bibliophile

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He was a Christian Zionist and bibliophile, who by all accounts knew the land of Israel better than many of the Jews who lived there.

From Salon • Oct. 28, 2023

After a few years of joining the Kindle cult, I am back to my old bibliophile ways.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 11, 2023

Francesco, a dashing young Italian bibliophile, knew Pablo Picasso and showed the painter Pamela’s pictures at dinner one night at the Bianco apartment.

From Washington Post • Dec. 22, 2022

Like his father, the bibliophile would not survive the disaster.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2022

He had been the underbidder, but what chance had a poor devil of a bibliophile against the wealthy captains of industry?

From The Unpublishable Memoirs by Rosenbach, A. S. W.