Books and Manuscripts · Lot 1342
Eeden, F. van. TYPESCRIPT POSTCARD SIGNED
(in pen and ink) "Van Eeden", to "Geachte Mevrouw", dated (in typescript) "Bussum, 18 Februari 1920", typescript w. the addressee's address ("Mevrouw Pfannstiehl geb. Bähler/ [crossed out w. pencil:] Sealbeach/ [in pencil:] Allenhurst/ New Yersey"), with printed letterhead "Dr. Frederik van Eeden/ Walden/ Bussum.", 9x14 cm., recto and verso.
Idem. De kleine Johannes. The Hague, Mouton & Co., 1929, 13th ed., (8),192p., lithogr. portrait by J. VETH, orig. pict. cl.
- Lot
- 1342
- Auction
- Auction 82, 19-23 May 2025
- Estimate
- €50 – €70
- Result
- €120
- Photos
- 2 photos
Condition
Trifle foxed.
Dedication ("13 [...] 1930. Voor mijn lief toekomstig vrouwtje") on first blank. Frontcover sl. foxed; backstrip sl. yellowed.
Notes
Van Eeden expresses his pleasure at Mrs Pfannstiehl having met Mrs Laura Ward-Cole (responsible for the first English translation of De kleine Johannes in 1911) and hopes that the former will succeed in doing justice to a new translation.