Item 0024 (1862) - Copy of a letter by A. Singopoulo to The Hogarth Press

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GR-OF CA SING-S01-F02-SF003-0024 (1862)

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Copy of a letter by A. Singopoulo to The Hogarth Press

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  • 3/7/1951 (Creation)

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27.5 x 21.5 cm

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[Singopoulo, Alekos D.]

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Onassis Foundation

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Typewritten copy of a letter by Alekos Singopoulo to The Hogarth Press on one side of a sheet. Blank verso. Handwritten notes at bottom right of the recto. The sender asks for an update on the delay of the English publication of Cavafy's poems and expresses his satisfaction with the result. He also asks for an update on the reception of the book by the British public and the relevant critique and proposes newspapers of Egypt to which copies could be sent. The letter is accompanied by a typewritten translation thereof on the recto of a sheet. (Alexandria)

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      English, French

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      Writing in ink. Physical item wear: oxidations and holes. Watermark: Air Mail 693.

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      Singopoulo, Alekos D.. “Copy of a letter by A. Singopoulo to The Hogarth Press”. Letter (copy), 03.07.1951. GR-OF CA SING-S01-F02-SF003-0024 (1862), Onassis Foundation Alekos & Rica Singopoulo Fonds. From The Digital Collection of the Cavafy Archive, edited by Onassis Foundation, Athens, last modified 01.10.2025. https://doi.org/10.26256/SING-S01-F02-SF003-0024.

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      Παλαιά ένδειξη ταξινόμησης

      Αρχείο Σεγκόπουλου_Β32

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          For the despatch of copies of the publication of Cavafy's poems, Singopoulo proposes the following newspapers: The Egyptian Gazette, The Egyptian Mail, L'Egypte Nouvelle and Le Journal d'Egypte.

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