Opal Nations' Copy of "White Subway" (1973)

London, England: Aloes Books (book, primary, 1st, signed), 1973.
8.375" x 6.25" x 0.25", 74 pages, softcover.

White Subway, a compilation of works by William S. Burroughs (and Alan Ansen and Paul Bowles) from a variety of periodical sources, published by James Pennington's Aloes Books (London) in 1973. 1,000 first printing copies produced.

This specific first printing copy is inscribed to Opal Nations: "For Opal Nations / All the best / William Burroughs." This copy was acquired from Waugh Books (Lawrence, Kansas, US).

Maynard & Miles A24a. Shoaf I.26. Schottlaender v4.A30.

Contents: 

• "Unfinished Cigarette" (from Birmingham Bulletin, Issue 2, Autumn 1963)
• "Distant Hand Lifted" (from Transatlantic Review, Issue 15, 1964)
• "The Conspiracy" (from Kulchur, Issue 1 Spring 1960)
• "The Danish Operation" (from Arcade, Issue 1, 1964)
• "The Cut" (from Arcade, Issue 1, 1964)
• "Ancient Face Gone Out" (from Gnaoua, Issue 1, Spring 1964)
• "Who Is the Third that Walks Beside You?" (from Art & Literature, Issue 2, Summer 1964)
• "The Last Post Danger Ahead" (from Lines, Issue 6, November 1965)
• "Palm Sunday Tape" (from Bulletin from Nothing, Issue 2, 1965)
• "The Beginning Is Also the End" (from Transatlantic Review, Issue 14, Autumn 1963)
• "The Coldspring News" (from The Spero, Issue 1, 1965)
• "Who is the walks beside you written 3rd?" (from Darazt, July 1965) [note: I consider this an anthology, rather than a periodical]
• "St. Louis Return" (from The Paris Review, Volume 9, Number 35, Fall 1965)
• "Composite Text" (from Bulletin from Nothing, Issue 1, 1965) [note that this is periodical is sometimes referred to as Underground Telegram]
• "Anyone Who Picks Up a Frying Pan Can Own Death" by Alan Ansen (from Big Table, Issue 2, Summer 1959)
• "Burroughs in Tangier" by Paul Bowles (from Big Table, Issue 2, Summer 1959)