New books have been piling up again at Design Observer. For the holiday season, we thought we'd share some of the many recently published titles we have received over the past couple of months. Maybe you'll find a surprise or two...
 | Ann d'Arcy Hughes & Hebe Vernon-Morris The Printmaking Bible Chronicle Books, 2008 |
 | Doon Arbus Diane Arbus: The Libraries Fraenkel Gallery, 2004 |
 | Carlos Basualdo, editor William Kentridge Yale University Press, 2008 |
 | L. Frank Baum The Wizard of Oz Counterpoint, 2008 |
 | Roger Bennett & Josh Kun And You Shall Know Us by the Trail of Our Vinyl Crown, 2008 |
 | Richard Benson The Printed Picture Museum of Modern Art, 2008 |
 | Jennifer Devere Brody Punctuation: Art, Politics & Play Duke University Press, 2008 |
 | Bill Buford Walton Ford: Pancha Tantra Taschen, 2007 |
 | Christopher Burke Active Literature Hyphen Press, 2008 |
 | John Chase, Margaret Crawford & John Kaliski, editors Everyday Urbanism Monacelli, 2008 |
 | Robin Cherry Catalog: The Illustrated History of Mail Order Shopping Princeton Architectural Press, 2008 |
 | Joshua Chuang First Doubt: Optical Confusion in Modern Photography Yale University Press, 2008 |
 | David Crowley & Jane Pavitt, editors Cold War Modern: Design 1945-1970 Victoria & Albert Museum, 2008 |
 | Joseph Cunningham The Artistic Furniture of Charles Rohlfs Yale University Press, 2008 |
 | Cees W. de Jong Jan Tschichold: Master Typographer — His Life, Work and Legacy Thames & Hudson, 2008 |
 | Tara Donovan, Lawrence Weschler, Nicholas Baume & Jen Mergel Tara Donovan Monacelli Press, 2008 |
 | Brad Downey & Leon Reid The Adventures of Darius and Downey Thames & Hudson, 2008 |
 | Nancy Duarte Slide:ology O'Reilly Media, 2008 |
 | Elizabeth Dunbar, editor Alloy of Love: Dario Robleto Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum, 2008 |
 | Frederico Duarte, Pedro Ferreira & Rita João The Design of Portuguese Semi-Industrial Confectionery Fabrico Próprio, 2008 |
 | Kathleen A. Foster Thomas Chambers Yale University Press, 2008 |
 | Conny Freyer, Sebastien Noel & Eva Rucki Digital by Design Thames & Hudson, 2009 |
 | Paul Gorman Reasons to be Cheerful: The Life and Work of Barney Bubbles Adelita, 2008 |
 | Neil Harris The Chicagoan: A Lost Magazine of the Jazz Age University Of Chicago Press, 2008 |
 | Norman Hathaway & Mike Salisbury Overspray: Riding High with the Kings of California Airbrush Art Picture Box, 2008 |
 | Jessica Helfand Scrapbooks: An American History Yale University Press, 2008 |
 | Steven Heller & Seymour Chwast Illustration: A Visual History Abrams, 2008 |
 | Anne Higonnet Lewis Carroll Phaidon Press, 2008 |
 | Tom Himpe Advertising Next Chronicle Books, 2008 |
 | John Hodgman More Information Than You Require Dutton Adult, 2008 |
 | Wayne Koestenbaum Hotel Theory Soft Skull Press, 2008 |
 | Jerelle Kraus All the Art That's Fit to Print (And Some That Wasn't): Inside The New York Times Op-Ed Page Columbia University Press, 2008 |
 | John Lahr, Andre Gregory, Mike Nichols, Twyla Tharp, Mitsuko Uchida & Richard Avedon Performance: Richard Avedon Abrams, 2008 |
 | Jean-Benoît Lévy Handbook Lars Müller Publishers, 2008 |
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George Lois George Lois: On Creating the Big Idea Assouline, 2008 |
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Geoff Manaugh, Terry Toedtemeier & Michael Roth David Maisel: Library of Dust Chronicle Books, 2008 |
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Jack Masey & Conway Lloyd Morgan Cold War Confrontations: US Exhibitions and their Role in the Cultural Cold War Lars Müller Publishers, 2008 |
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Lars Müller & Victor Malsy Helvetica Forever Lars Müller Publishers, 2009 |
 | Tracy Myers Deborah Berke Yale University Press, 2008 |
 | Peter Nesbett, Sarah Andress & Shelly Bancrof, editors Letters to a Young Artist Darte Publishing, 2008 |
 | Ann Percy, editor James Castle: A Retrospective Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2008 |
 | Peter Seitz Designing a Life Minneapolis College of Art & Design, 2007 |
 | Editors of Phaidon The English Garden Phaidon Press, 2008 |
 | Editors of Phaidon Phaidon Atlas of 21st Century World Architecture Phaidon Press, 2008 |
 | David Rees Get Your War On: The Definitive Account of the War on Terror, 2001-2008 Soft Skull Press, 2008 |
 | Judith Schalansky Fraktur Mon Amour Princeton Architectural Press, 2008 |
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Horst Scherg & Robert Klanten Classique: Cover Art for Classical Music Gestalten Verlag, 2008 |
 | Rene Siegfried The Serif Fairy Mark Batty Publisher, 2007 |
 | Joan Simon & Brigitte Leal Alexander Calder Whitney Museum of American Art, 2008 |
 | Steven Skov Holt & Mara Holt Skov Manufractured: The Conspicuous Transformation of Everyday Objects Chronicle Books, 2008 |
 | Keri Smith How to Be an Explorer of the World Perigee Trade, 2008 |
 | John Sparagana & Mieke Bal Sleeping Beauty: A One-Artist Dictionary University of Chicago Press, 2008 |
 | David Thomson "Have You Seen . . . ?" A Personal Introduction to 1,000 Films Knopf, 2008 |
 | Storm Thorgerson & Aubrey Powell For the Love of Vinyl: The Album Art of Hipgnosis Picture Box, 2008 |
 | David Travers & Nina Weiner Arts & Architecture, 1945-54: The Complete Reprint Taschen, 2008 |
 | Scout Tufankjian Yes We Can: Barack Obama's History-Making Presidential Campaign Power House, 2008 |
 | Sherry Turkle, editor The Inner History of Devices MIT Press, 2008 |
 | Matt Woolman 100's Visual Ideas: Formats, Folds & Bindings Angela Patchell Books, 2008 |
