bookman

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In this regard, Wessells — himself a bookman — rightly devotes his penultimate chapter to honoring science fiction’s most influential scholars and bibliographers, including E.F.

From Washington Post • Jan. 23, 2018

And in his "spare time," Dirda, who says he's not so much a critic as an "old time bookman," indulges his passion for Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 13, 2011

Since then, something has happened to reduce the bookman to a mere bookworm.

From Time Magazine Archive

Today there are a handful of editorial celebrities: Knopfs Robert Gottlieb, an outstanding bookman, put the title Catch-22 on Joseph Heller's first novel.

From Time Magazine Archive

About a year later, coming home in the small hours from a dance, our bookman found a catalogue from this same bookseller on his table.

From The Book-Hunter at Home by Allan, P. B. M.