• Original 1973 William S. Burroughs White Subway, Aloes Books, London, first edition. Photo-illustrated softcover showing a collaged black-and-white street photograph: a building facade with a partially visible sign reading 'ATORS' at upper left, a bare winter tree at centre, and a figure walking on the pavement below, with 'WHITE SUBWAY' and 'william burroughs' in white type overlaid on the image.
  • Reverse of 1973 William S. Burroughs White Subway, Aloes Books. Plain unprinted card back cover showing age toning, foxing, and handling marks consistent with a small-press publication of the period.
  • Interior spread from 1973 William S. Burroughs White Subway, Aloes Books. Left page showing full contents list of texts sourced from little magazines including Birmingham Bulletin, Transatlantic Review, Kulchur, Arcade, Gnoua, Lines, and Paris Review, 1959–1965. Right page showing colophon: edition of 1,000 copies, 25 signed and perfect bound, with Aloes Books address at 21 Carleton Road, London N7, and forthcoming publications by Eric Mottram and Jeff Nuttall.
  • Interior spread from 1973 William S. Burroughs White Subway, Aloes Books, pages 70–71. Left page showing dense typewritten prose describing Interzone, Hassan, and the Factualists. Right page continuing the text alongside a grid of abstract glyphic symbols arranged in a 4×3 formation, resembling cut-up or found imagery.
  • Interior page from 1973 William S. Burroughs White Subway, Aloes Books, page 48. Upper half showing cut-up prose text beginning 'Writing in the policeman?' Lower half showing a black-and-white street photograph of an American urban intersection with a 'COWHEY' bar sign, traffic lights, and parked cars.
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William S. Burroughs — White Subway — Aloes Books, London, 1973

William S. Burroughs — White Subway — Aloes Books, London, 1973

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White Subway gathers short texts, bulletins, reviews, and fragments by William S. Burroughs from the 1950s and 1960s, including material connected to the cut-up period and his extended Tangier / London / little-magazine network. Published by Aloes Books in 1973, it belongs to the post-Naked Lunch afterlife of Burroughs: small press, photocopied atmosphere, street image, experimental prose, literary residue.

A compact Burroughs object. Photo-wrapper, bulletin, fragment, file. The book sits between publication and document: a small-press container for texts already moving through magazines, reviews, and underground literary circulation.

Contents drawn from Birmingham Bulletin, Transatlantic Review, Kulchur, Arcade, Gnoua, Lines, Paris Review, and others, 1959–1965. Aloes Books also announced forthcoming publications by Eric Mottram and Jeff Nuttall.

Format: Softcover book, photo-illustrated wrappers
Dimensions: Approx. 16 × 21 cm
Pages: 74
Edition: 1,000 copies, including 25 signed and numbered
Publisher: Aloes Books, London, 1973
Edition: First edition / first printing
Condition: Fair to good vintage condition. Foxing, staining, creasing, edge wear, softened corners, and visible handling throughout. Binding present; pages readable. The marks remain part of the object's history as a circulated small-press publication.

Shipping and handling included in the listed price. Ships carefully packed.

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