#Edith Lupton

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Publishers’ Binding Thursday

This Publishers’ Binding Thursday I’m happy to share A New Book of the Fairies by British writer and suffragette Beatrice Harraden (1864-1936). Harraden was a founder of the Women’s Social and Political Union, and a leading member of the Women Writers’ Suffrage League. Published in 1897 by Griffith, Farran, Browne & Co. in London, the book features 44 illustrations by British designer Edith Lupton, who worked for Doulton & Co. (now Royal Doulton) designing ceramics from 1875-1890. 

The cover features a lovely gold design on a dark blue book cloth. A child with a sunflower around its head collects flowers in their apron in a field while three cherubic fairies with flowers for hats play among the stems above. All of the edges of the pages are gilded. 

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A NEW BOOK OF THE FAIRIES by Beatrice Harraden. (London: Grifith Farran Brown, 1897) Hand-colored illustrations by Edith Lupton.

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QUOTE OF THE WEEK 5/6/23 - EDITH WHARTON

' "Ah, in New York, is she?” ‘  (Wharton, 1991, p.203).

REFERENCE

Wharton, E. (1991 [2005] ) ‘The house of mirth’. London: Everyman’s Library. *****

FROM OUR NEW YORK CORRESPONDENT

‘ “Oh, dear I’m so hot and thirsty - and what a hideous place New York is!” ‘ (Wharton, 1991, p.5).

LOVING IT IN ALL WEATHERS

AND LOCATIONS

20th STREET AND 3rd AVENUE MANHATTAN

AND SOHO

…

AND AT ALL TIMES

7 AM WHEN COOLER

AND QUIETER

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SEE ALSO

‘ “I’m not really a collector, you see; I simply like to have good editions of the books I am fond of.” ‘ (Wharton, 1991, p.11).

SADLY CHEWED BY MR DUSTY

NOW IN DISGRACE

SORTED

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TO OUR NEW YORK CORRESPONDENT FOR THE LOCATION SHOTS 

(AND TO MY SON FOR OUR CORRESPONDENT SHOT)

24 DEGREES TODAY

27 DEGREES TOMORROW 

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FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT

https://quoteoftheweekblog.tumblr.com/post/702087368645148672/quote-of-the-week-281122-kiley-reid-the

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FOR BOOK GROUP

LAST MONTH OUR TOP READER LEADER …

https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-blessing/nancy-mitford/alex-kapranos/9780241974728

‘This month I have finished The Blessing, by Nancy Mitford …

https://www.waterstones.com/book/dont-tell-alfred/nancy-mitford/sophie-dahl/9780241974704

… and Don’t Tell Alfred, the fourth in the series. This had a lot of parody of political events – clever and amusing, but I enjoyed it less than the others.’

&

https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-enchanted-april/elizabeth-von-arnim/salley-vickers/9780141191829

‘ … which, like it’s name, is enchanting … ‘

&

https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-book-of-joy/dalai-lama/desmond-tutu/9781786330444

‘ … continuing … ‘

&

https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/344972

‘ … very slowly … ‘

&

https://www.waterstones.com/book/glamorous-powers/susan-howatch/9780006496922

‘ … just started.‘

…

OTHER MEMBERS HAVE ALSO READ (OR ARE READING) …

https://www.waterstones.com/book/st-clares-collection-1/enid-blyton/9781444934823

‘ …  I have just started reading Enid Blyton’s St Clare books! They are extremely dated, but light and easy and provide a form of escapism. I remember enjoying them when young.’

…

‘I have read books 22 and 23 of the Morland Dynasty and am reading 24 (out of 35). I love these. They are fiction but the historical element is true to fact.’

https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-mirage/cynthia-harrod-eagles/9780751525465

https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-cause/cynthia-harrod-eagles/9780751525380

https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-homecoming/cynthia-harrod-eagles/9780751525311

…

https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-sunday-philosophy-club/alexander-mccall-smith/9780349139418

I decided to take something light to Cornwall for our holiday, which I had read before.’

https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-darkness/ragnar-jonasson/victoria-cribb/9781405930802

‘That was contrasted by The Darkness by Ragnar Jonasson which was a dark crime novel set in Iceland.’

https://www.waterstones.com/book/espresso-tales/alexander-mccall-smith/9780349119700

‘Since returning home I read Espresso Tales also by A McCall Smith - this was first published in episodes in a newspaper and as such felt bity.’

WHILST THE OTHER HALF …

‘I’m not sure … although he has started the Jonasson.’

AND PROBABLY FINISHED

https://www.waterstones.com/book/any-human-heart/william-boyd/9780141044170

…

https://www.waterstones.com/book/sister/rosamund-lupton/9780749942014

‘It was a very easy and gripping read, but apparently I've completely missed a very clever device which I'm still trying to unravel.’

&

https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-other-boleyn-girl/philippa-gregory/9780006514008

‘The plotting and deviousness is very difficult to cope with (perhaps it still goes on) and the early marriages and therefore births are quite upsetting.’

…

https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-silk-roads/professor-peter-frankopan/9781408839997

‘I’ve got as far as Hitler … Interestingly he was after the grain of Ukraine amongst other things … And the oil of the middle east. Nothing changes.’

…

https://www.waterstones.com/book/before-the-coffee-gets-cold/toshikazu-kawaguchi/geoffrey-trousselot/9781529029581

‘Strange time travel in a cafe but as uplifting as the reviews suggest.’

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BOOK GROUP 2023

JANUARY - JODI PICOULT - ‘WISH YOU WERE HERE’

https://quoteoftheweekblog.tumblr.com/post/707162386989219840/quote-of-the-week-23123-jodi-picoult-and FEBRUARY - LUCY WORSLEY - ‘JANE AUSTEN AT HOME - A BIOGRAPHY’

https://quoteoftheweekblog.tumblr.com/post/709807520542277632/quote-of-the-week-20223-lucy-worsley-there

MARCH - NANCY MITFORD - 'THE PURSUIT OF LOVE’

https://quoteoftheweekblog.tumblr.com/post/712878877446373376/quote-of-the-week-27323-nancy-mitford

APRIL - FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT - 'THE SECRET GARDEN’

https://quoteoftheweekblog.tumblr.com/post/715330809248235520/quote-of-the-week-24423-frances-hodgson MAY - EDITH WHARTON - 'THE HOUSE OF MIRTH’ 

https://quoteoftheweekblog.tumblr.com/post/719215188629389312/news-story-of-the-week-6623-edith-wharton JUNE - TRACEY CHEVALIER - 'A SINGLE THREAD’ JULY - E.M. FORSTER - 'A ROOM WITH A VIEW’ AUGUST - DAMON GALGUT - 'THE PROMISE’ SEPTEMBER - ALEXANDER MCCALL SMITH - 'THE HOUSE OF UNEXPECTED SISTERS’ OCTOBER - ARAVIND ADIGA - 'SELECTION DAY’ NOVEMBER - BONNIE GARMUS - 'LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY’ DECEMBER - JULES VERNE - 'AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS’

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AND THIS IS WHAT WE READ EARLIER

https://quoteoftheweekblog.tumblr.com/bookgroup

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QUOTE OF THE WEEK 2011 - 2023

11 EPIC YEARS

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FROM THE ARCHIVE

https://quoteoftheweekblog.tumblr.com/post/678686834123063296/httpswwwtheguardiancombooks2022mar02shirl

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A NEW BOOK OF THE FAIRIES by Beatrice Harraden. (London: Griffith Farran Browne & Co. Limited, 1897) Illustrated by Edith Lupton.