bookmanship noun2 •Skill in, or appreciation of, the editing and production design of books; being a connoisseur of books; love of books.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. — 1980 •Skill in using books; profiting from one's reading; erudition.Bookmanship is the art of adjusting literature to life. — 1946
