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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).
1943 | Benjamin | Lovett & Henry Ford | GOOD MORNING (different from 1941 edition) | Dearborn, MI | |
1943 | Alex | Moore | BALLROOM DANCING (signed by Moore) | London | |
1943 | Louis | Shomar | HOW TO DANCE the Lastes and Most Complete Instructions in Ballroom Dance Steps | New York | |
1943 | Louis | Shomer | SWING STEPS | New York | |
c. | 1943 | Ella | Spowart | WAR EDITION, BALLROOM & SERVICES DANCE INSTRUCTOR, 23rd Year | London |
1944 | Cyril | Beaumont | A FRENCH-ENGLISH DICTIONARY OF TECHNICAL DANCE TERMS | London | |
1944 | Harry | Kraatz | POUR APPRENDRA A DANSER, Seul et Sans Professeur | Geneva, Switzerland | |
1944 | Arthur | Murray | THE DANCE BOOK OF ARTHUR MURRAY | New York | |
c. | 1944 | Rudolf | Orthwine, Ed. | DANCE MAGAZINE December issue | New York |
1944 | Picture Post Magazine | JITTERBUGGING - SWEDISH STYLE | New York | ||
c. | 1944 | Ella | Spowart | WAR EDITION, BALLROOM & SERVICES DANCE INSTRUCTOR, 24th Year Foxtrot and Quickstep are diff from '43 | London |
1944 | Major Cecil H. | Taylor | OLD TIME AND NOVELTY DANCES | London | |
1945 | Jacques | Bense | THEORIE COMPLETE DE DANSE SWING | Paris | |
1945 | D. | Charles | DANSES MODERNES, Nouvelle Edition | Paris | |
1945 | John | Gillespie | BALLROOM DANCING, Modern and Old-Time, The New 'Self' Instructor | Edinburgh | |
1945 | Lord | Royal | LEARNING TO DANCE SCIENTIFICALLY | / | |
1945 | Veloz and Yolanda | VELOZ AND YOLANDA Concert program with Rhumba, Waltz and Tango descriptions | Los Angeles | ||
1945 | René | Vrany | TRAITE DES DANSES MODERNES DE SALON (Art et Sport series) 78 pages | Paris | |
1945 | René | Vrany | DANSES MODERNES DE SALON (Art et Sport series) 95 pages, revised from 1st edition | Paris | |
c. | 1945 | René | Vrany | ABREGE DES DANSES MODERNES DE SALON (Art et Sport series) 78 pages, missing cover and end pages, same content as 1st | Paris |
1946 | Albert | Benoit | MANUAL DE DANSES MODERNES | Epinal, France | |
1946 | Carl | Bryant | MODERN BALLROOM DANCING FOR AMATEUR TESTS Signed by author | Surbiton, London | |
1946 | Prof. D. | Charles | TOUTES LES DANSES MODERNES, Tome III | Paris | |
1946 | Prof. D. | Charles | TOUTES LES DANSES MODERNES, Tome I | Paris | |
1946 | Prof. D. | Charles | TOUTES LES DANSES MODERNES, Tome II | Paris |
1943 | Benjamin | Lovett & Henry Ford | GOOD MORNING (different from 1941 edition) | Dearborn, MI | |
1943 | Alex | Moore | BALLROOM DANCING (signed by Moore) | London | |
1943 | Louis | Shomar | HOW TO DANCE the Lastes and Most Complete Instructions in Ballroom Dance Steps | New York | |
1943 | Louis | Shomer | SWING STEPS | New York | |
c. | 1943 | Ella | Spowart | WAR EDITION, BALLROOM & SERVICES DANCE INSTRUCTOR, 23rd Year | London |
1944 | Cyril | Beaumont | A FRENCH-ENGLISH DICTIONARY OF TECHNICAL DANCE TERMS | London | |
1944 | Harry | Kraatz | POUR APPRENDRA A DANSER, Seul et Sans Professeur | Geneva, Switzerland | |
1944 | Arthur | Murray | THE DANCE BOOK OF ARTHUR MURRAY | New York | |
c. | 1944 | Rudolf | Orthwine, Ed. | DANCE MAGAZINE December issue | New York |
1944 | Picture Post Magazine | JITTERBUGGING - SWEDISH STYLE | New York | ||
c. | 1944 | Ella | Spowart | WAR EDITION, BALLROOM & SERVICES DANCE INSTRUCTOR, 24th Year Foxtrot and Quickstep are diff from '43 | London |
1944 | Major Cecil H. | Taylor | OLD TIME AND NOVELTY DANCES | London | |
1945 | Jacques | Bense | THEORIE COMPLETE DE DANSE SWING | Paris | |
1945 | D. | Charles | DANSES MODERNES, Nouvelle Edition | Paris | |
1945 | John | Gillespie | BALLROOM DANCING, Modern and Old-Time, The New 'Self' Instructor | Edinburgh | |
1945 | Lord | Royal | LEARNING TO DANCE SCIENTIFICALLY | / | |
1945 | Veloz and Yolanda | VELOZ AND YOLANDA Concert program with Rhumba, Waltz and Tango descriptions | Los Angeles | ||
1945 | René | Vrany | TRAITE DES DANSES MODERNES DE SALON (Art et Sport series) 78 pages | Paris | |
1945 | René | Vrany | DANSES MODERNES DE SALON (Art et Sport series) 95 pages, revised from 1st edition | Paris | |
c. | 1945 | René | Vrany | ABREGE DES DANSES MODERNES DE SALON (Art et Sport series) 78 pages, missing cover and end pages, same content as 1st | Paris |
1946 | Albert | Benoit | MANUAL DE DANSES MODERNES | Epinal, France | |
1946 | Carl | Bryant | MODERN BALLROOM DANCING FOR AMATEUR TESTS Signed by author | Surbiton, London | |
1946 | Prof. D. | Charles | TOUTES LES DANSES MODERNES, Tome III | Paris | |
1946 | Prof. D. | Charles | TOUTES LES DANSES MODERNES, Tome I | Paris | |
1946 | Prof. D. | Charles | TOUTES LES DANSES MODERNES, Tome II | Paris |
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