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Its most famous bibliopolic resident, however, is Thomas Osborne, or Tom Osborne, as he was called in the trade and by posterity.

From The Book-Hunter in London Historical and Other Studies of Collectors and Collecting by Roberts, W. (William)

The bibliopolic history of the Mews Gate did not terminate with the younger Tom Payne.

From The Book-Hunter in London Historical and Other Studies of Collectors and Collecting by Roberts, W. (William)

The whole neighbourhood of which Covent Garden may be taken as the centre, is full of a bibliopolic history, which dates back to the beginning of the last century.

From The Book-Hunter in London Historical and Other Studies of Collectors and Collecting by Roberts, W. (William)

The Devil is unhappily dead, in that international bibliopolic province, and little hope of his reviving for some time; whereupon this is what Squire Appleton does.

From The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol. I by Carlyle, Thomas

Carlyle to Emerson Great Malvern, Worcestershire, 25 August, 1851 Dear Emerson,—Many thanks for your Letter, which found me here about a week ago, and gave a full solution to my bibliopolic difficulties.

From The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol II. by Carlyle, Thomas