Item 0002 (2062) - "C. P. Cavafy Poems"

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GR-OF CA CA-SF01-S01-F02-SF002-0002 (2062)

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"C. P. Cavafy Poems"

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  • 1910 (Creation)

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22 x 15 cm

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Printed poetry collection (Issue) of Cavafy, published in 1910 in Alexandria by the Kasimatis & Ionas printing house. It contains 21 poems and comprises a total of 46 pages, of which 3 to 39 are sequentially numbered; [40] is blank, without numbering and followed by pages 41-42 with the Contents. Two copies. One of the copies contains an inserted sheet with the poem "Walls" on the recto and page number "40". The poem is written by Rica Singopoulo and is not included in print in any of the copies. Its title has been filled-in by hand in the table of contents as well (page 42). Handwritten dedication by Cavafy Vlasis Gavriilidis in the title page of the second copy. Each copy is printed on paper of different quality.

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      Greek

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      Writing in ink. Oxidations and wears.

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      "Voices" >Α79
      "Longings" >Α85
      "Candles" >Α61
      "An Old Man" >Α54
      "Prayer" >Α55
      "Old Men's Souls" >A68
      "The First Step" >Α62
      "Interruption" >Α70
      "Thermopylae" >Α19
      "Che fece... il gran rifiuto" >Α67
      "The Windows" >Α75
      "Trojans" >Α87
      "Waiting for the Barbarians" >Α84
      "Monotony" >Α98
      "Betrayal" >Α78
      "The Horses of Achilles" >Α54
      "The Funeral of Sarpedon" >Α58, Α100
      "The Retinue of Dionysus" >Α93
      "King Demetrius" >Α90
      "The Steps" >Α106
      "That Is He" >Α104
      "Walls" >Α50

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      Cavafy, C. P.. “C. P. Cavafy Poems”. Poems (collection), 1910. GR-OF CA CA-SF01-S01-F02-SF002-0002 (2062), 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-SF01-S01-F02-SF002-0002.

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          Collection B2.

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