bibliophilia
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- bibliophiliac noun
- bibliophilic adjective
Example Sentences
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That wealth, Smith adds, largely derived from the West Indian sugar trade — and she doesn’t shy away from the implications of that: “Reviewing the history of First Folio copies in the Georgian period makes repeatedly evident the overlap between late eighteenth-century luxury consumption, including bibliophilia, and the ownership of enslaved people.”
From Washington Post
It is a unique pleasure to read a novel of bibliophilia that eschews this mode entirely.
From Los Angeles Times
Lebowitz spoke to The Envelope and dug into her bibliophilia, what gets Scorsese irritated and getting parodied on “Saturday Night Live.”
From Los Angeles Times
More than a tromp through a bizarre subset of bibliophilia, “Dark Archives” is a truth-telling expedition.
From Los Angeles Times
Ransom and Shaw were later joined by Seattle’s Jekeva Phillips, who directs the Bibliophilia Storytelling Festival and manages Lit Crawl Seattle, in leading the festival.
From Seattle Times
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