The collection of Richard Powers
Primary Sources - Historical Social Dance
Chronological listing

78% of the 2,550 sources in my collection are the original editions. 13% are digital scans. 9% are printed facsimile reproductions.

Where dates of publication are not given, dates are estimated. c. = circa.

Most of these primary sources are dance manuals. Stand-alone descriptions of a single dance are noted with » before the title.

Some of these sources from my collection can be downloaded here.

Dancing master and social dance periodicals like Dancing Times and La Danse are included in this listing. Newspaper articles are not. Also not listed are books about theatrical dance, etiquette books, fiction/satire about dance, country and folk dance, secondary sources, and dance histories. Contact me if you would like a listing of my sources in any of those categories (see the bottom of this page).

Anti-dance books are listed here.

	1862	Philippe	Gawlikowski	GUIDE COMPLET DE LA DANSE	Paris
	1862	Mrs. Nicholas	Henderson	ETIQUETTE OF THE BALL-ROOM and Guide to All the New and Fashionable Dances, 9th edition	London
	1862	Elias	Howe	AMERICAN DANCING MASTER, AND BALL-ROOM PROMPTER: CONTAINING ABOUT FIVE HUNDRED DANCES INCLUDING ALL THE LATEST AND MOST FASHIONABLE	Boston
	1862	Domingo	Ibarra	COLECCION DE BAILES DE SALA	Mexico
	1863	S.	Brainard's Sons, pub	THE GOLDEN CHORD Sheet music, with unique description of the Danish Dance Lott Is Does	Cleveland
	1863	Vicomte de	Brieux Saint-Laurent	QUELQUES MOTS SUR LES DANSES MODERNES	Paris
	1863	Oliver	Ditson & Co., publ.	THE HOME CIRCLE, A COLLECTION OF PIANO FORTE MUSIC. Vol.II. With calls for quadrilles and set dances.	Boston
	1863	Harvey B.	Dodworth	» RAW RECRUIT QUADRILLE, WITH NEW FIGURES	New York
	1863	Thomas	Hillgrove	A COMPLETE AND PRACTICAL GUIDE TO THE ART OF DANCING	New York
	1863	R. S.	Manuel	» UNION QUADRILLE	Philadelphia
	1863		Polkarius	ALMANACH MANUEL DE LA DANSE	Paris
	1863	Henry	Tolman, copyright	THE WELCOME GUEST, A COLLECTION OF MODERN PIANO-FORTE MUSIC. Dance music with calls for quadrilles and set dances.	New York
	1863	Harrison Gray Otis	Washburn	THE BALL-ROOM MANUAL OF CONTRA DANCES AND SOCIAL COTILLIONS, Vest Pocket Edition	Belfast, Maine
	1864	D. (David) L.	Carpenter	WALTZES, GALLOPES, QUADRILLES, &c.	Philadelphia
c.	1864	Philippe	Gawlikowski	GUIDE COMPLET DE LA DANSE (different from 1862 edition)	Paris
	1864	Thomas	Hillgrove	A COMPLETE AND PRACTICAL GUIDE TO THE ART OF DANCING	New York
c.	1864	H. D.	Willock	BALL-ROOM GUIDE; A MANUAL OF DANCING	Glasgow
	1864	Septimus	Winner	» NINE-PIN SET, PLAIN COTILLIONS	Philadelphia
c.	1865	Professor	Bland and others	THE ART OF DANCING	London
	1865	William B.	De Garmo	THE PROMPTER: CONTAINING FULL DESCRIPTIONS OF ALL THE QUADRILLES, FIGURES OF THE GERMAN COTILLON, ETC.	New York
	1865	Allen	Dodworth	ASSISTANT FOR A. DODWORTH'S PUPILS	New York
	1865	Elias	Howe	QUINTETTE QUADRILLE BAND (1st violin part) Inclides calls for quadrilles	Boston
c.	1865	Elias	Howe	THE POCKET BALL-ROOM PROMPTER Elias Howe, publ. Different dances than 1858-1860 editions. Undated.	Boston
c.	1865	George	Routledge, publ.	ROUTLEDGE'S BALL-ROOM GUIDE (COMPANION) Cover says ROUTLEDGE'S MINEATURE LIBRARY Black and gold on green cover	London
	1866		Blasis & LeMaitre	NOUVEAU MANUEL COMPLET DE LA DANSE	Paris

