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              Poetry collection
              GR-OF CA CA-SF03-F27-0004 (2101) · Item · 1917-1921
              Part of CAVAFY, C. P. FONDS

              Poetry collection by Cavafy (Γ5) comprising 68 printed broadsheets with 58 poems. The sheets are numbered at top right (2-58). The numbering is printed but in most sheets it has been crossed out and corrected by hand. There is no cover or title page. Printed page with table of contents on the recto, containing poems of the period 1915-1920 in two columns. Titles of 1920 and 1921 poems added by Cavafy at the end of the second column and on the verso. The broadsheets were printed at the Kasimatis & Ionas printing house in Alexandria during the 1917-1921 period, using fonts of different sizes and on papers of various qualities and colours. Handwritten emendations by Cavafy in the text of three poems and in the date of two others. Holes at top left of all sheets caused by metal paperclip.

              Cavafy, C. P.
              GR-OF CA CA-SF01-S04-F12-SF001-0006 (1927) · Item · 1916
              Part of CAVAFY, C. P. FONDS

              Two leather-bound copies of a volume, comprising typewritten English translations of Cavafy's poems by his brother, John. On the cover, the title "Cavafy Poems" in gold letters inside a gold border. On the "title page", the note "Poems written in Greek by C. P. Cavafy translated by J. C. Cavafy" and the indication "Alexandria 1916". It is followed by five pages of contents and the poems in English. The pages are numbered ("i-v" and "1-64") at bottom centre. The volume includes forty-three poems, all typewritten. Only in two instances, when a quote from an ancient author is include, the Greek text has been handwritten by John Cavafy. In that case, John has added his English translation, copied from a publication, on an piece of paper covering the Greek text.

              Cavafy, John
              Poems
              GR-OF CA CA-SF01-S01-F01-SF002-0035 (874) · Item · n.d.
              Part of CAVAFY, C. P. FONDS

              Four sheets from a printed poetry collection by Cavafy with page numbering 33-39 (the last one [40] without page numbering). Handwritten emendations in ink on pages 33 and 36. Handwritten notes (poem titles) on pages 38-[40]. It includes the poems "The Retinue of Dionysus", "King Demetrius", "The Steps" and "That Is He".

              Cavafy, C. P.
              GR-OF CA CA-SF03-F31-0003 (1921) · Item · 1925-1930
              Part of CAVAFY, C. P. FONDS

              Poetry collection by Cavafy (Γ10). The title "C. P. Cavafy's Poems (1905-1915)" on the cover and title page. Handwritten dedication by Marios Vaianos to Christos Angelomatis, dated "28.8.31", in the first blank page. Table of contents on two pages as well as inserted sheet with the poem titles in two columns and in chronological order, at the end. The collection contains forty poems, printed on papers of various qualites and with fonts of various sizes. The verso of all sheets is blank. The sheets are numbered sequentially ("2" to "46") at the top right of the recto, usually in print and occasionally by hand, corrected by Cavafy. Some of the poems and the table of contents were printed on broadsheets of the Kasimatis & Ionas printing house in the period 1925-1930.

              Cavafy, C. P.
              "C. P. Cavafy Poems"
              GR-OF CA CA-SF01-S04-F12-SF001-0004 (1926) · Item · 1912
              Part of CAVAFY, C. P. FONDS

              Homemade book consisting of typewritten sheets, printed broadsheets and manuscripts. The "title page" is made of a cover from the 1910 poetry collection of Cavafy, with the printed title "C. P. Cavafy's Poems" and the indication "Alexandria 1910". Below the word "Poems", the handwritten note by John Cavafy "Englished by J. C. Cavafy". It is preceded by a quote of unknown authorship and followed by four pages of contents, with the poem titles in English. They are followed by the English translations of the poems. A total of forty-three of Cavafy's poems are translated. Their titles are either typewritten or handwritten. In some instances, there are inserted printed broadsheets with the poems in Greek or parts of prints affixed on the existing pages. Cancellations and emendations in most translations, be they handwritten or typewritten. The date indication "1912" on one of the broadsheets. The 71 pages of the book are numbered, either typewritten or handwritten. The printed broadsheets are not included in the page numbering. The front and back covers are blank.

