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
Rare Square Books rounds out their offerings, housing special and hard-to-find editions that bibliophiles crave.
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American Booksellers Association, USA TODAY, 1 June 2024
This year, for the first time, a shuttle bus will transport bibliophiles between three, six, nine or all 13 participating bookstores.
—Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2024
Finally, bibliophiles will want to leave some time to stop by the Jane Austen Centre to learn about the writer’s life, family, and legacy.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 18 Feb. 2024
Today, the bookshop hosts regular public events and offers a library curation service for bibliophiles looking to build their own reading rooms at home.
—Suyin Haynes, CNN, 6 Mar. 2024
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American Booksellers Association, USA TODAY, 1 June 2024
This year, for the first time, a shuttle bus will transport bibliophiles between three, six, nine or all 13 participating bookstores.
—Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2024
Finally, bibliophiles will want to leave some time to stop by the Jane Austen Centre to learn about the writer’s life, family, and legacy.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 18 Feb. 2024
Today, the bookshop hosts regular public events and offers a library curation service for bibliophiles looking to build their own reading rooms at home.
—Suyin Haynes, CNN, 6 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bibliophile
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Amazon’s early days were characterized by its efforts to provide the tech to support the offline to online shift, initially for booksellers.Noam Toister, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
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To Kaplan, the onscreen romantic chemistry between the two fictitious lead characters, rival booksellers Joe Fox and Kathleen Kelly, drew her attention.David Chiu, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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The copper plates were originally made to illustrate the book Sepulchral Monuments in Great Britain by antiquarian Richard Gough.Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Oct. 2024
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Since then, the sartorial antiquarian has turned it into a thrice-annual vintage fair on Manhattan’s West 18th Street in the Altman Building—the former carriage house that received goods for legendary New York department store B. Altman & Company.Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 4 Oct. 2024
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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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In the 1970s and ’80s, a flamboyant Texas bookman and one-time president of the ABAA named John Jenkins made money selling stolen and forged items to libraries and collectors.Travis McDade, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Aug. 2020
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“Bibliophile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bibliophile. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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