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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).
1878 | Allen | Dodworth | ASSISTANT FOR A. DODWORTH'S PUPILS | New York | |
1878 | Eugene | Giraudet | TRAITE DE LA DANSE | Paris | |
c. | 1878 | Aristodemo | Panni | IL MODERNO MAESTRO DEI BALLI | Milano |
1878 | Luis | Papanti | DE WITT'S BALL-ROOM CALL BOOK | New York | |
1878 | G. H. | Rowe | THE PROMPTER'S OWN BOOK; OR, ROWE'S CALLS FOR THE BALL ROOM | Boston | |
1878 | Frank | Tousey, publ. | HOW TO DANCE, A COMPLETE BALL-ROOM & PARTY GUIDE | New York | |
c. | 1878 | Frederick | Warne, publ. | THE BALL ROOM GUIDE, NEW EDITION Warne's Bijou Books Identical to 1866 (dark blue cover) | London |
c. | 1878 | Frederick | Warne, publ. | London / NY | |
1879 | Constantine | Carpenter | GLIDES, WALTZES, GALOPS, QUADRILLES. ETC. | Philadelphia | |
1879 | Cartier & Baron | CARTIER AND BARON'S PRACTICAL ILLUSTRATED WALTZ INSTRUCTOR, BALL ROOM GUIDE, AND CALL BOOK | New York | ||
1879 | J. | Daniel & Son publ | BALL-ROOM GUIDE, or DANCING TAUGHT WITHOUT A MASTER | Aberdeen | |
1879 | William B. | De Garmo | THE DANCE OF SOCIETY De Garmo publ., 3rd ed. Mar.'79 Red-brown binding | New York | |
1879 | William B. | De Garmo | THE DANCE OF SOCIETY De Garmo publ., 2nd ed. Jan. '79, with "New Step" Red-brown binding | New York | |
1879 | William B. | De Garmo | THE DANCE OF SOCIETY 3rd ed. Mar.'79, with Redowa-Glissade instead of New Step. Green cloth binding | New York | |
1879 | Allen | Dodworth | » BOHEMIAN AND COMBINATION POLKAS. Description, with sheet music. | New York | |
1879 | F. | Frerck | » HARVARD MEDLEY QUADRILLE | Boston | |
1879 | Henry | Gass | » THE GLIDE ELITE QUADRILLE | New Orleans | |
1879 | M. Judson | Sause | THE ART OF DANCING | New York | |
1879 | Two Amateur Leaders | THE GERMAN - HOW TO DANCE IT ©1878 | Chicago | ||
1880 | Samuel | Baron | PROF. BARON'S COMPLETE INSTRUCTOR IN ALL THE SOCIETY DANCES | New York | |
c. | 1880 | Coulon | COULON'S HAND-BOOK (New Edition) | London | |
1880 | Myles B. | Foster | ROUTLEDGE'S SINGING QUADRILLE | London | |
c. | 1880 | Elias | Howe | FIFTY CONTRA DANCES | Boston |
c. | 1880 | Margitta | Roséri | KATECHISMUS DER TANZKUNST | Leipzig |
1880 | M. Judson | Sause | THE ART OF DANCING Second Edition, ©1879 | New York |
1878 | Allen | Dodworth | ASSISTANT FOR A. DODWORTH'S PUPILS | New York | |
1878 | Eugene | Giraudet | TRAITE DE LA DANSE | Paris | |
c. | 1878 | Aristodemo | Panni | IL MODERNO MAESTRO DEI BALLI | Milano |
1878 | Luis | Papanti | DE WITT'S BALL-ROOM CALL BOOK | New York | |
1878 | G. H. | Rowe | THE PROMPTER'S OWN BOOK; OR, ROWE'S CALLS FOR THE BALL ROOM | Boston | |
1878 | Frank | Tousey, publ. | HOW TO DANCE, A COMPLETE BALL-ROOM & PARTY GUIDE | New York | |
c. | 1878 | Frederick | Warne, publ. | THE BALL ROOM GUIDE, NEW EDITION Warne's Bijou Books Identical to 1866 (dark blue cover) | London |
c. | 1878 | Frederick | Warne, publ. | London / NY | |
1879 | Constantine | Carpenter | GLIDES, WALTZES, GALOPS, QUADRILLES. ETC. | Philadelphia | |
1879 | Cartier & Baron | CARTIER AND BARON'S PRACTICAL ILLUSTRATED WALTZ INSTRUCTOR, BALL ROOM GUIDE, AND CALL BOOK | New York | ||
1879 | J. | Daniel & Son publ | BALL-ROOM GUIDE, or DANCING TAUGHT WITHOUT A MASTER | Aberdeen | |
1879 | William B. | De Garmo | THE DANCE OF SOCIETY De Garmo publ., 3rd ed. Mar.'79 Red-brown binding | New York | |
1879 | William B. | De Garmo | THE DANCE OF SOCIETY De Garmo publ., 2nd ed. Jan. '79, with "New Step" Red-brown binding | New York | |
1879 | William B. | De Garmo | THE DANCE OF SOCIETY 3rd ed. Mar.'79, with Redowa-Glissade instead of New Step. Green cloth binding | New York | |
1879 | Allen | Dodworth | » BOHEMIAN AND COMBINATION POLKAS. Description, with sheet music. | New York | |
1879 | F. | Frerck | » HARVARD MEDLEY QUADRILLE | Boston | |
1879 | Henry | Gass | » THE GLIDE ELITE QUADRILLE | New Orleans | |
1879 | M. Judson | Sause | THE ART OF DANCING | New York | |
1879 | Two Amateur Leaders | THE GERMAN - HOW TO DANCE IT ©1878 | Chicago | ||
1880 | Samuel | Baron | PROF. BARON'S COMPLETE INSTRUCTOR IN ALL THE SOCIETY DANCES | New York | |
c. | 1880 | Coulon | COULON'S HAND-BOOK (New Edition) | London | |
1880 | Myles B. | Foster | ROUTLEDGE'S SINGING QUADRILLE | London | |
c. | 1880 | Elias | Howe | FIFTY CONTRA DANCES | Boston |
c. | 1880 | Margitta | Roséri | KATECHISMUS DER TANZKUNST | Leipzig |
1880 | M. Judson | Sause | THE ART OF DANCING Second Edition, ©1879 | New York |
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