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Handwritten letter by John Cavafy to C. P. Cavafy on the first three pages of a double sheet letterhead of R. J. Moss & Co., Alexandria. The last page is blank. John refers to his everyday life as well as to the situation in the Sudan. Family news. (Alexandria)

Typewritten list of books on the recto of twelve sheets, in two copies. Sheets 2 to 12 are numbered at top left. Blank versos. Notes on the titles of one of the copies. All editions are in English. Dictionaries, historical and literary books as well as editions of Greek and Roman authors.

Issue of the newspaper Konstantinoupolis. Article by Cavafy on the first page, entitled "Ellinika ichni en to Sakespiro" and signed "C. F. Cavafy".

Issue No 2588 of the newspaper Tilegrafos of Alexandria. Cavafy's article "The Byzantine Poets", signed "C.F.C.", in the first page.

Fragment of a handwritten text on lycanthropy and the also handwritten unfinished text "Woman and the Ancients" (on men's views on women in ancient times, with references to Euripides and Solomon), written in English on both sides of two sheets. Footnotes and bibliographical references. The texts seem to not have been written by Cavafy.

Four-page theatre programme of the "Nea Skini" of Konstantinos Christomanos. It refers to the performance of the works Alcestis and The left hand in the Athens Municipal Theatre in 1902. It bears a photograph of the leading actress on the cover and the logo of "Nea Skini" in the upper part of the second page. Festive performance in honour of athletes.