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One who writes and publishes books; especially, one who gathers his materials from other books; a compiler.

A studious man; a scholar. Shak.

Something placed in a book to guide in finding a particular page or passage; also, a label in a book to designate the owner; a bookplate.

A schoolfellow; an associate in study.

A dealer in books.

A label, placed upon or in a book, showing its ownership or its position in a library.

One who sells books.

The employment of selling books.

A shelf to hold books.

A bookseller's shop. [Eng.]

A stall or stand where books are sold.

A place or stand for the sale of books in the streets; a bookstall.

A store where books are kept for sale; -- called in England a bookseller's shop.

Work done upon a book or books (as in a printing office), in distinction from newspaper or job work.

Any larva of a beetle or moth, which is injurious to books. Many species are known.

Bookish.

An A-B-C book; a primer. [Obs.] Shak.

A book in which accounts are kept. Swift.

A book kept by a depositor, in which an officer of a bank enters the debits and credits of the depositor's account with the bank.

A book in which a person keeps an account of his notes, bills, bills of exchange, etc., thus showing all that he issues and receives.