Military or Naval
DRURY
(William Price, 1861-1949, R.M., Lt.-Col.)
Autograph Letter Signed to Eileen Cond,
saying How charming of you to remember me again at Xmas!, enclosing a copy of a Hymn of mine, which is being sung a good deal throughout the country, and sending the best of luck in 1939, with the printed hymn 'For those who guard us in the air', signed and marked by Drury Tune 'St. Chrysostom': Sir J. Barnby, together 2 sides 8vo, Killigrew Cottage, Saltash, Cornwall, 14th December
Item Date: 1940
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Background
Drury served in China and the Mediterranean. Among his books are 'Memoirs of a Marine', 1926, 'The Fight in China', 1929, and 'Fighting Cocks', 1939. Eileen Cond was a book collector who sent out her bookplate to her favourite authors, many of whom signed and returned them to her. Among the most notable was Ian Fleming.
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