bibliopole

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Noun
  • Arthur was originally a scholar of the Elizabethan drama—a professor at Boston University for a number of years before moving to London and working for Quaritch, one of the oldest bookseller firms in the world focusing on antiquarian books.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 16 Oct. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • 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
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“Bibliopole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bibliopole. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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