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Handwritten text on both sides of a ruled sheet. They are additions to three prose texts by Cavafy: "The Coral"; "The Greeting"; "Alector from a Moral Perspective". Cavafy's handwriting and linguistic errors could be indications for an early dating of the item.

Handwritten notes on the first three pages of a double sheet notepaper. Instructions for the translation of the poem "Timolaus the Syracusan". Cancellations and emendations.

Handwritten notes in a sheet of paper, of which approximately one quarter is missing, and in two bifolios. Cancellations. Verses and short quotes. At bottom right of the first page of the last bifolio, the word "superseded" in capitals. Interpolated phrases in English.

Handwritten notes in ink on the first and third pages of a ruled double sheet notepaer. Note in pencil at the bottom of the third page. The remaining pages are blank. References to Greek authors (Lucian, Pausanias, etc.).

Handwritten text by Cavafy on both sides of a ruled sheet. Use of English words. Extensive footnote on the first page. The poet comments on the English translation of the poem "Absence" by his brother, John. Date indication on the verso, below the text.