Sentence:  From a child I was fond of reading, and all the little money that came into my hands was ever laid out in books. ... This <WSD>bookish</WSD> inclination at length determined my father to make me a printer, though he had already one son (James) of that profession. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Fond of reading or studying, especially said of someone lacking social skills as a result