Handwritten note of the poem “Οf Demetrius Soter (162-150 B.C.)” on four ruled sheets. Erasures, corrections and notes can be found. Cavafy’s handwritten signature can be found on the last page after the poem. Page number on the top right of the first leaf on verso, and on the top right of the second leaf on recto. Illegible note in ink on verso of the second leaf.

Manuscript of the poem "A Great Feast at the House of Sosibius" and notes in the second page of a double sheet notepaper.

Handwritten draft of the poem "Abandonment" on two sheets; cancellations and emendations. Handmade folder, the recto of which bears the handwritten title of the poem and the date. The crossed out titles "In the Church" and "Song of Ionia" on the verso.

Manuscript poems and attached typewritten note. The poems "Addition" and "Absence" written on both sides of a sheet; notes and additions in the margin. Page numbers are noted: "53" on the recto, "54" on the verso. Cancellations and emendations. The poem "Absence" has been crossed out. The handwritten note "Not for publication, but may remain here" on a separate piece of paper attached to the sheet.

Handwritten draft of the poem "After the Swim" on the second and third pages of a ruled double sheet notepaper. Cancellations and emendations. The remaining pages are blank. Handmade folder from the printed cover of Cavafy's 1908-1914 Collection. The printed details of the Collection on the recto have been crossed out. The handwritten title of the poem and date indication on the verso.

Three loose sheets written on one side; notes (quotes) in English from the seventh volume of The Cambridge Ancient History: The Hellenistic Monarchies and the Rise of Rome, regarding Philip II of Macedon. Sheet with the title of the publication and the volume in English. Ruled sheet and small piece of paper with handwritten drafts of the poem "Agelaus". Crossed out handwritten note on one side of the small piece of paper. Handwritten note on a small piece of paperboard from a box of cigarettes by the Egyptian Cigarettes Manufactory. Alexandria-Cairo-Egypt. Handmade folder with the handwritten title of the poem and date.

Handwritten drafts of the poem "Among the Groves of the Promenades" on three loose sheets. Handmade folder with the handwritten title of the poem.

Manuscript of a poem and notes on two loose sheets. The poem is written on the recto and verso of one sheet. In a second sheet, which is of smaller size, additional notes of verses are recorded.

Manuscript of the poems "Epitaph", "Displeased Theatregoer" and of part of "Horace in Athens", under the general title "Ancient Days" on both sides of a sheet. The titles have been underlined and there is a line in red ink below each of the two first poems. The third poem has been crossed out in pencil.

Handwritten draft of the poem "And Above All Cynegirus" on two sheets; cancellations and emendations. The title of the poem on one side of one of the sheets. Handmade folder with the handwritten title and date.

Manuscript of a poem and notes on the first two pages of a double sheet notepaper.

Handwritten draft of the poem "Antiochus the Cyzicene" on one side of two small pieces of paper. Handwritten quote on one side of a ruled sheet with bibliographical reference to the Bibliotheca historica by Diodorus Siculus. Handmade folder with the handwritten title of the poem and date on the recto. The notes on the verso have been crossed out.

Manuscript of the poem "Aristobulus" on both sides of a ruled sheet, signed by the poet. Cancellations.

Handwritten poem "Aristobulus" on the first two pages of a double sheet notepaper. Cancellations and emendations. The four last verses have been crossed out. The third page is blank. Notes in pencil and cancellations on the fourth page. Notes on another double sheet notepaper as well as on the verso of an official letterhead with a typewritten letter as well as on three pieces of paper (one of which is ruled and two are graph). Drafts of the same poem and notes on two ruled sheets.

Manuscript poem and attached notes in a sheet and in two small pieces of paper. The poem "Artificial Flowers" and notes in the margin on the sheet. The title has been underlined and there is a line in red ink below the poem. Cancellations and emendations. Sheet number "204". The typewritten note "Not for publication; but may remain here" on one piece of paper. On the other piece of paper, the title "The First Step", reference to the publication in which it has been included "(See publication of "Poems" 1910)", and another handwritten note on the verso which has been crossed out.

"Handwritten draft of the poem ""Athanasius"" on both sides of a ruled sheet.
On one side of a second sheet an abbreviated quote in English with abbreviations from a publication on the Church of Egypt; the details of the publication on the other side of the sheet.
Printed broadsheet with the crossed out part of a poem. Handwritten notes by the poet in pencil below the poem. The printed sheet bears the details "Kasimatis & Ionas Printing House, Alexandria 1919", which have been crossed out.
Handmade folder with the handwritten title ""Athanasius"" and date indication "Apr. '20".

