Even in bibliophilic, densely-populated Cambridge, book delivery seems like it will have as much value to the store as marketing as actual service. From Wordnik.com. [Bookselling Notes from All Ov—well, from Around Here] Reference
The foregrounding of the book-object in bibliophilic writing in fact tends to activate reversals and inversions suggesting that objects may constitute subjects rather than the other way around. From Wordnik.com. [Bibliographic Romance: Bibliophilia and the Book Object] Reference
Dibdin's reading of the French Revolution hinges on the question of its way with books, pointing to what we might call a bibliophilic politics that cuts across stock political lines to produce a certain ambivalence. From Wordnik.com. [Bibliographic Romance: Bibliophilia and the Book Object] Reference
'Cause yeah, I'm a huge bibliophilic cover-junkie. From Wordnik.com. [Pyr-o-mania: You're Going to Love Eva Forge] Reference
And so to bed, sorely harassed in his bibliophilic mind. From Wordnik.com. [The Book-Hunter at Home] Reference
This bibliophilic insistence on the object equally accentuates. From Wordnik.com. [Bibliographic Romance: Bibliophilia and the Book Object] Reference
And offer you this new way of reading the bibliophilic crosswinds?. From Wordnik.com. [Kevin Smokler: The Shelf Talker: Disco, Beer and Rubix Cubes] Reference
I have a 1960s reprint, just for the purely bibliophilic among you. From Wordnik.com. [Even in a little thing] Reference
Today's bibliophilic note: a medieval Irish book gets turned up in a bog by a backhoe. From Wordnik.com. [Information, Culture, Policy, Education: Medieval book pried from Irish bog] Reference
It can even be an opportunity to fill in some of those gaps in your bibliophilic history. From Wordnik.com. [Why Not Read Classics To Your Baby?] Reference
One of my favorite bookshops, Shaman Drum, delighted me for an hour of bibliophilic immersion. From Wordnik.com. [Information, Culture, Policy, Education:] Reference
Henry makes a beeline for the back of the store where all the printing and bibliophilic stuff is. From Wordnik.com. [The Time Traveler's Wife]
I've spoken with Lou Anders in the past and I believe he as much of a bibliophilic cover-junkie as I am. From Wordnik.com. [Pyr-o-mania: You're Going to Love Eva Forge] Reference
But in matters bibliophilic I do everything to excess, so I won't feel bound to stick to one book per question. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-11-19] Reference
Over 750 pages, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell is a character study of two bibliophilic magicians set against early 19th century England. From Wordnik.com. [YetiReview: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell: A Novel] Reference
Its large 7-inch screen and uncluttered, keyboard-free body make it feel less like a bibliophilic novelty and closer to the printed page. From Wordnik.com. [End the Paper Chase] Reference
Today being smart is defined as scholarly talent and getting paid for it, just a break for the talents developed by a bibliophilic people. From Wordnik.com. [Academia, Harvard Law School, and freedom of speech] Reference
I guess that's because I'm still anticipating a fair number of books to arrive in the mail, so my bibliophilic nature is in a state of satiety. From Wordnik.com. [Chasing Tale in March: Quirk Classics, Jonathan Maberry, Dan Simmons ...] Reference
UPDATE: Lou Anders was kind enough to stop by and explain that the books are in different series so there will be no bibliophilic anxiety after all. From Wordnik.com. [Pyr-o-mania: You're Going to Love Eva Forge] Reference
It's the story that made me forever and ever a Ford fan, because among other things it so perfectly captures the feelings of bibliophilic obsession. From Wordnik.com. [Kafka's Ford] Reference
Our paths may lie outside the pale of book-land for years, but the chance handling of a valuable or scarce volume will instantly awaken all our bibliophilic desires. From Wordnik.com. [The Book-Hunter at Home] Reference
Bibliomania was accompanied by an outpouring of bibliophilic, if not necessarily biliomaniac, writing in these early decades (e.g., essays, anecdotes, memoirs, travels). From Wordnik.com. [Introduction] Reference
I mean, her and my father have just been so great about me not working while I was in school and letting me live on their dime as the bibliophilic bum I am for so many years. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-09-01] Reference
What may be the coolest feature of the iPod, at least to this bibliophilic child of librarians, is that one of the options is to listen to the songs alphetically by song title. From Wordnik.com. [webbing up the scriptures....] Reference
I'm a big fan of Patricia McKillip's, and have almost all her books in hardcover including, says she in a bibliophilic gloat, the first edition of The Throme of the Erril of Sherril. From Wordnik.com. [February 28th, 2006] Reference
"Codex takes its place on the shelf of self-referential, bibliophilic page turners like The Name of the Rose, Possession and A Case of Curiosities, and it's as entertaining as any of them.". From Wordnik.com. [Codex by Lev Grossman: Book summary] Reference
You see Rough Guides piled high on their own little tables in bookstore chains, and you might assume from the way they look that they're a bibliophilic variety of Christmas stocking stuffer. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-08-20] Reference
Plenty of stuff there that bibliophilic CoffeeHousers may find interesting - including Book of the Month recommendations (this month: Jonathan Littell's The Kindly Ones); a massive, well-sorted review archive; and a discussion board. From Wordnik.com. [Introducing the revamped Spectator Book Club] Reference
If some bibliophilic thief should ever steal my credit card, I will promise to strive to regard it in the light of a donation to someone desperate, as long as you don't put a hold on me buying books anymore. From Wordnik.com. [Aliens in This World] Reference
Heed the summons bibliophilic ” “George Millard is home!”. From Wordnik.com. [Eugene Field A Study In Heredity And Contradictions]
I’ll try contacting a few bibliophilic societies to see if they are aware of any. From Wordnik.com. [A Site Where you can Trade Rare Books and First Editions?] Reference
My bibliophilic mainstay in those years was Dutton’s bookshop on Laurel Canyon at Magnolia. From Wordnik.com. [HOLLYWOOD] Reference
France) after years of patient search, two books which ever strive for the ascendancy in my bibliophilic affections. From Wordnik.com. [The Book-Hunter at Home] Reference
Although presumably the book stands on its own merits (I’ve been meaning to pick up a copy for a while but somehow haven’t yet got round to it), do you have bibliophilic leanings that particularly drew you to it?. From Wordnik.com. [New Favorite Object] Reference
Aww, I'm in love with the literate, karmic, bibliophilic world tonight! prev//next new//old//profile notes//dland. From Wordnik.com. [evolver Diary Entry] Reference
Submitted by staff on Sunday, September 07, 2008 (07: 40: 31) (8 reads) "News: Master of bibliophilic revel". From Wordnik.com. [GotPoetry.com News] Reference
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