Some 30,000 art books, exhibition catalogues, ephemera, and periodicals fill the shelves and files and map cases in my office in downtown La Jolla. The stock is mainly modern and contemporary material in all languages, plus other interesting outliers. Visitors are most welcome, but an appointment is strongly recommended to avoid disappointment on both sides. Two other antiquarians, D. G. Wills and ABAA member Barry Ruderman, are a few blocks away. ABAA members Churchill Book Collector, Scott Emerson, Beverly Karno, and Cliff Niederer are neighbors in San Diego County. Good restaurants abound. Unexpected cultural treats include a superb private map museum and a subscription library -- the Athenaeum -- specializing in music and art, with a rich collection of modern artists' books and regular art exhibitions and concerts. Then there is the ocean. And the weather. For the source of our logo, please see About; at www.mcgilvery.com. The photograph is from a recent college reunion. There was a warm, late-afternoon breeze.
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High performance. Issue #23: The Record; featuring N.Y. artists: Bill Gordh, Martha Wilson, Citizen Kafka, Jill Kroesen [+ Terry Allen, Jackie Apple, Philip Galas & 9 others]. Album of 2 vinyl LP discs, in original shrinkwrap
by Burnham, Linda. Gordh, Bill. Wilson, Martha. Kafka, Citizen. Kroesen, Jill
[Los Angeles: High Performance, 1983] (click for more details)La jolie ferme ou la vertu récompensée, suivi des Historiettes d'un ermite, par le Ch** A** [Adet]. 2e. éd. Orné de six gravures
by Guénard, Elisabeth, Baronnee de Méréé (1751-1829). [Adet, Pierre Auguste, chevalier (1763-1834?]
Paris: Cadeau, libraire [et] Locard-Davi, 1837 (click for more details)
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Clea Rsky. SIGNED [Also Clear Sky or Clearsky]
by Nauman, Bruce
[New York: Leo Castelli Gallery, 1970] (all per OCLC) (click for more details)Richard Diebenkorn: an exhibition… 6 September–6 October 1960. PLUS ephemera
by Pasadena Art Museum. Diebenkorn, Richard
Pasadena Art Museum, 1960 (click for more details)Late Caprichos of Goya: fragments from a series
by [Goya, Francisco] Sayre, Eleanor
New York: Walker, in association with the Department of Printing and Graphic Art, Harvard College Library, 1971 (click for more details)Recent Catalogs
McGilvery catalogue 49
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