Handwritten draft of the poem "Birth of a Poem" on one side of a sheet. Handmade folder from the printed cover of one of Cavafy's poetry collections. The details of the 1915-1921 Collection on the recto (the second date is handwritten in ink). The handwritten title of the poem and date indication on the verso.

Polygraphed copy of a handwritten poem ("Candles"), inserted in a double sheet notepaper. The last word of the poem was added by hand later. The double sheet notepaper bears the title of the poem on the first page; the handwritten note on the second page has been crossed out. The remaining pages are blank.

Handwritten fragment of the poem "Candles" in faded ink; it has been emended in ink of a different colour and has been crossed out in pencil. The dates "1901", "1902", "1903" in a circle. Notes in pencil on the verso.

Manuscript of the poem "Candles" and extensive text with comments on the poem on all sides of a double sheet notepaper. The title is written in red ink. Cancellations and emendations. Terms and phrases in French and English.

Two sheets initially affixed and subsequently detached. On one side of the ruled first sheet, the manuscript of the poem "Chaldean Image". Cancellations and emendations. At top left, number "164" crossed out and at top right the date indication "1894"; note in pencil at bottom left. Blank verso. crossed out fragment of the manuscript poem "Indian Image" on one side of the second sheet. Number "163" at top right. On the other side, manuscript of the poem "The Hereafter", initially affixed on the blank verso of the first sheet. The titles have been underlined and there is a line in red ink below the poems.

Autograph manuscript of the poem "Chandelier" on one side of a ruled sheet. Note in pencil below the poem. Blank verso. Handwritten notes on two small pieces of paper.

Manuscript poem and attached notes. The poem "Coins" and notes in the margin on the first page of a double sheet notepaper. Variations of verses of the same poem on a separate sheet. Verses on the recto of a small-size piece of paper marked as variations ("Var[iantes]"). The note on the verso may be considered as a fragment of a larger draft; cancellations and emendations.

Manuscript of the poem "Come Back" on the recto of a ruled sheet. Cancellation on the body of the poem. Handwritten notes in pencil below the poem. Underlined title and line at the end of the poem. The title "I' ve Gazed So Much" at the top of the verso.

Handwritten poem ("Come Now, King of the Lacedaemonians") on one side of a sheet. Cancellations and emendations. Notes on the verso.

Autograph manuscript of the poem "Come Now, King of the Lacedaemonians" on one side of a sheet. Cancellations and emendations. At the bottom, affixed piece of paper with printed details: date, corrected by hand to read "26 October 1929", and the brand name "Kasimatis & Ionas Printing shops – Alexandria". Sheet number marked at top right: "62". Illegible numerical indications in pencil on the verso.

Handwritten drafts of the poem "Company of Four" on both sides of a sheet; on one side of a cut printed broadsheet with fragment of a poem and the indication "Alexandria 1926" (arithmetic operation on the other side); on both sides of a piece of paper, torn on one edge; on the verso of a shares form of the National Bank of Egypt dated "21 March 1930" and Cavafy's signature in English. Handmade folder from the card of the Alexandrini Vivliothiki for an event dated "30/9/1930". The handwritten title of the poem and the note "Prov[isional] ti[tle]" on the verso of the card.

Upper half of a ruled sheet with the manuscript poem "Confusion". Number "156" at top left and date indication at top right ("March 1896"). Fragment of the handwritten poem "Again in the Same City" on the verso. The title has been crossed out and emended to "The City". Number "155" at top right. The text has been crossed out.

Manuscript of the poem "Correspondences According to Baudelaire" on both sides of a ruled sheet. Cancellations and emendations. Date indication ("Aug. 1891") at top left of the verso; number "2" at top right crossed out. The title has been underlined and there is a line in red ink below the poem. The crossed out title "Builders" at the bottom of the verso.

Handwritten drafts of the poem "Crime" on a ruled sheet; on two pieces of paper (one of which is marked "4" at the top left of one side); on the verso of a broadsheet with fragment of the poem "Orophernes". Handmade folder of wrapping paper, with the handwritten title and date.

Autograph manuscript of the poem "Darius" on the first and third pages of a double sheet notepaper. Number "49" at top right of the first page. Date annotation ("October 1920") and the brand name of the Kasimatis and Ionas printing house at the bottom of the third page. Cancellations and emendation. Printer's copy.

