as in bookseller
one who is keenly devoted to books for bibliophiles, no electronic device could possibly give the tactile pleasure of a beautifully bound book

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Recent Examples of bibliophile These are serious bibliophiles who’ve made reading a central part of their identity and are willing to travel across continents to find others who share that passion. Jd Barker, Rolling Stone, 16 July 2025 Honestly, for bibliophiles, is there a better weekend in spring than late April at the L.A. Times Festival of Books? Lorraine Berry, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2025 Camila, a bibliophile, is deep in one of her animal books. Juan Vidal, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025 All of the books were created by the bibliophile Reid Byers in collaboration with numerous printers, binders, and calligraphers. Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for bibliophile
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Noun
  • Each month, a different business, community organization, collective or mutual aid group chooses a book and recommends a bookseller then leads that month's discussion.
    Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Austen sold the novel’s copyright to publisher and bookseller Thomas Egerton for £110.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
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  • At last year’s antiquarian fair, a single volume by Mr. Jones, a cookbook of recipes from fellow prisoners, sold for $20,000 to the University of California at Berkeley’s Bancroft Library, according to Mr. Kinmont, who handled the sale.
    Corey Kilgannon, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025
  • In some quarters, preservation is thought of as an antiquarian undertaking, a sentimental allegiance to structures that have ceased to function and so have relinquished their right to exist.
    Justin Davidson, Curbed, 12 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • 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
  • 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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“Bibliophile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bibliophile. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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