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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).
c. | 1875 | Anon. | HOW TO DANCE; or the Etiquette of the Ball-Room Ward and Lock's How Hand-Books | London | |
c. | 1875 | Anon. | LE CANCAN (10 plates mounted on boards, illustrations of a couple dancing Cancan) | Paris | |
1875 | Anon. Wm. Clowes & Sons Publ. | PRACTICAL GUIDE TO THE BALLROOM | London | ||
c. | 1875 | Au Bon Marché | LE COTILLON, THEORIE & MUSIQUE (Entirely cotilion figure descriptions & illustrations, no music) | Paris | |
c. | 1875 | Adolf | Bittler | » QUADRILLE A LA COUR. (Similar to the Lancers) | Strassburg |
1875 | William B. | De Garmo | THE DANCE OF SOCIETY Pond, publ., 1st ed in gilt stamped cloth | New York | |
1875 | G. | Desrat | » NOUVELLE DANSE AMÉRICAINE DE SIR ROGER DE COVERLEY | Paris | |
1875 | Allen | Dodworth | » DODWORTH WALTZ LANCERS. Description, with sheet music. | New York | |
1875 | Anon., C. | Jeffery's. publ. | PRACTICAL GUIDE TO THE BALL ROOM | London | |
1875 | W. W. | Pound | » POUND'S WALTZ QUADRILLE. Description and sheet music. | Cincinnati | |
1875 | Messieurs & Miss | Roberts | ROBERT'S MANUAL OF FASHIONABLE DANCING AND VADE-MECUM FOR THE BALL-ROOM | Melbourne | |
c. | 1876 | Anon. | FASHIONABLE DANCES MADE EASY, Complete Instructor in... Society Dancing This is the same text as one of Offenbach's DANCING WITHOUT A MASTER | New York | |
c. | 1876 | Henry | Gass | THE WALTZ. C. RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED TO OUR COUNTRY'S CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION | Mobile |
c. | 1876 | Mrs. | Haines | BALL ROOM GUIDE A Description of the Steps and Figures of All Modern Dances | Belfast, Ireland |
1876 | Offenbach | MAGNET HAND BOOK: OFFENBACH'S DANCING WITHOUT A MASTER | New York | ||
1876 | Offenbach | OFFENBACH'S DANCING WITHOUT A MASTER (diff. dances from above) | New York | ||
1876 | Mrs. Chas. | Read | MRS. CHAS READ'S AUSTRALIAN BALL ROOM GUIDE | Sydney | |
1876 | Messieurs & Miss | Roberts | ROBERT'S MANUAL OF FASHIONABLE DANCING AND VADE-MECUM FOR THE BALL-ROOM Revised 3rd Edition | Melbourne | |
1876 | H.G.O. | Washburn | THE BALL-ROOM MANUAL OF CONTRA DANCES & SOCIAL COTILLONS Copyright 1862 | Portland, ME | |
1877 | F. | Paul | LE COTILLON ET LES QUADRILLES ACTUELS; TRAITÉ THÉORIQUE ET PRATIQUE | Paris | |
1877 | Rudolph | Radestock | THE ROYAL BALL-ROOM GUIDE | London | |
1877 | Eben B. | Towne | EBEN'S ORDER BOOK FOR DANCING | Nashua | |
1878 | C. H. | Cleveland, Jr. | DANCING AT HOME AND ABROAD | Boston | |
1878 | Prof. J. F. | Davis | THE MODERN DANCE TUTOR, OR, SOCIETY DANCING | Toronto | |
1878 | William Brisbane | Dick | DICK'S QUADRILLE CALL BOOK & BALL-ROOM PROMPTER 1st edition | New York |
c. | 1875 | Anon. | HOW TO DANCE; or the Etiquette of the Ball-Room Ward and Lock's How Hand-Books | London | |
c. | 1875 | Anon. | LE CANCAN (10 plates mounted on boards, illustrations of a couple dancing Cancan) | Paris | |
1875 | Anon. Wm. Clowes & Sons Publ. | PRACTICAL GUIDE TO THE BALLROOM | London | ||
c. | 1875 | Au Bon Marché | LE COTILLON, THEORIE & MUSIQUE (Entirely cotilion figure descriptions & illustrations, no music) | Paris | |
c. | 1875 | Adolf | Bittler | » QUADRILLE A LA COUR. (Similar to the Lancers) | Strassburg |
1875 | William B. | De Garmo | THE DANCE OF SOCIETY Pond, publ., 1st ed in gilt stamped cloth | New York | |
1875 | G. | Desrat | » NOUVELLE DANSE AMÉRICAINE DE SIR ROGER DE COVERLEY | Paris | |
1875 | Allen | Dodworth | » DODWORTH WALTZ LANCERS. Description, with sheet music. | New York | |
1875 | Anon., C. | Jeffery's. publ. | PRACTICAL GUIDE TO THE BALL ROOM | London | |
1875 | W. W. | Pound | » POUND'S WALTZ QUADRILLE. Description and sheet music. | Cincinnati | |
1875 | Messieurs & Miss | Roberts | ROBERT'S MANUAL OF FASHIONABLE DANCING AND VADE-MECUM FOR THE BALL-ROOM | Melbourne | |
c. | 1876 | Anon. | FASHIONABLE DANCES MADE EASY, Complete Instructor in... Society Dancing This is the same text as one of Offenbach's DANCING WITHOUT A MASTER | New York | |
c. | 1876 | Henry | Gass | THE WALTZ. C. RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED TO OUR COUNTRY'S CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION | Mobile |
c. | 1876 | Mrs. | Haines | BALL ROOM GUIDE A Description of the Steps and Figures of All Modern Dances | Belfast, Ireland |
1876 | Offenbach | MAGNET HAND BOOK: OFFENBACH'S DANCING WITHOUT A MASTER | New York | ||
1876 | Offenbach | OFFENBACH'S DANCING WITHOUT A MASTER (diff. dances from above) | New York | ||
1876 | Mrs. Chas. | Read | MRS. CHAS READ'S AUSTRALIAN BALL ROOM GUIDE | Sydney | |
1876 | Messieurs & Miss | Roberts | ROBERT'S MANUAL OF FASHIONABLE DANCING AND VADE-MECUM FOR THE BALL-ROOM Revised 3rd Edition | Melbourne | |
1876 | H.G.O. | Washburn | THE BALL-ROOM MANUAL OF CONTRA DANCES & SOCIAL COTILLONS Copyright 1862 | Portland, ME | |
1877 | F. | Paul | LE COTILLON ET LES QUADRILLES ACTUELS; TRAITÉ THÉORIQUE ET PRATIQUE | Paris | |
1877 | Rudolph | Radestock | THE ROYAL BALL-ROOM GUIDE | London | |
1877 | Eben B. | Towne | EBEN'S ORDER BOOK FOR DANCING | Nashua | |
1878 | C. H. | Cleveland, Jr. | DANCING AT HOME AND ABROAD | Boston | |
1878 | Prof. J. F. | Davis | THE MODERN DANCE TUTOR, OR, SOCIETY DANCING | Toronto | |
1878 | William Brisbane | Dick | DICK'S QUADRILLE CALL BOOK & BALL-ROOM PROMPTER 1st edition | New York |
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