Books have been essential in and to my life for as long as I can remember, and books about books (metabooks?) continue to accumulate, such that I need to contrive and then annotate some sort of catalog of my library... or is it Library? That will take a while, and doubtless will spawn some book orders...
The Endless Bookshelf Henry Wessels
What books have been most influential in your life? (February 2022)What are you reading, and why? (March 2023)
Books and the young (April 2023)
Gettin' Above Your Raisin' (January 2024)
of Reading (July 2024)
Books about books, a partial shelflist
Parnassus on Wheels Christopher Morley (1917)
The Haunted Bookshop Christopher Morley (1919)
Printing Presses: History and Development from the Fifteenth Century to Modern Times James Moran (1973)
William Caxton: the first English editor Richard Deacon (1976)
ABC for Book Collectors John Carter (1981)
The Book Before Printing: Ancient, Medieval and Oriental David Diringer (1982)
The Coming of the Book: The Impact of Printing, 1450-1800 Lucien Febvre and Henri-Jean Martin (1984)
Biblioholism: The Literary Addiction Tom Raabe (1996)
Bizarre Books Russell Ash and Brian Lake (1998)
The Footnote: A Curious History Anthony Grafton (1999)
The Book On The Book Shelf Henry Petroski (1999)
Structure of the Visual Book Keith A Smith (2003)
The Polysyllabic Spree: A Hilarious and True Account of One Man's Struggle with the Monthly Tide of the Books He's Bought and the Books He's Been Meaning to Read Nick Hornby (2004)
The Printing Revolution in Early Modern Europe Elizabeth L Eisenstein (2005)
The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop: A Memoir, a History Lewis Buzbee (2008)
The Late Age of Print: Everyday Book Culture from Consumerism to Control Ted Striphas (2009)
Post-Artifact Books and Publishing Craig Mod (2011) Kindle
On Paper: The Everything of Its Two-Thousand-Year History Nicholas A Basbanes (2013)
Bound in Venice: The Serene Republic and the Dawn of the Book Alessandro Marzo Magno (2013)
Imprint - Visual Narratives In Books And Beyond Gerry Badger (2014)
The Book: A Cover-To-Cover Exploration of the Most Powerful Object of Our Time Keith Houston (2016)
The Book Amaranth Borsuk (2019)
Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts: Twelve Journeys into the Medieval World Christopher de Hamel (2019)
The Secret Life of Books: Why They Mean More Than Words Tom Mole (2019) Kindle
Postprint: Books and Becoming Computational N Katherine Hayles (2021) Kindle
Index, A History of the: A Bookish Adventure from Medieval Manuscripts to the Digital Age Dennis Duncan (2022) Audible
The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper Roland Allen (2024) Kindle
OED search for compounds and derived words for 'biblio-'
bibliomania, n. 1734— Extreme enthusiasm or passion for collecting...bibliomancy, n. 1753— The practice of seeking knowledge of the future...
bibliolatry, n. a1763— Chiefly disparaging. Excessive reverence for the...
bibliophobia, n. 1777— Aversion to, or dislike of, books, reading, or...
bibliology, n. 1789— The study of the Bible; Biblical theology.
bibliothetic, adj. 1797— Of or relating to libraries; spec. relating to...
bibliomaniac, n. & adj. 1809— A person who is extremely enthusiastic or...
bibliophilist, n. 1814— A person who is passionate about reading or...
bibliophilia, n. 1816— Passion for reading or collecting books; love of books.
bibliolater, n. 1820— Chiefly disparaging. A person who adheres...
bibliophile, n. & adj. 1820— A person who is passionate about reading or...
bibliolatrist, n. 1826— A person who adheres excessively to a literal...
bibliopoesy, n. 1832— The occupation of making or producing books; the...
bibliogony, n. 1835— The production of books.
bibliophily, n. 1837— Passion for reading or collecting books; love of books.
bibliophobe, n. 1843— A person with an aversion to books, reading, or...
bibliolatrous, adj. 1845— Given to, or characterized by, bibliolatry; esp...
bibliophagist, n. 1851— A voracious reader; a bookworm.
biblioclasm, n. 1852— Destruction or vandalism of books, or of the Bible.
bibliophagic, adj. 1852— That reads voraciously; of, relating to, or...
biblioclast, n. 1870— A person who destroys or vandalizes books.
bibliophilous, adj. 1876— Passionate about reading or collecting books; of...
biblioklept, n. 1880— A person who steals books; a book thief.
bibliokleptomaniac, n. 1880— A person who has a persistent urge to steal books.
bibliotherapy, n. 1914— The use of books for therapeutic purposes, esp...
bibliotherapist, n. 1932— A practitioner of bibliotherapy. See bibliotherapy, n.
bibliometric, adj. 1969— Relating to bibliometrics; involving the...
bibliometrics, n. 1969— Chiefly with singular agreement. The branch of...