by Robert Macfarlane | Jackie Morris
The Lost Words: A spell book
2017
$227.00
The Lost Words: A spell book by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris (2017)
6th Impression
Published by Hamish Hamilton
Large Format Hardback in Fine Condition, very slight toning to extremities of pages, otherwise pages clean.
Signed with Dedication by Macfarlane and Morris to title page
Minor Soft Bump to bottom of spine
About
The Lost Words is a ‘book of spells’ that seeks to conjure back the near-lost magic and strangeness of the nature that surrounds us. It transcends age barriers inspiring children and moving adults with its wide appeal.
The book began as a response to the removal of everyday nature words - among them "acorn", "bluebell", "kingfisher" and "wren" - from a widely used children’s dictionary, because those words were not being used enough by children to merit inclusion. But The Lost Words then grew to become a much broader protest at the loss of the natural world around us, as well as a celebration of the creatures and plants with which we share our lives, in all their wonderful, characterful glory."
Each acrostic spell has 3 accompanying artworks by Jackie Morris– a glorious triptych of watercolour painting – firstly a clever but solemn display of the creature or plant’s absence from our world, then the spell itself accompanied by an ‘icon-esque’ self portrait of the central character surrounded with sumptuous gold leaf, and finally the creature or plant is depicted embedded in its natural habitat.