	1862	Philippe	Gawlikowski	GUIDE COMPLET DE LA DANSE	Paris
	1862	Mrs. Nicholas	Henderson	ETIQUETTE OF THE BALL-ROOM and Guide to All the New and Fashionable Dances, 9th edition	London
	1862	Elias	Howe	AMERICAN DANCING MASTER, AND BALL-ROOM PROMPTER: CONTAINING ABOUT FIVE HUNDRED DANCES INCLUDING ALL THE LATEST AND MOST FASHIONABLE	Boston
	1862	Domingo	Ibarra	COLECCION DE BAILES DE SALA	Mexico
	1863	S.	Brainard's Sons, pub	THE GOLDEN CHORD Sheet music, with unique description of the Danish Dance Lott Is Does	Cleveland
	1863	Vicomte de	Brieux Saint-Laurent	QUELQUES MOTS SUR LES DANSES MODERNES	Paris
	1863	Oliver	Ditson & Co., publ.	THE HOME CIRCLE, A COLLECTION OF PIANO FORTE MUSIC. Vol.II. With calls for quadrilles and set dances.	Boston
	1863	Harvey B.	Dodworth	» RAW RECRUIT QUADRILLE, WITH NEW FIGURES	New York
	1863	Thomas	Hillgrove	A COMPLETE AND PRACTICAL GUIDE TO THE ART OF DANCING	New York
	1863	R. S.	Manuel	» UNION QUADRILLE	Philadelphia
	1863		Polkarius	ALMANACH MANUEL DE LA DANSE	Paris
	1863	Henry	Tolman, copyright	THE WELCOME GUEST, A COLLECTION OF MODERN PIANO-FORTE MUSIC. Dance music with calls for quadrilles and set dances.	New York
	1863	Harrison Gray Otis	Washburn	THE BALL-ROOM MANUAL OF CONTRA DANCES AND SOCIAL COTILLIONS, Vest Pocket Edition	Belfast, Maine
	1864	D. (David) L.	Carpenter	WALTZES, GALLOPES, QUADRILLES, &c.	Philadelphia
c.	1864	Philippe	Gawlikowski	GUIDE COMPLET DE LA DANSE (different from 1862 edition)	Paris
	1864	Thomas	Hillgrove	A COMPLETE AND PRACTICAL GUIDE TO THE ART OF DANCING	New York
c.	1864	H. D.	Willock	BALL-ROOM GUIDE; A MANUAL OF DANCING	Glasgow
	1864	Septimus	Winner	» NINE-PIN SET, PLAIN COTILLIONS	Philadelphia
c.	1865	Professor	Bland and others	THE ART OF DANCING	London
	1865	William B.	De Garmo	THE PROMPTER: CONTAINING FULL DESCRIPTIONS OF ALL THE QUADRILLES, FIGURES OF THE GERMAN COTILLON, ETC.	New York
	1865	Allen	Dodworth	ASSISTANT FOR A. DODWORTH'S PUPILS	New York
	1865	Elias	Howe	QUINTETTE QUADRILLE BAND (1st violin part) Inclides calls for quadrilles	Boston
c.	1865	Elias	Howe	THE POCKET BALL-ROOM PROMPTER Elias Howe, publ. Different dances than 1858-1860 editions. Undated.	Boston
c.	1865	George	Routledge, publ.	ROUTLEDGE'S BALL-ROOM GUIDE (COMPANION) Cover says ROUTLEDGE'S MINEATURE LIBRARY Black and gold on green cover	London
	1866		Blasis & LeMaitre	NOUVEAU MANUEL COMPLET DE LA DANSE	Paris

The collection of Richard Powers Primary Sources - Historical Social Dance Chronological listing

The collection of Richard Powers
Primary Sources - Historical Social Dance
Chronological listing