Thackeray, W. M. Miscellanies, Prose and Verse, Vol. I. Ballads; The Book of Snobs; The Fatal Boots; Cox’s Diary; The Tremendous Adventures of Major Gahagan. London, Smith, Elder & Co., 1870

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Miscellanies, Prose and Verse, Vol. I. Ballads; The Book of Snobs; The Fatal Boots; Cox’s Diary; The Tremendous Adventures of Major Gahagan

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19.5 x 13 cm; 10 s.p. + 510 p. + 2 s.p., l. 1 bookplate CPC on recto, l. 2 half-title page on recto, l. 3 title page with handwritten signature of C. P. Cavafy with pencil in English and underlined titles on recto, l. 4-5 “Contents”. Pencil marks on p. 74, 227, 292. P. [511-512] advertisements.


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Thackeray, W. M. Miscellanies, Prose and Verse, Vol. I. Ballads; The Book of Snobs; The Fatal Boots; Cox’s Diary; The Tremendous Adventures of Major Gahagan. London, Smith, Elder & Co., 1870. Book, GR-OF CA CL.7.135, 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/10.26256/7.135.

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