The Western Lands.

First edition of the culminating book in the author's Cities trilogy. Octavo, original half cloth, pictorial endpapers. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page in the year of publication, "For Richard Dillon all best for 1988 William S. Burroughs 10/20/87." The recipient, Richard Dillon is a poet and astrologer, who was living in Boulder at the same time as Burroughs and became friendly with him, Alan Davies, Anne Waldman and other Naropa luminaries. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Neil Stuart. Jacket illustration by Deborah Pinkney. With a National Arts Club tour flyer featuring Burroughs as the headliner laid in.