as in bookseller
one who is keenly devoted to books
an incorrigible bibliomaniac, he's already bought more books than anyone could read in a lifetime
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The national bookseller earlier this month announced plans to open four stores in the Chicago area by summertime.—
Alicia Fabbre,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Jan. 2026 -
The bookseller also opened its newest store in Orange, switching from its previous location off Main Street across the street from MainPlace Mall to the former Van’s Skate Park at the Outlets at Orange.—
Samantha Gowen,
Oc Register,
29 Dec. 2025
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This poignant love letter to bibliophiles and indie booksellers is absolute catnip for readers like you.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
6 Feb. 2026
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Tucked in the back of the store, a book room is a bibliophile’s haven, where shoppers linger among titles warmed by an oversized hanging lamp and retro furniture.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
23 Jan. 2026
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Martin Farquhar Tupper, a poet and an antiquarian favored by Queen Victoria, argued that Rapa Nui was the remnant of a lost continent whose people had perished.—
Margaret Talbot,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
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Mac antiquarians will be pleased to know that ClamXAV, K7 AntiVirus, and Panda Dome Essential all go back more than 10 years, to Yosemite (10.10).—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025
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Subsequent chapters explore great bookmen of the Renaissance, from the Florentine tradesman Vespasiano da Bisticci and the Flemish illuminator Simon Bening to the English antiquarian Sir Robert Cotton — manuscript obsessives all.—
Bruce Holsinger,
New York Times,
11 Nov. 2023
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Once asked to describe himself, McMurtry called himself a writer, a screenwriter — and perhaps most significantly, a bookman.—
Thomas Curwen,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Mar. 2021
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“Bibliomaniac.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bibliomaniac. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.
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