Stephen Conway says the craft hasn't changed much in hundreds of years and that a 19th century artisan would still recognise the methods and techniques he uses today.
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Over the decades, he has worked on everything from a 1930s edition of Shakespeare's poems to a scrapbook of drawings by a British POW during World War Two.
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Stephen's most special creations, in full leather with gilded edges, can take up to 100 hours each and cost between £4,000 and £5,000.
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His customers include universities, libraries and collectors, as well as families who want to preserve a piece of memorabilia in a stylish way.
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The artisan said he wanted to attend art college as a teen but became an apprentice bookbinder instead