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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).
1927 | Santos | Casani | CASANI'S SELF-TUTOR OF BALLROOM DANCING | London, Toronto | |
1927 | Prof. D. | Charles | TOUTES LES DANSES MODERNES Different from c1926 - Black Bottom, Fox Anglais added | Paris | |
c. | 1927 | "An Expert" | Geographia publ. | THE MODERN BALLROOM DANCE INSTRUCTOR | London |
1927 | Betty | Lee | DANCING ALL THE LATEST STEPS Listed as © 1926, 1927 | Chicago | |
1927 | Arthur | Murray | THE MODERN DANCES - ADVANCED COURSE | New York | |
1927 | Arthur | Murray | THE MODERN DANCES | New York | |
1927 | W. Edmund | Quarry, Ed. | DANCING AND THE BALL ROOM magazine (Aug & Nov. issues) | London | |
1927 | P.J.S. | Richardson, Ed. | THE DANCING TIMES magazine (Feb, Mar, Apr, Jul, Aug, Nov, Dec) | London | |
1927 | Victor | Silvester | MODERN BALLROOM DANCING | London | |
c. | 1927 | Maxwell | Stewart | MAXWELL STEWART'S DANCE INSTRUCTOR Mentions Stewart being 1926 Champion | London |
1928 | The Dance Publishing Corp. | THE DANCE Magazine All issues | New York | ||
1928 | Am. Dancer Publ. Co. | THE AMERICAN DANCER All issues | Los Angeles | ||
1928 | Scharlie | Barbour | ON WITH THE DANCE, A BOOK OF STUNTS | New York | |
1928 | Paul | Boucher & Paul Gaffet | TOUTES LES DANSES POUR TOUS, Illustrees par la Photographie | Paris | |
c. | 1928 | M. | Jattefaux | APPRENONS À DANSER | Paris |
c. | 1928 | Mme. G. | Lefort | POUR APPRENDRE LA DANSE | Paris |
c. | 1928 | Prof. A. | Peters | AIDE-MEMOIRE DU PARFAIT DANSEUR | Paris |
1928 | P.J.S. | Richardson, Ed. | THE DANCING TIMES magazine (Jan, Feb, May, Aug) | London | |
1928 | Romayne | de Forrest | HOW AND WHAT TO DANCE | Chicago | |
1929 | The Dance Publishing Corp. | THE DANCE Magazine All issues | New York | ||
1929 | Am. Dancer Publ. Co. | THE AMERICAN DANCER May issue | Los Angeles | ||
1929 | Dancing Masters of America | THE DANCING MASTER Magazine April issue | Chicago | ||
1929 | Arthur | Murray | FIVE SAMPLE LESSONS OF THE MODERN DANCES Correspondence course | New York | |
1929 | W. Edmund | Quarry, Ed. | DANCING AND THE BALL ROOM magazine (Jan, Mar, Jul, Aug, Sept) | London | |
1930 | The Dance Publishing Corp. | THE DANCE Magazine All issues | New York |
1927 | Santos | Casani | CASANI'S SELF-TUTOR OF BALLROOM DANCING | London, Toronto | |
1927 | Prof. D. | Charles | TOUTES LES DANSES MODERNES Different from c1926 - Black Bottom, Fox Anglais added | Paris | |
c. | 1927 | "An Expert" | Geographia publ. | THE MODERN BALLROOM DANCE INSTRUCTOR | London |
1927 | Betty | Lee | DANCING ALL THE LATEST STEPS Listed as © 1926, 1927 | Chicago | |
1927 | Arthur | Murray | THE MODERN DANCES - ADVANCED COURSE | New York | |
1927 | Arthur | Murray | THE MODERN DANCES | New York | |
1927 | W. Edmund | Quarry, Ed. | DANCING AND THE BALL ROOM magazine (Aug & Nov. issues) | London | |
1927 | P.J.S. | Richardson, Ed. | THE DANCING TIMES magazine (Feb, Mar, Apr, Jul, Aug, Nov, Dec) | London | |
1927 | Victor | Silvester | MODERN BALLROOM DANCING | London | |
c. | 1927 | Maxwell | Stewart | MAXWELL STEWART'S DANCE INSTRUCTOR Mentions Stewart being 1926 Champion | London |
1928 | The Dance Publishing Corp. | THE DANCE Magazine All issues | New York | ||
1928 | Am. Dancer Publ. Co. | THE AMERICAN DANCER All issues | Los Angeles | ||
1928 | Scharlie | Barbour | ON WITH THE DANCE, A BOOK OF STUNTS | New York | |
1928 | Paul | Boucher & Paul Gaffet | TOUTES LES DANSES POUR TOUS, Illustrees par la Photographie | Paris | |
c. | 1928 | M. | Jattefaux | APPRENONS À DANSER | Paris |
c. | 1928 | Mme. G. | Lefort | POUR APPRENDRE LA DANSE | Paris |
c. | 1928 | Prof. A. | Peters | AIDE-MEMOIRE DU PARFAIT DANSEUR | Paris |
1928 | P.J.S. | Richardson, Ed. | THE DANCING TIMES magazine (Jan, Feb, May, Aug) | London | |
1928 | Romayne | de Forrest | HOW AND WHAT TO DANCE | Chicago | |
1929 | The Dance Publishing Corp. | THE DANCE Magazine All issues | New York | ||
1929 | Am. Dancer Publ. Co. | THE AMERICAN DANCER May issue | Los Angeles | ||
1929 | Dancing Masters of America | THE DANCING MASTER Magazine April issue | Chicago | ||
1929 | Arthur | Murray | FIVE SAMPLE LESSONS OF THE MODERN DANCES Correspondence course | New York | |
1929 | W. Edmund | Quarry, Ed. | DANCING AND THE BALL ROOM magazine (Jan, Mar, Jul, Aug, Sept) | London | |
1930 | The Dance Publishing Corp. | THE DANCE Magazine All issues | New York |
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