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Handwritten letter by John Cavafy to C. P. Cavafy on the first and third pages of two double sheet leterheads of R. J. Moss & Co., Alexandria. Pages 2-4 are numbered at top right. Comments on religion and atheism, and update on the situation in Alexandria. Linguistic remarks and comment on the origin of "ΟΚ". Short quote in French.

Handwritten list of books and journals, compiled in three double sheet notepapers and one sheet. The year of publication of some books is recorded; a code is recorded to the left of the author's name. Non-Greek publications, mostly literary and historical; among them, a luxury Japanese edition of Cavafy's poems in French. The dates mentioned cover the period 1758-1928.

Series of handwritten notes referring mostly to the poet's mother, Charikleia (Fotiadi) Cavafy, in two parts. The first includes three loose sheets folded in bifolios; they are written on both sides and enclosed in a folded sheet entitled "T. Last D. 1899". Pages 2-7 are numbered. The notes pertain to the last days of Charikleia Cavafy – the narration starts on 15 January 1899. The second part includes seven loose sheets of various sizes, written both on the recto and the verso, with one page number (4) marked. The content has the same subject, however it follows an inverse narrative sequence, starting on 3 February and ending on 27 January 1899. Both texts abbreviated. Cancellations and emendations.