Secret Spells and Curious Charms - Hardcover

Beisner, Monika

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0374366926 ISBN 13: 9780374366926

Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1986

Synopsis

This illustrated compilation of rhyming spells, chants, and incantations draws on traditional lore from around the world

About this title

From Publishers Weekly:

This fanciful collection of magic spells and incantations covers love"I place my shoes like a letter T,/ Hoping my true love I shall see"; luck, both good and bad"See a pin and pick it up,/ All the day you'll have good luck" and "Who kills a spider/ Bad luck betides her"; money"Flibberty, gibberty, flasky flum,/ Calafa, tarada, wagra wum./ Hooky, maroosky, whatever's the sum,/ Heigho! Presto! Money come!" and more. These tidbits of traditional lore are as much fun to recite as Beisner's captivating illustrations are to behold. Circles, triangles and squares contain magically detailed portraits and scenes. The shapes are housed in vertical panels that border some of the pages, and the panels are dotted with tiny mystical masks. The full-page paintings, in brilliant color, have a surreal, dreamlike quality.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0374366926
• ISBN 13: 9780374366926
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32