bibliophile
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Daunt is a bibliophile and owns a small chain of eponymous independent bookstores in England.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 10, 2026
Carmen grew up devouring her opera-loving, bibliophile father’s books — he had a capacious library of the classics — and “in a Catholic bubble,” she told The Financial Times in 2020.
From New York Times ● Oct. 29, 2022
“I consider myself a bibliophile, so this is always a really exciting event for me,” said the USC alumna and longtime festivalgoer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2022
Like his father, the bibliophile would not survive the disaster.
From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2022
This group of literature has grown within the last twenty years almost unattainable by the less opulent bibliophile; its commercial value has risen to four times that to which the previous generation was accustomed.
From The Book-Collector A General Survey of the Pursuit and of those who have engaged in it at Home and Abroad from the Earliest Period to the Present Time by William Carew Hazlitt
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