(Mary, née Rainbow, b. 1916, Novelist, Writer for Radio and for Children, author of the King Arthur Trilogy)
Typed Letter Signed to Eileen Cond,
saying she is delighted you are so enthusiastic about THE GABRIEL HOUNDS... I am rather fond of its young hero and heroine myself!, she is interested that you knew Beirut, Baalbek etc.... My trip was not exactly comfortable... but provided me with a great deal of pleasure and copy!, she describes how after ten books in fairly rapid succession she kept her summer free for the garden, and is not telling anyone the setting of her next novel, 2 sides 4to., 79 Morningside Park, Edinburgh 10, 29th September
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.