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 The typewritten note "Not for publication; but may remain here" on one piece of paper.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.
Cavafy, C. P."Artificial Flowers"
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Handwritten list with chronological indications (1891-1912) and poem titles, on 13 pieces of paper of various sizes. Several titles are abbreviated. Some chronological records are indicated as "rewriting" and are accompanied by the title of the poem to which they refer. Cancellations and emendations throughout the list. Apart from three parts of the item, the rest bear writing (by hand or printed) on either side. The versos of five parts of the item have a different theme (not a chronological list). Explicitly and in squence according to the recto: verso (F5-Φ15) with fragment of a manuscript poem (probably "In an Old Book"), verso (F5-Φ13) with fragment of a manuscript poem (probably a version of "A Love") in handwriting different from that of the poet; verso with fragment of a printed money order card dated 13/7/1893; verso (F5-Φ8) with a short letter by Aristeidis Cavafy to C. P. Cavafy, dated 3/7/1894; verso (F5-Φ6) with arithmetic operation; verso (F5-Φ4) with fragment of abbreviated text and verso with fragment of a bid submission card.
[Cavafy, Aristeidis]Handwritten chronological table containing poems of the period August 1891 - 1925 period, in five loose double sheet notepapers. The right half of the blank second sheet of the fourth notepaper has been cut off. The last page of the fifth notepaper is blank.
Cavafy, C. P.Handwritten draft letter by Cavafy to a recipient with an illegible name (possibly "Per.", therefore it may be to Pericles Anastasiadis) on both sides of two ruled sheets. Comments on the language he uses in his work and on the process of composition he follows; references to poems of his. Abbreviations, cancellations and emendations.
Cavafy, C. P.Handwritten list on two separate large-size sheets. The title on the recto of the first, with cancellation over the word "Miscellaneous" and the first part of the list on the verso. The list continues on both sides of the second sheet. Cancellations and emendations.
Cavafy, C. P.