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Handmade folder with the annotations "Dictionary 1" and "Abb-Apo". Pieces of paper and print clippings with notes and quotes for the Dictionary. It includes the entries "Abbatia-Aperifronos". Quotes from various bibliographical sources below each entry. The title and author of each work are cited and often the place of publication and the publishing house.

Handmade folder with the annotations "Dictionary 3" and "Dia-Euth". Pieces of paper and print clippings with notes and quotes for the Dictionary. It includes the entries "Diaisthisis-Euthymologos". Quotes from various bibliographical sources below each entry. The title and author of each work are cited and often the place of publication and the publishing house.

Handwritten list for the distribution of the collection of poems published after the 1910 Issue, consisting of four cut sheets of notepaper initially folded in bifolios with notes on all sides and of a broadsheet written on one side. The names of individuals are recorded in chronological order (1912-1918), and next to them the number of issues to be sent to each of them is mentioned; there are also notes by Cavafy regarding the person who mediates for the acquisition of the issue or who will be the final recipient. At the top of the list it is stated that the distribution started in April 1912. The total of issues distributed is recorded at the end of each column which is subsequently carried forward to the top of the next one.

Handwritten list of the 1904 Issue distribution, comprising three parts: two pieces of ruled paper, initially folded in bifolios, of which one bears notes on both sides of the sheet, whereas the other only on one; accompanied by a smaller piece of paper with the title of the issue. Record of the names of individuals, next to which is the number of issues sent to each of them as well as a note by Cavafy regarding the number of issues in his possession and their intended use. At the top of the list it is stated that the issue distribution started in April 1905. At the end of each page, the total of issues distributed is noted, which is then carried forward to the top of the next one.

Handwritten list of the 1910 Issue distribution, comprising three parts: a small piece of paperboard with the title of the issue and two pieces of ruled paper initially folded in bifolios, with notes on all sides. Two columns in chronological order (1910-1915) with the names of individuals, next to which is the number of issues sent to each of them, as well as notes by Cavafy regarding the person who mediates for the acquisition of the issue or the person who is the final recipient. At the top of the list it is stated that the issue distribution started in April 1910; the phrase "1910 printout distribution" in the stead of a title. At the end of each column the total of issues distributed is noted, which is then carried forward to the top of the next one.

Handwritten letter by Ion Dragoumis to Cavafy on both sides of letterheaded paper with mourning border. Ion Dragoumis, who is writing from Alexandroupolis (Dedeağaç), refers to an article of his that he is sending the poet as well as to their common desire to publish a journal (named "Ta tessera tefchi") in Alexandria. He expresses his regret for being unable to meet with Cavafy during the latter's visit to Athens (in 1903).

Handwritten letter by Ion Dragoumis to Cavafy on all four pages of a bifolio. He thanks him for the despatch of a poetry collection and asks the poet's assistance in the success of the aims of the Educational Association.