bibliomane

a "bibliomane" who in his dreams supposes himself to be purchasing "early editions on vellum" for "trifling" sums (18). close window

'Wedded to Books': Bibliomania and the Romantic Essayists 2004

There is plenty to interest not only the Catholic, but the Lutheran, Anglican, Presbyterian or Orthodox Christian, provided he is an antiquarian and bibliomane like me.

Loome Theological Booksellers, Stillwater, Minnesota 2009

He was a bibliomane as they ` re called, somebody who is maniacally obsessed with old books.

The Poet and the Murderer 2002

And the first fool of the whole navy, the fool at the helm, was the bibliomane, the book fool.

A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books 1995

Bibliophobe, a hater of books: Bibliotaph, a burier of books -- one who hides or conceals them: Bibliomaniac, or bibliomane, one who has a mania or passion for collecting books.

A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries Ainsworth Rand Spofford

-- "A bibliomane is an indiscriminate accumulator, who blunders faster than he buys, cock-brained and purse-heavy."

The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author John Hill Burton

Suppose I am a bibliomane and someone comes to me with a title I have coveted unsuccessfully for years.

Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010

I was first introduced to Davidson, a three-time winner of the Crime Writers Association Gold Dagger, decades ago by a fellow bibliomane with a penchant for English writers.

BrothersJudd Blog 2009

The answer is the usual one for the over-acquisitive bibliomane.

Telegraph Blogs 2008

Le bibliomane ne connait ordinairement les livres que par leur titre, leur frontispice, et leur date; il s'attache aux bonnes editiones et les poursuit à quelque titre que ce soit; la relieure le seduit aussi, soit par son ancienneté, soit par sa beauté, "&c.

Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance Thomas Frognall Dibdin 1811