10.26256/ca-sf01-s04-f12-sf001-0007

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Poems written in Greek by C. P. Cavafy Collection

Cavafy, John,
Leather-bound 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. Affixed on the page, using two English postage stamps, a print entitled Poems by C. P. Cavafy. Translated, from the Greek, by J. C. Cavafy and the indication Alexandria 1918. It is followed by five pages of contents and the poems in English. The pages are numbered (i-v and 1-65) at bottom centre. The volume includes forty-four poems. All poems are typewritten, except for the last, which is written on the last two pages of the volume, one of which bears the number 65 at top left. Handwritten cancellations and emendations in several poems.

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