{"product_id":"sassoon-beaubo","title":"SASSOON, Richard; Jim Gulyas, illus.","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSan Francisco: The Bindweed Press, 1967. [96]pp; b\u0026amp;w illus. Side-stapled in illustrated wraps. Small chip at bottom front fore-corner; creasing and crimping to edges of leaves; hinges rubbed; thumb soiling to textblock edges. Good. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA decidedly odd Summer of Love artifact outlining in a disjointed, satirical fashion a fictional religion known as \"Beauboism.\" The written contents—presumably all the work of Sassoon—vary from \"excerpts\" of pseudo-mystical and pseudo-mythological source materials, to loosely related stories and prose poems, with pronounced emphases on the profane, lascivious, and scatological. Profusely illustrated throughout with Gulyas's black-and-white line drawings, which articulate an equally absurd and fractured vision of reality. Sassoon is best known for his tempestuous early relationship with American writer Sylvia Plath. Though he reportedly wrote poetry throughout his life, aside from a few appearances in literary journals, Beaubo is his sole book-length credit. Gulyas's drawings can be found in several other contemporaneous Bay-area counterculture artifacts, including \u003cem\u003eTrips 66\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eChild's Hat\u003c\/em\u003e. Published by Frank Westbrook's Bindweed Press, noted for producing some of the era's most recognizable psychedelic rock posters.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Beaubo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45983641927703,"sku":null,"price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0225\/2288\/8266\/files\/Sassoon_beaubo_1.jpg?v=1793414150","url":"https:\/\/dividinglinebooks.com\/products\/sassoon-beaubo","provider":"Dividing Line Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}