Printed sheet with the poem "The Death of the Emperor Tacitus" on one side. The handwritten chronological indication "1893 or 1894" by Cavafy at top right. On the verso, typographic border-ornament and "Alexandria 1898" inside it. It is accompanied by the same poem, handwritten on one side of a ruled sheet. Notes below the text. The handwritten poem is different from the printed one.

Handwritten notes on the poem "Sculptor from Tyana" on three pieces of paper, two of which bear date indications. They are accompanied by a small piece of paper with the handwritten title. Extensive use of abbreviations.

Handwritten texts by Alekos Singopoulo on the rectos of twenty ruled sheets with repeated numbering at top right. Blank versos. Comments by Singopoulo on seven poems by Cavafy ("Sculptor from Tyana", "The Retinue of Dionysus", "That Is He", "In Stock", "Orophernes", "Very Rarely", "Chandelier"). Cancellations and emendations; short quotes from poems by Cavafy. The ensemble of sheets is enclosed in a handmade, particularly oxidated, folder with crossed out numbers on one side.

Three copies of the newspaper Tilegrafos of Alexandria. On the first and second pages, an article by Cavafy entitled "Lamia", regarding the poem by Keats under the same title. The article is signed with the initials "C.F.C.".

Manuscript of the poem "If Indeed He Died" in a double sheet notepaper. The text is in the first and third pages; the remaining pages are blank. Cancellations and emendations. Handwritten date indication ("March 1920") at the end of the poem. Sheet number marked at top right: "46"; the second written page is numbered "2".

Manuscript of the poems "Epitaph", "Displeased Theatregoer" and of part of "Horace in Athens", under the general title "Ancient Days" on both sides of a sheet. The titles have been underlined and there is a line in red ink below each of the two first poems. The third poem has been crossed out in pencil.