Manuscript of the poem "Darius" on the first two pages of a double sheet notepaper. Notes in pencil on the third page; the fourth page is blank.

Two handwritten copies of the poem "Days of 1900" on the recto of two ruled sheets. The verso of both sheets is blank. The copies, which have no differences in their text, are signed "C. P. Cavafy". They are accompanied by a small piece of white paperboard with the note "draft? variations?", which has not been written by Cavafy.

Autograph manuscript of the poem "Days of 1903" on one side of half a ruled sheet. Cancellations and emendations. Underlined title and line at the end of the poem. Blank verso.
Crossed out manuscript of the poem "March 1907" on one side of a ruled sheet. Notes below the poem. The initials "R. M." at top left. Blank verso.
Handwritten notes and cancellations on all sides of three pieces of paper of various sizes. On one of them, draft of the poem "Days of 1903".

Manuscript of a poem and attached handwritten note. The poem "Death of a General" as well as notes on the margin, cancellations and emendations on the recto of a ruled sheet. The title has been underlined and there is a line in red ink below the poem. On the verso, part of the poem "Waiting for the Barbarians», a note with the title and a reference regarding its publication (Lagoudakis publishing, Alexandria 1904). The text on the verso has been crossed out. The handwritten note "Not for publication. But may remain here" on a separate piece of paper attached to the sheet.

Handwritten draft of a poem in pencil on one side of a ruled sheet. Notes in English in black and red ink on the other side; cancellations.

Handwritten draft of an untitled poem, written in pencil on both sides of half a sheet. In the recto, number "32" in a circle above the text.

Handwritten draft of a poem on one side of a sheet (and handwritten note on its verso) as well as in two pages of a ruled double sheet notepaper. Cancellations and emendations.

Handwritten draft of a poem on both sides of part of a ruled sheet. Cancellations. Arithmetic operations on the verso.

Handwritten draft of an untitled poem on the verso of a letter by John Cavafy to C. P. Cavafy. Brief note in ink below the draft. The letter is dated 1/4/1908 and is written on a letterhead of R. J. Moss & Co., Cairo. John informs C. P. Cavafy that he is returning him the letters of their brother, Paul.

Handwritten draft of a poem on one side of a sheet. Crossed out fragment of the poem "Come Back" on the verso.

Manuscript of a poem and attached handwritten note. On one side of a sheet, the poem "Dread". Notes in the margin of both sides. The title has been underlined and there is a line in red ink below the poem. Cancellations and emendations. The handwritten note "This poem need not be published But it may continue remaining here. It does not deserve to be suppressed." and the date indication "15.3.'11" on a separate piece of paper attached to the sheet.

Paper affixed on a ruled sheet with the title and fragment of the poem "Epigram to Anacreon". On the same side of the sheet the poem "Forgetfulness". Both poems are written in ink and crossed out in pencil. Number "126" in pencil at top right.
The poem "Salome" on the verso. The title has been underlined and there is a line in red ink below the poem. Footnote with a quote from a Gospel of Nubia, as published in the newspaper Le Journal, in February 1896. Number "127" in pencil at top right.

Handwritten drafts of poems on both sides of a ruled sheet and on one side of part of a second sheet. The poem "Epitaph" on the recto of the first sheet. The title has been written by Cavafy, the poem by another person. Emendations by the poet in some of the verses. Note at top right, date ("June 1893") at bottom right, both by Cavafy. The poem "Good and Bad Weather" on the verso of the same sheet; the handwriting is not Cavafy's.
Fragment of a poem has been crossed out on one side of part of sheet; the handwriting is not Cavafy's. Part of the poem "Nous n’osons plus chanter les roses" on the other side. The title has been written by Cavafy, but the text of the poem has been written by a different person. The verso was originally pasted on the verso of the first sheet (and thus the poems "Good and Bad Weather" and "Nous n’osons plus chanter les roses" had been concealed.
Cavafy's handwritten notes on one side of a sheet and on both sides of a second sheet as well as on the verso of a printed broadsheet with the crossed out fragment of the poem "From the School of the Renowned Philosopher". Handmade folder with the handwritten title "Epitaph of a Samian" and the date "Oct. ’25".

Manuscript of the poems "Epitaph" and "Absence" on both sides of a sheet. There are numbers next to certain verses; the titles have been underlined and there is a line in red ink below each poem.

