I found this list of bookmen in the book Understanding Book Collecting by Grant Uden.
Quoted from page 220
BIBLIOCLAST- A destroyer of books
BIBLIOGNOST- One having a deep knowledge of, and insight into, books
BIBLIOGRAPHER- One skilled in matters of book history, format, editions, printing, etc.; also one who compiles a systematic list of an author's works, or one relating to a specific limited subjet
BIBLIOKLEPT-A stealer of books
BIBLIOLATER- One beset with excessive worship of books; more particularly, one with an undue reliance on the letter of the Bible
BIBLIOMANCER-One who tells fortunes by books
BIBLIOMANE (BIBLIOMANIAC)-One with mania for collecting and owning books
BIBLIOPEGIST-One having knowledge, or special love of, bindings
BIBLIOPHILE-A book lover
BIBLIOPHOBE- A book hater
BIBLIOPOLE- A bookseller
BIBLIOTAPH-A concealer or hider of books
BIBLIOTHECARY-A keeper of books, a librarian
MONOBIBLIOPHILIST-A lover of one book
POLYBIBLIOPHILIST- A lover of many books
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