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- 24/2/1932 (Creation)
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22.9 x 17.8 cm
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Handwritten letter by John Mavrogordato to Cavafy on both sides of a sheet. The author asks Cavafy to send him his latest poems and comments on the way one may acquire access to them. Reference to the poem "Before Time Could Alter Them" and to the journal Protoporia. Accompanied by the envelope which contained the letter. (London)
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Letterhead with printed address details in English. Black ink. Watermark: Hammer[mill] Bond Made in U.[S.A.].
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"Before Time Could Alter Them" >Α225
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Mavrogordato, John N.. “Letter by John Mavrogordato to Cavafy”. Letter, 24.02.1932. GR-OF CA CA-SF02-S01-SS01-F18-SF003-0149 (1235), Onassis Foundation C. P. Cavafy Fonds. From The Digital Collection of the Cavafy Archive, edited by Onassis Foundation, Athens, last modified 01.10.2025. https://doi.org/10.26256/CA-SF02-S01-SS01-F18-SF003-0149.
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Παλαιά ένδειξη ταξινόμησης
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- Mavrogordato, John N. (Authority)
- Petrokokkinos, D. P. (Subject)
- Gomme, Arnold (Subject)
- Cavafy, C. P. (Subject)
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The work that Mavrogordato sends Cavafy is Modern Greece: A Chronicle and a Survey, 1800-1931, London 1931.