bibliophile

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In 1895, Adam Clark Vroman, an ex-railroad worker, bibliophile and photographer, new to the San Gabriel Valley, partnered with J.S.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 18, 2024

He was a Christian Zionist and bibliophile, who by all accounts knew the land of Israel better than many of the Jews who lived there.

From Salon • Oct. 28, 2023

Francesco, a dashing young Italian bibliophile, knew Pablo Picasso and showed the painter Pamela’s pictures at dinner one night at the Bianco apartment.

From Washington Post • Dec. 22, 2022

Like his father, the bibliophile would not survive the disaster.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2022

Now and then a grocer or a butcher made gloomy comments as he watched a growing accumulation of books that would not prove attractive to the most confirmed bibliophile.

From The Blue Goose by Nason, Frank Lewis