Below is a list of books collected by Delaney over the course of his life, both annotated (by himself and his peers) and unannotated. Their order reflects how they appear within the collection.
A complete list of all books, including those not currently available in the collection, is provided at the bottom.
Title | Author | Notes | Location |
Go Tell it on the Mountain | Baldwin, James | Contains writing and artwork by Beauford | Box 39 Folder 1 |
The Colossus of Maroussi | Miller, Henry | Contains writing by Beauford | Box 39 Folder 2 |
Cinq Etudes D'Ethnologie le Racisme et le Tiers Monde | Leiris, Michel | Street map drawn on back | Box 40 Folder 3 |
The Gallery | Burns, John Horne | Inscribed with date, contains artwork by Beauford | Box 39 Folder 4 |
The Book of Knowledge | Robitaille, Gérald | Inscribed to Beauford, contains artwork by Beauford | Box 40 Folder 1 |
Complete Catalogue of Books and Journals in Print, 1969 | University of Chicago Press | Contains artwork by Beauford | Box 40 Folder 1 |
The State of Black Desire | Barrett, Lindsay | Inscribed to Beauford | Box 39 Folder 3 |
Juju of my Own | Bethune, Lebert | Inscribed to Beauford | Box 39 Folder 3 |
The Ice-Cream Headache and Other Stories | Jones, James | Inscribed to Beauford | Box 39 Folder 6 |
Sonnets from the Portuguese | Browning, Elizabeth Barrett | Inscribed to Beauford | Box 39 Folder 3 |
Balthazar | Durrell, Lawrence | Inscribed to Beauford | Box 39 Folder 4 |
Black Spring | Miller, Henry | Inscribed by Beauford | Box 39 Folder 2 |
Mountains Converse | Freeman, Roy | Box 39 Folder 5 | |
Funeral Rites | Genet, Jean | (Artwork inserted) | Box 39 Folder 5 |
The Voice of the Master | Gibran, Kahlil | Inscribed to Beauford | Box 39 Folder 5 |
Dostoevsky, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, and Kafka: Four Prophets of Our Destiny | Hubben, William | Annotated, artwork inserted | Box 39 Folder 6 |
Mojo Hand | Phillips, Jane | Inscribed to Beauford from Henry Miller | Box 40 Folder 1 |
African Song Booklet | Rohrbough, Lynn | Inscribed to Beauford | Box 40 Folder 1 |
The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh | Roskill, Mark | Inscribed to Beauford | Box 40 Folder 1 |
El Orgasmo de Dios | Boulton, Andres | Inscribed to Beauford | Box 40 Folder 2 |
Saint-Paul-De-Vance Ville Royale | Faure, Jeanne | Sent as a Christmas gift from Jeanne Faure | Box 40 Folder 2 |
Lettres d'Egypte 1950 | Grenier, Jean | (Separate artwork by Beauford inside) | Box 40 Folder 2 |
La Sculpture et L'Architecture | Hillyer, V.M. & Huey, E. G. | Inscribed to Beauford | Box 40 Folder 3 |
Les Arts de l'Afrique Noire | Laude, Jean | Inscribed to Beauford | Box 40 Folder 3 |
Un Huron à la Recherche de l'Art | Robitaille, Gérald | Inscribed to Beauford | Box 40 Folder 4 |
Etats-Unis Sculptures du XX siecle | Musée Rodin | Inscribed to Beauford | Box 40 Folder 4 |
Siné Dessins de l'Express (Parus et Non Parus) | Siné, Bob | Inscribed to Beauford, mentions Baldwin | Box 40 Folder 4 |
Viole Tasiete | Vercingetorix | Inscribed to Beauford | Box 40 Folder 4 |
Estrellas Amores Zine | Inscribed to Beauford from Andrés Boulton | Box 40 Folder 5 |
Title | Author | Notes | Location |
Another Country | Baldwin, James | Box 40 Folder 6 | |
Tell it on the Mountain | Baldwin, James | Box 40 Folder 6 | |
Giovannis Room | Baldwin, James | Box 40 Folder 6 | |
Going to Meet the Man | Baldwin, James | Box 41 Folder 1 | |
Tell it on the Mountain | Baldwin, James | Box 41 Folder 1 | |
Tell it on the Mountain | Baldwin, James | Box 41 Folder 2 | |
Sunday after the War | Miller, Henry | Box 41 Folder 4 | |
Initiation, Human and Solar | Bailey, Alice | Box 41 Folder 5 | |
Confrontation | Box 41 Folder 5 | ||
Chelsea Review | The Chelsea Foundation | Box 41 Folder 6 | |
Chelsea 15: Poems, Plays, Stories | The Chelsea Foundation | Box 41 Folder 6 | |
Landscape into Art | Clark, Kenneth | Box 41 Folder 6 | |
Afro American, American Indian, Mexican American Art Slide Catalog | Ethnic American Art Slide Library | Box 41 Folder 6 | |
Funeral Rites | Genet, Jean | Box 42 Folder 1 | |
The Thief’s Journal | Genet, Jean | Box 42 Folder 1 | |
The Counterfeiters | Gide, André | Box 42 Folder 1 | |
Facts about Israel | Government Press Office, Jerusalem | Box 42 Folder 2 | |
A Moveable Feast | Hemingway, Ernest | Box 42 Folder 2 | |
Go To the Widow-Maker | Jones, James | Box 42 Folder 3 | |
Techniques and Materials of Gouache Painting | Lonergan, John | Box 42 Folder 3 | |
Venice | Morris, James | Box 42 Folder 3 | |
Home and Exile | Nkosi, Lewis | Box 42 Folder 4 | |
The Paris Review no. 29 | Paris Review | Box 42 Folder 4 | |
The Book of Knowledge | Robitaille, Gérald | Box 42 Folder 4 | |
To Mix with Time: New and Selected Poems | Swenson, Mary | Box 42 Folder 4 | |
Henry Miller - Between Heaven and Hell: A Symposium | White, Emil | Box 42 Folder 5 | |
TriQuarterly no. 11 | Newman, Charles & Swenson, Mary | Box 42 Folder 5 | |
Kupka | Cassou, Jean & Fédit, Denise | Box 42 Folder 5 | |
Les Aventures de Pinocchio | Collodi, Carlo | Box 42 Folder 5 | |
Problèmes de la jeunesse | Copfermann, Emile | Box 42 Folder 6 | |
Lettres d'Egypte 1950 | Grenier, Jean | Box 42 Folder 6 | |
Eugène Delacroix Exposition du Centenaire a Paris, Palais du Louvre | Palais du Louvre | Box 42 Folder 6 | |
Je ne pense qu'ǎ ça Wolinksi | Pauvert, Jean Jacques | Box 42 Folder 6 | |
Le Mouvement Ouvrier Aux États-Unis | Pelling, Henry | Box 42 Folder 7 | |
Bonnard | Skira, Albert | Box 42 Folder 7 | |
Prières et Péchés | Stourdza, Alexandre | Box 42 Folder 7 | |
Les yeux fermés | Susini, Marie | Box 42 Folder 8 | |
30 Jours à l'américaine | Box 42 Folder 8 | ||