bookmanshipEtymologyFrom bookman + -ship. Compare penmanship.nounSkill 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.”Skill in using books; profiting from one's reading; erudition.“1946 [2001] Holbrook Jackson The reading of books p.10 (University of Illinois Press, 2001) →ISBN Bookmanship is the art of adjusting literature to life.”