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Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement By Angela Joy, Janelle Washington (Illustrator) Cover Image
Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement (Hardcover)
By Angela Joy, Janelle Washington (Illustrator)
$19.99
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Unsolved Case Files: The 500 Million Dollar Heist: Isabella Stewart Gardner and Thirteen Missing Masterpieces By Tom Sullivan, Tom Sullivan (Illustrator) Cover Image
Unsolved Case Files: The 500 Million Dollar Heist: Isabella Stewart Gardner and Thirteen Missing Masterpieces (Paperback)
By Tom Sullivan, Tom Sullivan (Illustrator)
$12.99
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The Faithful Spy: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Plot to Kill Hitler By John Hendrix Cover Image
The Faithful Spy: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Plot to Kill Hitler (Paperback)
By John Hendrix
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A Place to Land: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Speech That Inspired a Nation By Barry Wittenstein, Jerry Pinkney (Illustrator) Cover Image
A Place to Land: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Speech That Inspired a Nation (Paperback)
By Barry Wittenstein, Jerry Pinkney (Illustrator)
$9.99
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What Was the March on Washington? (What Was?) By Kathleen Krull, Who HQ, Tim Tomkinson (Illustrator) Cover Image
What Was the March on Washington? (What Was?) (Paperback)
By Kathleen Krull, Who HQ, Tim Tomkinson (Illustrator)
$5.99
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Hello, World! Moon Landing By Jill McDonald Cover Image
Hello, World! Moon Landing (Board book)
By Jill McDonald
$7.99
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Freedom Walkers: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott By Russell Freedman Cover Image
Freedom Walkers: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott (Paperback)
By Russell Freedman
$14.95
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Finish the Fight!: The Brave and Revolutionary Women Who Fought for the Right to Vote By Veronica Chambers, The Staff of The New York Times (Illustrator), The Staff of The New York Times Cover Image
Finish the Fight!: The Brave and Revolutionary Women Who Fought for the Right to Vote (Hardcover)
By Veronica Chambers, The Staff of The New York Times (Illustrator), The Staff of The New York Times
$18.99
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My Little Golden Book About Balto By Charles Lovitt, Sophie Allsopp (Illustrator) Cover Image
My Little Golden Book About Balto (Hardcover)
By Charles Lovitt, Sophie Allsopp (Illustrator)
$5.99
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Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War By Steve Sheinkin Cover Image
Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War (Paperback)
By Steve Sheinkin
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The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights By Steve Sheinkin Cover Image
The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights (Paperback)
By Steve Sheinkin
$12.99
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Ruby, Head High: Ruby Bridge's First Day of School By Irene Cohen-Janca Cover Image
Ruby, Head High: Ruby Bridge's First Day of School (Hardcover)
By Irene Cohen-Janca
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Situated on the main street of the historic Delaware Riverfront town of New Hope, Pennsylvania, Farley’s Bookshop and its knowledgeable, experienced staff have endeavored to satisfy the literary tastes of the area inhabitants for over fifty years. Whether you are Bucks County born-and-bred or just stopping by to enjoy the crisp river air and delightful scenery, you will be pleasantly surprised to find the largest and most diverse collection of books-in-print in Bucks County. Farley’s may have competition, but it has few peers. We encourage you to browse our website, but please remember that getting acquainted with our online persona is no substitute for exploring the narrow passageways and teeming shelves of our storefront and discovering that perfect book nestled amongst so many others.

New Hope for American Art

                                               New Hope for American Art is the most comprehensive book ever published on artists from, and surrounding, the New Hope Art Colony (also known as the Pennsylvania Impressionists). This book, with its 612 pages and over 1,000 color plates of artwork include biographies of 165 individual Pennsylvania Impressionists and New Hope Modernists as well as artists from the Philadelphia Ten, a pioneering group of women all educated at Philadelphia art schools. 

In this book, you'll find biographies and artwork from such artists as:

  • Daniel Garber
  • Edward Redfield
  • George Sotter
  • Arthur Meltzer
  • Robert Spencer
  • William Langson Lathrop
  • Kenneth Nunamaker
  • John Folinsbee
  • Henry Snell
  • William F. Taylor
  • Fern Coppedge
  • M. Elizabeth Price
  • Clarence Johnson
  • S. George Phillips
  • Rae Sloan Bredin
  • Walter Baum
  • Walter Schofield
  • Morgan Colt
  • Charles Rosen
  • Joseph Meierhans
  • Charles F. Ramsey
  • Louis Stone
  • Charles Evans
  • Josef Zenk

New Hope for American Art was authored, designed and published by James M. Alterman, an expert in the field of Pennsylvania Impressionist and Modernist painting. A longtime collector and owner of two fine art galleries, Alterman wanted to create a user-friendly book intended not only to educate collectors and enthusiasts about this art but to help train one's eye. The book offers valuable tips on how to avoid common mistakes often experienced by new collectors drawn from the author's personal experiences as a collector and fine art dealer.