"Books are a hardbound drug with no danger of overdose. I am the happy victim of books."
— Karl Lagerfeld

From the collection of Eileen Cond.
Well-known as a prominent collector of modern firsts, Miss Cond was also a correspondent of Ian Fleming, and the first Secretary to the James Bond Fan Club. During the 1950s, Miss Cond ran an 18th-century royal hunting lodge converted to country house hotel at Deer Park, Honiton, Devon (hence the distinctive bookplate design), with a select clientele.