              Cavafy, John
              "C. P. Cavafy Poems"
              GR-OF CA CA-SF01-S01-F02-SF002-0001 (2061) · Item · 1904
              Part of CAVAFY, C. P. FONDS

              Printed poetry collection of Cavafy, published in 1904 in Alexandria at the Lagoudakis printing house. It contains 14 poems and comprises 34 pages, of which 3 (actual numbering: 5) to 26 are numbered. Two copies.

              Cavafy, C. P.
              "C. P. Cavafy Poems"
              GR-OF CA CA-SF03-F33-0001 (2109) · Item · 1910
              Part of CAVAFY, C. P. FONDS

              Printed poetry collection by Cavafy (Β2). It consists of a paperboard cover, a title page, the poems on pages 3-39 and a table of contents on pages 41-42. The collection was printed at the Kasimatis & Ionas printing house in Alexandria, in 1910. It has been bound with a hardcover. Handwritten dedication by Cavafy to N. Vatimbella on the title page.

              Cavafy, C. P.
              "C. P. Cavafy Poems"
              GR-OF CA CA-SF01-S01-F02-SF002-0002 (2062) · Item · 1910
              Part of CAVAFY, C. P. FONDS

              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.

              Cavafy, C. P.
              "C. P. Cavafy Poems"
              GR-OF CA CA-SF03-F27-0002 (1918) · Item · 1910
              Part of CAVAFY, C. P. FONDS

              Printed poetry collection by Cavafy (Β2). On the paperboard cover, the title "C. P. Cavafy Poems" and the indication "Alexandria 1910". The word "Poems", in the centre of the first page. The collection contains twenty-one poems. Page numbers are indicated ("3" to "39") at centre bottom of the sheets. Handwritten emendations by Cavafy in some of the poems (pages "12, 20, 23, 29, 31-32, 36"). The table of contents and the last blank page are missing; the verso of the latter bore the details of the printing house (Kasimatis & Ionas). The bifolio constituting the front and back covers has been detached. The book is accompanied by two Press clippings. One is from the Tachydromos of Alexandria, dated 13/4/1958, and contains an article by Manolis Gialourakis, entitled "Perimenontas tous varvarous. Ligoselidi syllogi tou C. P. Cavafy", pertaining to the poetry collection of 1904. The other clipping, from the newspaper Vima, dated 10/10/1968, contains an article by G. N. Kranidiotis entitled "Anekdota poiimata tou Cavafy".

              Cavafy, C. P.
              “C. P. Cavafy Poems”
              GR-OF CA CA-SF03-F42-0001 (2225) · Item · 1910
              Part of CAVAFY, C. P. FONDS

              Printed poetry collection by Cavafy, published in Alexandria in 1910 by the Kasimatis & Ionas printing house. It contains 21 poems and comprises 43 pages; pages 3 to 42 are all numbered sequentially, no page number on page [43]. Cavafy’s written dedication to Marika Kotopouli on the title page in ink. P. 13 and 33 corrections in ink. P. 41-42 table of contents. P. [43] colophon.

              Cavafy, C. P.
              GR-OF CA CA-SF03-F38-0002 (2214) · Item · 1910
              Part of CAVAFY, C. P. FONDS

              Printed poetry collection by Cavafy, published in Alexandria in 1910 by the Kasimatis & Ionas printing house. It contains 21 poems and comprises 46 pages; pages 3 to 42 are all numbered sequentially, while the next pages [43-46] are not. The title “C. P. Cavafy Poems (1907-1915)” is printed on the front cover. Cavafy’s written dedication to Jean Kefalinos on the title page in ink. Corrections on pages 9, 13, 15, 18, 23 and 33 in ink. P. 41-42 table of contents. P. [46] colophon.

              Cavafy, C. P.