Various — Five Issues of Agenda

London, Poets' and Painters' Press, 1961-1966. First edition. Paperback. A smart collection of five volumes from this poetry magazine and literary journal, Agenda. Five volumes. Scarce works. Agenda is a literary journal published in London and founded by William Cookson. The magazine was created in 1959, after Cookson had met Ezra Pound in Italy the previous year and became notable for its focus upon the art of translation. This collection contains Volume 2: No. 5, 6, 9 & 10, Volume 3: No. 4, and Volume 4: No. 3 & 4. With contributions from poets, translators, and reviewers including: Hugh MacDiarmid, Noel Stock, Edmund Gray, Alan Neame, Virginia Maskell, Peter Russell, William Cookson, Theodore Roethke, Ian Hamilton, John Berryman, Anne Halley, Naomi Replansky, Anne Sexton, James Wright, and Peter Dale, amongst others. In the original full paper wraps. Externally, very smart with minor wear and light sunning to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine .