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- 10/12/1925 (Creation)
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31.8 x 24.7 cm
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Two copies of a handwritten letter by Cavafy to The Hogarth Press publishing house, in two bifolios with notes on all sides. It is a reply by Cavafy to a letter he had received on 16 November, pertaining to the publication of translated poems of his. Commentary on the agreement between the two parties and the translation work per se, with references to G. Valassopoulo, E. M. Forster and L. Woolf. Cancellations and emendations. The word "Copy" marked in pencil in the first page of each bifolio. (Alexandria)
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English
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Plain paper. Black ink and pencil. Physical item wear: oxidations; small hole in one of the sheets.
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Cavafy, C. P.. “Copies of a letter by Cavafy to The Hogarth Press publishing house”. Letter (copy), 10.12.1925. GR-OF CA CA-SF02-S01-SS01-F17-SF004-0008 (1244), Onassis Foundation C. P. Cavafy Fonds. From The Digital Collection of the Cavafy Archive, edited by Onassis Foundation, Athens, last modified 01.10.2025. https://doi.org/10.26256/CA-SF02-S01-SS01-F17-SF004-0008.
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Παλαιά ένδειξη ταξινόμησης
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- Cavafy, C. P. (Authority)
- Woolf, Leonard S. (Subject)
- The Hogarth Press (Subject)
- Forster, E. M. (Subject)
- Valassopoulo, George A. (Subject)
- Cavafy, C. P. (Subject)