Signed First Edition My Cavafy: Chance Encounters by Stathis Orphanos & Constantine Cavafy (2006 HC w/DJ) - Near Fine Collectible Book for Poetry Lovers & Literary Collectors | Perfect Gift for Book Enthusiasts & Home Library Display

Vidal, Gore, et al. Los Angeles: Sylvester & Orphanos, 2006. 

English, First Edition, Near Fine, HC, Folio, 14 1/4" x 11 1/4", 57 pp. 

ISBN: 0977879100

First Edition, hardcover in gray cloth with black stamped laurel illustration to front panel, signed by Stathis Orphanos in pen to first blank page. Slight curve to bottom front tip and light toning to edges. Very Good pictorial dust jacket, light toning and wear to edges, now in Mylar. 57 pp. Replete with 50 reproductions of Orphanos' black-and-white photographs. Includes a Preface by celebrated American writer, Gore Vidal. American artist, Stathis Orphanos' portrait photographs of friends are shown opposite a selection of the 154 translated poems by the most distinguished modern Greek poet, Constantine Cavafy, translated from Greek by Evangelos Sachperoglou. Wonderfully produced book that showcases the parallels Orphanos discovered could be felt between his and Cavafy's work.