bookmanship

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) Skill in, or appreciation of, the editing and production design of books; being a connoisseur of books; love of books.
 * 2) * 1980 April, Lawrence J. McCrank "Education for Rare Book Librarianship: A Reexamination of Trends and Problems" p.9 (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Graduate School of Library Science; Occasional papers No.144)
 * As library school graduates appear only semiliterate in terms of the book as a physical, aesthetic object, such critics wonder what has happened to the role of bookmanship in library education.
 * 1) * 2009 Matthew Joseph Bruccoli, Judith Baughman F. Scott Fitzgerald in the Marketplace: The Auction and Dealer Catalogues, 1935-2006 p.xv (Univ of South Carolina Press, 2009) ISBN 157003799X:
 * Bookmanship is a way of life: you live to acquire books.
 * 1) Skill in using books; profiting from one's reading; erudition.
 * 2) * 1946 [2001] Holbrook Jackson The reading of books p.10 (University of Illinois Press, 2001) ISBN 0252070410
 * Bookmanship is the art of adjusting literature to life.
 * Bookmanship is the art of adjusting literature to life.