From Time Magazine Archive
And when I heard of the new "Everyman's Library," projected by that benefactor of bookmen, Mr. J.M.
From Mental Efficiency And Other Hints to Men and Women by Arnold Bennett
