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Handwritten prose text by Cavafy on one side of a ruled sheet. Blank verso. The text is about Nassif al-Wardani, who was sentenced to death and executed for the murder of the then Prime Minister of Egypt, Butros Ghali. Cancellations. Date at bottom right.

Handwritten letter by John Cavafy to C. P. Cavafy on one side of a letterhead of R. J. Moss & Co., Alexandria. Blank verso. Comments on the political situation. Enthusiasm of the Greeks of the city regarding the docking of a Greek warship. (Alexandria)

Handwritten letter by Paul Cavafy to C. P. Cavafy from Hyères, France. Paul thanks the poet for his letters as well as for the despatch of newspapers and of his personal diaries. He refers nostalgically to Alexandria and asks for the despatch of the rest of his personal documents. Of note is the use of English and French words and phrases in the flow of written discourse. (Hyères)