Handwritten list of books and periodicals, entitled "Taken by Peridis" and written on twelve sheets; they are all numbered at top right of the recto. Among them, a volume with translations by John Cavafy and a large number of issues of Greek and foreign newspapers and journals. It is obviously material borrowed by Michalis Peridis from the remnants of Cavafy's belongings.
[Singopoulo, Alekos D.]Asty, To
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Handwritten bibliographical note on the publication of the poem "Ode and Elegy of the Streets", on one side of a ruled paper. Blank verso. It is noted that the poem, written in March 1896, has been published in Kosmos (of Alexandria) and To Asty (of Athens), in April and May 1896 respectively.
Cavafy, C. P.Handwritten verses on one side of a small piece of paper.
Cavafy, C. P.Handwritten diary from Cavafy's trip to Greece during the period 13 June-5 August 1901. It is written in English, on 31 sheets of various sizes, among which letterheads of the Khedivial Mail Steamship Company, the Grand Hotel d'Angleterre in Athens, the Grand Hotels of Faliron and Patras as well as the Austrian Lloyd (Oesterreichischer Lloyd). It also includes a draft plan of the central part of the city of Patras (part of the entry of on 31 July), with the street names in Greek. The diary contains daily entries by Cavafy, in which he describes his trip by boat to and from Alexandria as well as his activities, acquaintances, social encounters and impressions from Athens and the other places he visited.
Cavafy, C. P.