Handwritten letter by Euvoulia Papalamprinou to Cavafy in all four pages of a bifolio. Family news. (Istanbul)

Handwritten letter by John Cavafy to C. P. Cavafy on three letterhead of R. J. Moss & Co., Alexandria. Pages 2-5 are numbered. Social news from Alexandria. Quote from Past and Present by Thomas Carlyle.

Handwritten letter by John Cavafy to C. P. Cavafy on the first and third pages of a double sheet letterhead of the R. J. Moss & Co., Alexandria. The sender refers to the warm weather and to the cholera epidemic, which, however, has not yet reached the city. Comments on international and family matters. (Alexandria)

Handwritten letter by John Cavafy to C. P. Cavafy on the first and third pages of two double sheet letterheads of R. J. Moss & Co., Alexandria. Pages 2-4 are numbered at top right. He comments on his poem "Arabesque" and quotes from it. Quote from a poem by Robert Browning. Update on current affairs and on the social life of Alexandria.

Handwritten diary-type letter by Stephen Schilizzi to Cavafy on all sides of a bifolio and of one loose sheet. It is a reply to a letter by the poet. The author describes in detail his experience on the island of Tinos (criticising what he observed in the church of the Evangelistria and the domination of the religious element) as well the conditions of his stay on Syros. Description of life in Alexandria after the bombardment; mention of people and events. Reference to the newspaper Omonoia and to Edmond About's La Grèce contemporaine. Cancellations, emendations and additions; use of Greek and French words and phrase in the flow of written discourse. (Alexandria)

Handwritten notes on the first three pages of a double sheet notepaper. Instructions for the translation of the poem "Timolaus the Syracusan". Cancellations and emendations.

Manuscript of the poem "Timolaus the Syracusan" and note on both sides of a sheet. Line numbering in the margin. The title has been underlined and there is a line in red ink at the end of the poem. On the verso, the note: "Published in the aig. imerologion of G. V. Tsokopoulos, 1895". Cancellations and emendations. The main text has most likely been transcribed by Cavafy’s brother, Aristeidis Cavafy.