The Lost Spells, Landmarks, The Old Ways 3 Books Collection Set by Robert Macfarlane - Non Fiction - Mixed Format
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Titles in This Set:
The Lost Spells
Landmarks
The Old Ways A Journey On Foot
Condition: BRAND NEW
Format: Mixed lot
Overview:
In this Robert Macfarlane 3 Books Collection Set, you receive a thoughtfully curated trio that spans poetry, landscape writing, and walking narrative. The Lost Spells introduces a pocket-sized companion to nature-inspired verse and artwork by Macfarlane and Jackie Morris, drawing attention to everyday creatures and flora through lyrical spells that evoke atmosphere as much as image. Landmarks invites readers to see language as a tool for knowing place, a field guide to the literature of nature across the British Isles; it maps landscape with a lexicon of thousands of descriptive words. The Old Ways A Journey on Foot follows ancient routes—holloways, drove-roads, and sea paths—into a map of memory, ritual, and encounter, revealing how footwork becomes a doorway to culture and imagination. Together, these three books form a cohesive reading journey: intimate, immersive, and ideal for nature lovers, knowledge seekers, and mindful explorers seeking to slow down and listen to the land.
What Makes This Collection Special:
Three books, one compass for reading nature. The Lost Spells expands the spellbinding charm of The Lost Words by turning poems into intimate, pocket-sized verses and accompanying artwork that celebrate familiar creatures and flora in fresh, lyrical form. Landmarks stands as a substantial glossary and field guide, showing how language can reveal and enrich our sense of place while cataloguing the rich vocabulary used to describe land and weather across England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales. The Old Ways A Journey on Foot offers a tactile, immersive trek through ley lines of history and geography, tracing routes that have threaded cultures for centuries. Together, they create a balanced reading arc—lyrical wonder, rigorous landscape language, and experiential travel writing—perfect for readers who crave depth, atmosphere, and a sense of belonging to the land. This is a collection that rewards re-reading, accompanies travel-minded readers, and speaks to book lovers, students, teachers, and collectors alike.
Books Included in This Collection:
The Lost Spells
The Lost Spells is a pocket-sized treasure that introduces a new set of natural spell-poems and artwork by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris. The poems celebrate everyday creatures and flora—from Barn Owl to Red Fox, Grey Seal to Silver Birch, Jay to Jackdaw—while stepping beyond the original triptych format of The Lost Words to offer new shapes and voices. The result is a lyrical, contemplative invitation to notice the natural world with fresh attention, paired with evocative illustrations that glow on the page. Compact enough to carry on a walk or tucked into a bag, it makes a magical gift for nature lovers and poetry fans alike.
Landmarks
Landmarks delves into the power of language to shape our sense of place. It is a field guide to the literature of nature, a glossary containing thousands of words used across England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales to describe land, nature and weather. Journeying from Cumbria to the Cairngorms, Macfarlane demonstrates that language, when used with care, is a way of knowing landscape and a crucial means of deepening love for it. With precise observations and a reverent tone, Landmarks invites readers to slow down, listen, and let the landscape reveal its vocabulary and secrets.
The Old Ways A Journey On Foot
Following tracks, holloways, drove-roads and sea paths that form a vast ancient network across the British Isles and beyond, The Old Ways A Journey on Foot threads together memory, ritual, and storytelling. Macfarlane uncovers a lost world where footfalls become routes into history, culture, and the imagination. This is travel writing at once grounded and expansive—a meditation on curiosity, place, and the human impulse to walk as a form of inquiry and communion with the landscapes we traverse.
Who This Set Is Perfect For:
This collection is ideal for readers who love nature writing, lyrical poetry, and immersive travel narratives. It suits fans of The Lost Words and Jackie Morris, students exploring language and landscape, teachers seeking engaging classroom texts, and gift buyers looking for a thoughtful, collectible trio. Whether you’re a seasoned walker, a language lover, or a curious reader seeking a slower, more attentive reading rhythm, this set offers a rich, multi-genre experience that rewards attentive rereading and thoughtful discussion.
Key Benefits:
- Three distinct but complementary works that deepen wonder for nature, language, and landscape.
- Compact, travel-friendly formats in The Lost Spells for on-the-go inspiration.
- A cohesive reading journey from lyrical poetry to field-guide-style prose to interpretive travel writing.
- Beautiful artwork that enhances the text and elevates gifting appeal.
- Ideal for collectors seeking a complete Macfarlane set alongside The Lost Words companion titles.
- Thoughtful exploration of place that supports language learning and environmental awareness.
About the Author:
Robert Macfarlane is a celebrated British writer known for his nature, landscape, and travel writing. His work often investigates how language, memory, and place shape human experience. In collaboration with Jackie Morris, he created The Lost Words and The Lost Spells, books that blend poetry, illustration, and ecological wonder to celebrate the natural world. Macfarlane’s acclaimed titles, including The Old Ways and Landmarks, invite readers to slow down, observe closely, and rethink their relationship with the land. This collection showcases his enduring interest in how places speak to us—and how language can open our senses to the world around us.
Why You’ll Love This Set:
Owning the full Robert Macfarlane 3 Books Collection Set offers a premium reading experience that is both immersive and collectible. The trio covers poetry, nature writing, and walking narratives, creating a rich, cross-genre journey that appeals to bibliophiles, nature lovers, and curious minds alike. The compact The Lost Spells title pairs perfectly with the expansive landscape essays of Landmarks and the experiential travel narrative of The Old Ways, giving you a complete literary pathway through language, place, and movement. It’s an ideal gift for readers who crave thoughtful, beautifully designed books that invite quiet exploration and long conversations about the places we inhabit.
Please Note: The individual books included in this listing will be dispatched as per the original UK ISBN and UK edition cover image shown in the image.
