bibliopole
noun
a bookseller, especially a dealer in rare or used books.
bibliopolist
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a variation of
bibliopole.
Example Sentences
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Ha, sirs!" resumed the bibliopolist, "you are learned, are you?
From Rejected Addresses by James Smith
On being asked the reason of this odd occupation, the bibliopolist ingenuously replied, “The Bishop of Ely dines with me to-day.”
From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 by Isaac Disraeli
Who was the bibliopolist with whom originated the pernicious scheme of adapting newly printed title-pages to books which had had a previous existence?
From Notes and Queries, Number 71, March 8, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by George Bell
The bibliopolist seems to have bent before the storm, and pacified the incensed bard, by verbal submission, though probably without relaxing his exactions and drawbacks in any material degree.
From The Dramatic Works of John Dryden, Volume 1 With a Life of the Author by George Saintsbury
As a bibliopolist, little need be said of him.
From The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II by Various
