F.[rere], B.C. More about Crusoe. s.l., s.n., 1925

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  •                             1. To the great modern Poet;
                                2. from a far greater, and yet
                                3. more modern poet!!!

                                                   4. 1.1.’26
                        5. With all best wishes for the New






                          6. Year (and many apologies for
                        7. m.s. corrections – due to
                        8. “printers holidays”.










  •             1. And give you further details of old Crusoe a modern version      



                 1. By giving lurid details of Deivorces,      

                 1. Who knows? I might be knighted! Get a Pension!!)...              2.               may

















  •            To carry home in bale, and cask, and chest; .









  •                           Would that learnéd men




  •         1. Ejaculating in terrific curse.,           2. He prays “Oh Idiocy.,extend thy wing ;”🟨











  •                 1. Shine forth to aid us i on our upward climb;





                         1. Yet, after all. , we need, besides the grinning,






















  •        Ex-kitchen maids, with furs and pearls, in ’buss ses






  •        What sort of heroine I’m introducing now producing




















  •         Begin their love-songs – aAnd the horrid fright





  •            More details here. Stay!... Just a last aside! Brief






  •               1.            some               2. I’ve known such people nearer home










  •          He doles out the allowance (so to / say)























  •       Perhaps tThe children did’nt understand them quite ;





















  •     1. as the wind passed over its particular spot.
        1. “there” was. !
          1. quite indiscribable beauty, and there was a curious under- divine
















  •       Dressing she could achieve – folks fairly wondered











  •          She smiled throughout it all like any ‘brick ’




















  •         1.                   ’s         2. To Captain, Crusoe introduced – “a friend”         3.                   ^



  •     1. They stroll away, a wrangle as they’re moving;
        2. But Crusoe cuts her short by his remarks
        3. – Describing items of the past, a proving



  •        1. They strolled along the shore both started talking        2. But Crusoe cut her short by his remarks:        3. He shews her in a minute, as they’ re walking,

  •      1.                         his      2. The papers proved that this belovéd lady
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More about Crusoe

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F.[rere], B. C.

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21.5 x 14 cm; 30 p. + 5 s.p., p. [1] printed dedication of the publication and bookplate CPC. P. [3] half-title page and author’s written dedication to C. P. Cavafy in English in black ink. Underlining and notes/corrections in black ink on p. 5, 7-9, 11-13, 15, 18-20, 22-29. P. 30 colophon.


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The written dedication was transcribed for the first time by Michaila Karampini Iatrou. See Michaila Karampini-Iatrou, C. P. Cavafy Library, Ermis, Athens 2003, p. 61 (© Michaila-Karampini Iatrou, 2003). This is a new transcription by the literary documentation working group of the Cavafy library (© Cavafy Archive, Onassis Foundation, 2024).


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Crusoe, Robinson
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F.[rere], B. C.
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Elliot & Sons Ltd.
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F.[rere], B.C. More about Crusoe. s.l., s.n., 1925. Book, GR-OF CA CL.7.34, Onassis Foundation C. P. Cavafy Library. From The Digital Collection of the Cavafy Archive, edited by Onassis Foundation, Athens, last modified 01.03.2026. https://doi.org/10.26256/7.34.

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