Collection of autographs, manuscripts and photographs of (mostly Dutch) literary figures

Ring binder w. title on spine. Contains 54 plastic folders w. miscell. items collected by Herman Hannink, officer of the Zwolle Branch of the Dickens Fellowship. Incl. a.o. (aside from the aforementioned subjects): newspaper clippings on collecting autographs and letters; documentation accompanying the orig. manuscripts and photogr. of (mostly Dutch) literary figures.

A varied collection. Some of the most important items: (1) Etching w. 4 portraits of Simon Carmiggelt on 1 plate by Peter van Straaten, signed and dated '79 in pencil. (2) Photographic portrait of Carmiggelt in Café Hoppe, Spui Amsterdam, 25.4 x 17 cm, by Eddy Posthuma de Boer, w. his stamp verso. (3) Manuscript note signed by Antoon van Duinkerken dated 1940 accompanied by a photographic picture postcard portrait of the author. (4) Typescript letter signed "Hella S. Haasse" in pen w. stamped addressed envelope (1982). (5-6) Signature in pen "Felix Timmermans" on title-p. of De pastoor uit den bloeyenden Wijngaerdt and photographic picture postcard portrait of Timmermans at home, signed "Felix Timmermans Lier 20 juli 1931". (7) Annotation in pen by Hendrik Marsman, monogrammed "H", on both sides of a sm. slip of paper about the creation of the poem "Heerscher". (8) Postcard w. short signed letter by Simon Vestdijk to Ida Gerhardt, dated 26-3-1947. (9) Typescript invitation for a meeting of the Dickens Fellowship, w. extensive corrections in pen by Godfried Bomans, in stamped addressed envelope (1959). (10) Photogr. portrait of Marga Minco by Ewoud de Kat. (11) Photogr. portrait of Heinrich Böll, 23.7 x 7.7 cm, by Klaus Eschen, 1954, w. his stamp verso. (12) Photogr. portrait of Gerrit Komrij and Jan Cremer, signed Herman Vrijhoff (?) and dated '98. (13-14) 2 signatures in pen of Gertrud von le Fort on a short letter and a printed card. (15-16) Letter in pen signed by Jan Greshoff (1955), and a large photogr. portrait of the author. (17) Sm. card w. annotation in pen "Met oprechten dank van (signed) Theun de Vries. Najaar 1941". (18-20) Offset photogr. portrait of Antoon Coolen w. signed dedication in pen to Hans Roest, and 2 letters signed by Antoon Coolen on his personal stationary (dated 1936 and 1942). (21) Photogr. portrait of "Fritzi" (Harmsen van Beek) by Eddy Posthuma de Boer, w. his stamp verso. (22) Large anonymous photogr. portrait of Midas Dekkers, signed by him in pen. (23) Large, anonymous photogr. portrait of Jean Cocteau, Romy Schneider and her mother. (24) Photogr. of a drawn portrait of Gerard Walschap by his son. W. manuscript annotation verso. (25) Manuscript vellum bifolium, dated "12 janvier" 1744.