book society

American  

noun

Chiefly British.

1. book club.

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Etymology

Origin of book society

First recorded in 1805–15

Example Sentences

For a long time after the appearance of that book, society was divided into two classes--the pros and the cons.

From Women of Modern France (Illustrated) Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 7 (of 10) by Hugo Paul Thieme

No circulating library, no book society, then existed even in the capital: but in the capital those students who could not afford to purchase largely had a resource.

From The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron

For a long time after the appearance of that book, society was divided into two classes—the pros and the cons.

From Women of Modern France by Thieme, Hugo P. (Hugo Paul)

No circulating library, no book society, then existed, even in the capital; but in the capital those students who could not afford to purchase largely had a resource.

From The Private Library What We Do Know, What We Don't Know, What We Ought to Know About Our Books by Humphreys, Arthur Lee

A friend of mine, residing in Halifax, Nova Scotia, sent to a religious book society at New York for a number of works, as presents to the children attending the Sunday school.

From Diary in America, Series Two by Marryat, Frederick