Take a look at what people are saying about Colin Franklin's upcoming memoir Obsessions and Confessions of a Book Life.
(available July 2012) 

"He hates the word 'expert', and indeed Colin Franklin's kind of deep immersion in books and printing transcends cold scholarship. In Obsessions he not only shares his informed and personal passion for the printed page, but gives the reader a rare glimpse into a long and happy life spent in pursuit of excellence." - Victoria Glendinning, author

"Colin Franklin, in his diffidently charming and persuasive way, has written of his life as a publisher, author, and bookseller, just as he writes the descriptions of books he sells-entertaining us  with utterly individual, often unfashionable opinions arrived at honestly by close reading and intuitive understanding. His musings about books and bookish people resonate with authenticity, having no affect or "side" whatsoever even as he describes the richest of the rich and the rarest of the rare in a way unlike any other bookseller's memoir." - John Windle, antiquarian bookseller