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
Honestly, for bibliophiles, is there a better weekend in spring than late April at the L.A. Times Festival of Books?
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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
For many bibliophiles and librocubicularists books are truly a love language, and the holiday season is an opportune time to give the gift of reading.
—Lynnette Nicholas, Essence, 18 Dec. 2024
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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
For many bibliophiles and librocubicularists books are truly a love language, and the holiday season is an opportune time to give the gift of reading.
—Lynnette Nicholas, Essence, 18 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bibliophile
Noun
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And as any librarian or bookseller can tell you, meeting new books through one specific voice has always been the best way to do it.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
16 Sep. 2025
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Talking Animals Books is the official bookseller for the North Texas Teen Book Festival at the Irving Convention Center.—
Rick Mauch,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 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
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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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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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“Bibliophile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bibliophile. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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