Handwritten draft of the poem "From the Unpublished History" on the recto of a sheet. On the verso, note with a reference to the publication J. Bury, History of the Later Roman Empire, London, MacMillan & Co., 1923. Handmade folder from a printed cover of a Cavafy poetry Collection of the 1915-1923 period ("1923" is handwritten, while all printed details have been crossed out). The handwritten title of the poem and the date on the verso of the cover.

Manuscript of a poem and notes. The poem "Fugitives" in a ruled sheet. Verses and notes on either side of a cut piece of paper. Cancellations and emendations.

Manuscript of the poem "Half Past Twelve" on both sides of a ruled sheet.

Manuscript of the poem "Half-Drunk" on the recto of a ruled sheet. The poem has been crossed out. Notes in pencil at the bottom of the sheet. Notes, one of which pertains to the poem "Days of 1903", on the verso. On the recto of another piece of paper, the handwritten poem "In the Street", with notes at the bottom as well as on the verso.

Manuscript of a poem on one side of a ruled sheet. Cancellation. Arithmetic operation on the verso.

Manuscript of a poem and attached handwritten note. The poem "He Who Fails" on the recto of a ruled sheet. Cancellations and emendations. On the verso, verses, two poem titles ("Prayer" and "Very Rarely") as well as other handwritten notes regarding publication information: "Published in the aig. imerologion of G. V. Tsokopoulos, 1895" and "(See publication of "Poems" 1910)". All notes on the verso have been crossed out, except for the title "Very Rarely". The handwritten note "Not for publication; but may remain here" on a separate piece of paper.

Handwritten poem and notes. The poem "Homecoming from Greece" and notes in the margin in first three pages of a double sheet notepaper. Part of the same poem on both sides of a separate piece of paper. Cancellation and number "1" on the recto. Verses on both sides of a cut sheet of paper. On the verso, handwritten note in English, with date indication ("[...] June 1914"), mentioning that these are variations that will most likely not be used. Cancellations and emendations on all papers.

Handwritten draft of the poem "Hunc Deorum Templis" on the verso of a broadsheet of the poem "Herodes Atiicus". The broadsheet was printed in Alexandria, in 1919. Handmade folder with the handwritten title and date.

Handwritten untitled poem on one side of two affixed ruled sheets, one underneath the other. Cancellations and emendations. Bibliographical reference on the verso.

Handwritten poem ("I Went") on one side of a ruled sheet. Cancellation and notes in the first verse. Underlined title and line and at the end of the poem. Handwritten notes in pencil as well as the underlined title "He Swears" below the poem. Number "217" at top right. Blank verso. Handwritten notes in English about the same poem, with extensive use of abbreviations, on either side of a piece of paper. The title of the poem at top left of the verso.

Manuscript of the poem "Ides of March" on one side of two sheets of paper. Numbers "3" and "4" indicated at top right.

Manuscript of the poem "Ides of March" on one side of a ruled sheet. The crossed out title "As Much As You Can" at the top. Notes below the text. Cancellations, emendations and variations of verses. Blank verso. Accompanied by a small piece of paper with notes on one side and cancellations on the other, which also includes the indication "7.'10".

Manuscript of the poem "If Indeed He Died" in a double sheet notepaper. The text is in the first and third pages; the remaining pages are blank. Cancellations and emendations. Handwritten date indication ("March 1920") at the end of the poem. Sheet number marked at top right: "46"; the second written page is numbered "2".

Four manuscripts of poems on a paper folded to form a bifolio. In the first page, the poem "If You loved Me", with the note "From the French" below the title. In the second page, the poem "To the Ladies [Sigh no more ladies, sigh no more]", with verses from Shakespeare as motto. In the third page, the poem "The Beyzade to His Lady-Love", with a note at the bottom explaining the word "Beyzade". In the fourth page, the poem "Even as Are the Generations of Leaves", with a Turkish proverb as motto. Signed: "C.P.C.". In all poems, underlined title and line in red ink at the end.

Manuscript of the poem "Imenus", written up on the recto of a ruled sheet and roughly noted with abbreviations on the verso. The version on the verso also bears date indication ("26.1.'19").

Manuscript of the poem "In a Large Greek Colony, 200 B.C." on one side of two ruled sheets. Cancellations and emendations in the first sheet. Numbering at top right on the second sheet. The signature "C. P. Cavafy" at the end of the poem.