bookman

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

He figured as the philosopher and bookman of the party: the most iconoclastic politicians are usually willing to respect the scholar, provided they are sure of his being on their side.

From Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 1 of 3) Essay 1: Robespierre by John Morley

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

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

From Washington Post ● Oct. 21, 2015

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

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.

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