bookman

[ boo k-muh n, -man ]

/ ˈbʊk mən, -ˌmæn /

a studious or learned man; scholar.

a person whose occupation is selling or publishing books.

Origin of bookman

First recorded in 1575–85; book + -man

In what way could The Bookman serve the interests of American literature in which it was not already serving them?

When Winter Comes to Main Street |Grant Martin Overton
Only in the lamplit closet of the bookman, the fanatic of first and fine editions, is it remembered and revered.

Prose Fancies |Richard Le Gallienne
I should say I wrote about your book of poems as you will have seen in the Bookman.

William Sharp (Fiona Macleod) |Elizabeth A. Sharp
I am quoting from his article, which may be read in the Bookman.

Books and Persons |Arnold Bennett

The bookman sympathised with him, but asked what was the proposed name.

The Book-Hunter at Home |P. B. M. Allan