The purchase of multiple copies of the same book and edition and the accumulation of books beyond possible capacity of use or enjoyment are frequent symptoms of bibliomania. From LearnThat.org.
Some, such as bibliomania - obsessive collecting of books - aren't too worrying. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
But the essence of the case was criminal bibliomania. From Wordnik.com. [A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books] Reference
Never has bibliomania been written in such a wistful way. From Wordnik.com. [Books. Matter. Stories. Matter. (Or: How a Book Made Me Cry After Six Pages) « BAHAY TALINHAGA] Reference
Do you read that literally or just enjoy bibliomania ? k.e. From Wordnik.com. [ID floats a lead-lined trial balloon - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
Be warned: Golf bibliomania can become a consuming pursuit. From Wordnik.com. [Rare Reads of the Green] Reference
But I am quite happy in my bibliomania thank you very much. From Wordnik.com. [Ramblings and a Couple of Links « So Many Books] Reference
Printing press, private, an appalling form of bibliomania, 293. From Wordnik.com. [The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author] Reference
But my bibliomania is no where near the scale as yours; how I envy you. From Wordnik.com. [Shelved] Reference
To collect books indiscriminately tends to develop the dread bibliomania. From Wordnik.com. [The Book-Hunter at Home] Reference
Despite my raging bibliomania, I've never been particularly slutty about books. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-01-01] Reference
It's nice to see that this whole bibliomania thing I've got going can work out. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-03-01] Reference
The former of these collectors is generally said to suffer from acute bibliomania. From Wordnik.com. [The Book-Hunter at Home] Reference
He may be 'wise in his generation,' but his pursuit approaches closely to bibliomania. From Wordnik.com. [The Book-Hunter at Home] Reference
Good thing my bibliomania hasn't progressed to the point of pilfering from the library. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-11-01] Reference
Boniface, Alcuin, Ælfric, and the numerous votaries of bibliomania who flourished then. From Wordnik.com. [Bibliomania in the Middle Ages] Reference
Have no shame about your biblioholism, though I prefer the old fashioned term, bibliomania. From Wordnik.com. [Confessions of a Biblioholic] Reference
That said, I would never encourage bibliomania where it seems so dangerously out of control. From Wordnik.com. [Warning: crass materialism ahead!] Reference
Of the entries up so far, I especially like the bibliomania entry. posted by Brandon | 4:53 PM. From Wordnik.com. [Curiosities of Literature] Reference
The possession of a private printing-press is, no doubt, a very appalling type of bibliomania. From Wordnik.com. [The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author] Reference
He adds that "this symptom of the bibliomania is at the present day both general and violent.". From Wordnik.com. [Book-Lovers, Bibliomaniacs and Book Clubs] Reference
I find it reassuring – my bibliomania may only be garden variety – though I might be BS-ing myself…. From Wordnik.com. [Two Flickr links] Reference
The book is available freely online, including here at online-literature, here at bibliomania and here at Adelaide.edu. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-01-01] Reference
No doubt the illustrious example of Richard de Bury tended materially to spread far and wide the spirit of bibliomania. From Wordnik.com. [Bibliomania in the Middle Ages] Reference
In this context it is worth noting that John Ferriar, the first poet of the bibliomania, was an Edinburgh-trained physician. From Wordnik.com. ['Wedded to Books': Bibliomania and the Romantic Essayists] Reference
There has been one instance, doubtless, in the records of bibliomania, of two thousand pounds having been given for one book. From Wordnik.com. [The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author] Reference
So, at all events, goes the story of the origin of the Duke's bibliomania; and it is supposed to have been in the thoughts of Sir. From Wordnik.com. [The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author] Reference
For instance, my bibliomania and OCD wed within the bowels of my neuroses-ridden psyche to produce an obsession for "perfect" books. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-09-01] Reference
Surprise and wonder almost surpass the admiration we feel at beholding this proud testimonial of monkish industry and early bibliomania. From Wordnik.com. [Bibliomania in the Middle Ages] Reference
It is a singularly futile hobby, and it is certainly a pernicious form of bibliomania, for it is responsible for the destruction of many good books. From Wordnik.com. [The Book-Hunter at Home] Reference
Nor can I dwell upon the literary wealth of London book-shops, dark and dingy, but ever attractive to the hungry scholar, or the devotee of bibliomania. From Wordnik.com. [A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries] Reference
I am uncertain whether this may not be my own position, and wait the decision of my readers before proceeding further in the annals of early bibliomania. From Wordnik.com. [Bibliomania in the Middle Ages] Reference
A hat tip to two writers of romances and a personal observation: unread books on my shelves are the result of a collision between bibliomania and the work week. From Wordnik.com. [Mixed media] Reference
Some have been afflicted by bibliomania through idleness, and for them there is small hope of cure; others, I count myself among them, from excess of affairs. From Wordnik.com. [Notable & Quotable] Reference
Walker shuns the sort of bibliomania that covets first editions for their own sake-many of the volumes that decorate the library's walls are leather-bound Franklin Press reprints. From Wordnik.com. [the-inbetween.com] Reference
For Dr. O'Rell is the most famous authority we have in bibliomania and kindred maladies. From Wordnik.com. [The Love Affairs of a Bibliomaniac] Reference
The cause of your bibliomania is clear enough; I must have been dozing, or I should have seen it long ago. From Wordnik.com. [Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03] Reference
London and while we were deep in the many fads of bibliomania that we arrived at this important conclusion. From Wordnik.com. [The Love Affairs of a Bibliomaniac] Reference
Indeed, my learned friend Dr. O'Rell has met with several cases (as he informs me) in which suppressed bibliomania has resulted fatally. From Wordnik.com. [The Love Affairs of a Bibliomaniac] Reference
And yet, despite these self-accusations, bibliophily rather than bibliomania would be the word to characterize his conscientious purpose. From Wordnik.com. [The Love Affairs of a Bibliomaniac] Reference
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