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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).
1882 | Frank | Tousey, publ. | HOW TO DANCE, A COMPLETE BALL-ROOM & PARTY GUIDE (b&w cover) | New York | |
c. | 1883 | Eugene | Clement | MANUEL DU COTILLON (Cover: LE COTILLON, MANUEL DE LA DANSE) | Paris |
c. | 1883 | G. (Gustave) | Desrat | TRAITE DE LA DANSE First Edition | Paris |
1883 | Allen | Dodworth | ASSISTANT FOR A. DODWORTH'S PUPILS | New York | |
1883 | M. M. | Gutstadt | THE PROMPTER | Watertown, NY | |
1883 | Mathias J. | Koncen | Prof. M. J. Koncen's QUADRILLE CALL BOOK & BALL ROOM GUIDE | St. Louis | |
1883 | E. Woodworth | Masters | THE STANDARD DANCE ALBUM | Boston | |
1884 | Prof. | Bonstein | DANCING AND PROMPTING, ETIQUETTE AND DEPORTMENT OF SOCIETY AND BALL ROOM | Boston/New York/Chicago | |
1884 | Prof. L. E. | Dare | PROF. L. E. DARE'S FASHIONABLE QUADRILLE MANUAL | Harrisburg, PA | |
1884 | William B. | De Garmo | THE DANCE OF SOCIETY 4th Edition, paperback, with 26 pages of dances appended | New York | |
1884 | Leblanc | Edouard | COMPANION TO THE BALL ROOM & Self-Instructor in the Art of Dancing | London | |
1884 | Norman | Pearson | THE PHILOSOPHY AND ART OF DANCING Lippincott's Magazine essay on waltz | New York | |
1884 | George | Wilson | WILSON'S BALL-ROOM GUIDE & CALL BOOK: DANCING SELF TAUGHT | New York | |
1884 | George | Wilson | WILSON'S MODERN DANCES (1892 cover but the © and contents are all 1884) | New York | |
c. | 1885 | A Professor of Dancing | BALL-ROOM GUIDE AND ETIQUETTE Cover is THE NEW BALL-ROOM GUIDE Fashions date it as c.1885 | London | |
c. | 1885 | An M. C. | HOW TO DANCE R. S. Cartwright, Publ. | London | |
c. | 1885 | Anon. | » CALLS FOR ORCHESTRONE QUADRILLE | ||
c. | 1885 | Eugene | Clement | POLKA, POLKA-MAZURKE, SCHOTISCH ET VALSE | Paris |
c. | 1885 | Eugene | Clement | GUIDE DES QUADRILLES & DU COTILLION, Petit Aide-Memoire, Pour les Bals officiels, Noces, Sauteries de famille, etc. | Paris |
c. | 1885 | Prof. | DeVere | PROF. DeVEAUX' BALL-ROOM GUIDE AND CALL-BOOK | New York |
c. | 1885 | G. (Gustave) | Desrat | TRAITE DE LA DANSE Probably second edition | Paris |
c. | 1885 | Anon, A.J. | Dick publ. | BALL-ROOM GUIDE AND CALL BOOK | New York |
1885 | Allen | Dodworth | DANCING AND ITS RELATIONS TO EDUCATION AND SOCIAL LIFE | New York | |
1885 | Eugene | Giraudet | LA DANSE, LA TENUE, LE MAINTIEN... | Paris | |
c. | 1885 | Loomis' Dancing Academy | LANCIERS QUADRILLE and LOOMIS' MINUET LANCIERS | New Haven CT |
1882 | Frank | Tousey, publ. | HOW TO DANCE, A COMPLETE BALL-ROOM & PARTY GUIDE (b&w cover) | New York | |
c. | 1883 | Eugene | Clement | MANUEL DU COTILLON (Cover: LE COTILLON, MANUEL DE LA DANSE) | Paris |
c. | 1883 | G. (Gustave) | Desrat | TRAITE DE LA DANSE First Edition | Paris |
1883 | Allen | Dodworth | ASSISTANT FOR A. DODWORTH'S PUPILS | New York | |
1883 | M. M. | Gutstadt | THE PROMPTER | Watertown, NY | |
1883 | Mathias J. | Koncen | Prof. M. J. Koncen's QUADRILLE CALL BOOK & BALL ROOM GUIDE | St. Louis | |
1883 | E. Woodworth | Masters | THE STANDARD DANCE ALBUM | Boston | |
1884 | Prof. | Bonstein | DANCING AND PROMPTING, ETIQUETTE AND DEPORTMENT OF SOCIETY AND BALL ROOM | Boston/New York/Chicago | |
1884 | Prof. L. E. | Dare | PROF. L. E. DARE'S FASHIONABLE QUADRILLE MANUAL | Harrisburg, PA | |
1884 | William B. | De Garmo | THE DANCE OF SOCIETY 4th Edition, paperback, with 26 pages of dances appended | New York | |
1884 | Leblanc | Edouard | COMPANION TO THE BALL ROOM & Self-Instructor in the Art of Dancing | London | |
1884 | Norman | Pearson | THE PHILOSOPHY AND ART OF DANCING Lippincott's Magazine essay on waltz | New York | |
1884 | George | Wilson | WILSON'S BALL-ROOM GUIDE & CALL BOOK: DANCING SELF TAUGHT | New York | |
1884 | George | Wilson | WILSON'S MODERN DANCES (1892 cover but the © and contents are all 1884) | New York | |
c. | 1885 | A Professor of Dancing | BALL-ROOM GUIDE AND ETIQUETTE Cover is THE NEW BALL-ROOM GUIDE Fashions date it as c.1885 | London | |
c. | 1885 | An M. C. | HOW TO DANCE R. S. Cartwright, Publ. | London | |
c. | 1885 | Anon. | » CALLS FOR ORCHESTRONE QUADRILLE | ||
c. | 1885 | Eugene | Clement | POLKA, POLKA-MAZURKE, SCHOTISCH ET VALSE | Paris |
c. | 1885 | Eugene | Clement | GUIDE DES QUADRILLES & DU COTILLION, Petit Aide-Memoire, Pour les Bals officiels, Noces, Sauteries de famille, etc. | Paris |
c. | 1885 | Prof. | DeVere | PROF. DeVEAUX' BALL-ROOM GUIDE AND CALL-BOOK | New York |
c. | 1885 | G. (Gustave) | Desrat | TRAITE DE LA DANSE Probably second edition | Paris |
c. | 1885 | Anon, A.J. | Dick publ. | BALL-ROOM GUIDE AND CALL BOOK | New York |
1885 | Allen | Dodworth | DANCING AND ITS RELATIONS TO EDUCATION AND SOCIAL LIFE | New York | |
1885 | Eugene | Giraudet | LA DANSE, LA TENUE, LE MAINTIEN... | Paris | |
c. | 1885 | Loomis' Dancing Academy | LANCIERS QUADRILLE and LOOMIS' MINUET LANCIERS | New Haven CT |
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