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All About Love: New Visions (Love Song to the Nation #1) By bell hooks Cover Image
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Wilmington's Lie (Winner of the 2021 Pulitzer Prize): The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy By David Zucchino Cover Image
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Magic: A History: From Alchemy to Witchcraft, from the Ice Age to the Present By Chris Gosden Cover Image
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Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World By Simon Winchester Cover Image
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Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America (America: A Cultural History) By David Hackett Fischer Cover Image
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Wilmington's Lie (Winner of the 2021 Pulitzer Prize): The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy By David Zucchino Cover Image
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The Chrysanthemum And The Sword By Ruth Benedict Cover Image
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Rome and the Mediterranean: Books XXXI-XLV of The History of Rome from Its Foundation By Titus Livy, Henry Bettenson (Translated by), A. H. McDonald (Introduction by) Cover Image
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The Art of the Lathe By B. H. Fairchild Cover Image
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On Sparta By Plutarch, Richard J. A. Talbert (Translated by), Richard J. A. Talbert (Introduction by), Richard J. A. Talbert (Notes by), Christopher Pelling (Editor) Cover Image
By Plutarch, Richard J. A. Talbert (Translated by), Richard J. A. Talbert (Introduction by), Richard J. A. Talbert (Notes by), Christopher Pelling (Editor)
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Thanks to the Maple By Lewis Morgan Cover Image
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Rumor, Fear and the Madness of Crowds By J. P. Chaplin Cover Image
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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.