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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. | 1946 | Adele | England | THE ABC OF DANCING | London |
1946 | John | Gillespie | BALLROOM DANCING, Modern and Old-Time, The New 'Self' Instructor (same contents as 1945) | Edinburgh | |
1946 | James | Holland | MODERN BALLROOM DANCING | London | |
1946 | Albert | Johnston | OLDE TYME BALLROOM DANCES, 1946 Edition | London | |
1946 | Betty | Lee | DANCING | New York | |
c. | 1946 | James | Mackenzie | SWING FEVER JITTERBUG | London |
1946 | Arthur | Murray | ARTHUR MURRAY DANCE INSTRUCTOR | New York | |
1946 | Arthur | Murray | ARTHUR MURRAY'S DANCE SECRETS signed | New York | |
1946 | Arthur | Murray | LET'S DANCE | New York | |
1946 | Rolldex | DANCING WITHOUT A TEACHER | Huntington Station, NY | ||
1946 | Veloz and Yolanda | VELOZ AND YOLANDA Concert program with Rhumba, Waltz and Tango descriptions | Los Angeles | ||
1946 | Vogue Picture Records | LEARN TO DANCE THE RHUMBA (printed & audio instr) | New York | ||
1946 | Emmanuel | Zammit | NIGHT IN VIENNA, A Textbook of Modern Ballroom Dancing. In English and Maltese, mostly tango | Malta | |
1947 | Betty | Betz | THE BETTY BETZ PARTY BOOK, The Teen-Age Guide to Social Success | New York | |
1947 | Frank | Borrows | BALLROOM DANCING FOR BEGINNERS IN TWENTY EASY LESSONS | London | |
1947 | Xavier | Cugat | X. CUGAT AND MR. MARACA TELL YOU HOW TO DANCE THE RUMBA-TANGO-SAMBA | New York | |
c. | 1947 | Francis & Day | BALL ROOM GUIDE OF OLD TIME AND MODERN DANCES | London | |
1947 | Grand Teacher | Frixos (Nanos Valaoritis) | ΧΟΡΕΥΤΙΚΗ ΤΕΧΝΗ (CHOREUTIKI TECHNI, DANCE ART) Inscribed by author | Athens, Greece | |
1947 | C. | Georges | LIVRE DE DANSE | Alexandrie, Egypt | |
1947 | John R. | Gillespie | OLD TYME DANCING | London | |
1947 | Lawrence | Hostetler | HOW TO DO THE LATEST STEPS (for Detroit Times Reader Service) | New York | |
1947 | Alex | Moore | BALLROOM DANCING | London | |
c. | 1947 | Arthur | Murray | THE DANCE BOOK OF ARTHUR MURRAY undated later edition | New York |
1947 | Arthur | Murray | MURRAY-GO-ROUND | New York | |
1947 | Arthur | Murray | HOW TO BECOME A GOOD DANCER, Revised Edition | New York |
c. | 1946 | Adele | England | THE ABC OF DANCING | London |
1946 | John | Gillespie | BALLROOM DANCING, Modern and Old-Time, The New 'Self' Instructor (same contents as 1945) | Edinburgh | |
1946 | James | Holland | MODERN BALLROOM DANCING | London | |
1946 | Albert | Johnston | OLDE TYME BALLROOM DANCES, 1946 Edition | London | |
1946 | Betty | Lee | DANCING | New York | |
c. | 1946 | James | Mackenzie | SWING FEVER JITTERBUG | London |
1946 | Arthur | Murray | ARTHUR MURRAY DANCE INSTRUCTOR | New York | |
1946 | Arthur | Murray | ARTHUR MURRAY'S DANCE SECRETS signed | New York | |
1946 | Arthur | Murray | LET'S DANCE | New York | |
1946 | Rolldex | DANCING WITHOUT A TEACHER | Huntington Station, NY | ||
1946 | Veloz and Yolanda | VELOZ AND YOLANDA Concert program with Rhumba, Waltz and Tango descriptions | Los Angeles | ||
1946 | Vogue Picture Records | LEARN TO DANCE THE RHUMBA (printed & audio instr) | New York | ||
1946 | Emmanuel | Zammit | NIGHT IN VIENNA, A Textbook of Modern Ballroom Dancing. In English and Maltese, mostly tango | Malta | |
1947 | Betty | Betz | THE BETTY BETZ PARTY BOOK, The Teen-Age Guide to Social Success | New York | |
1947 | Frank | Borrows | BALLROOM DANCING FOR BEGINNERS IN TWENTY EASY LESSONS | London | |
1947 | Xavier | Cugat | X. CUGAT AND MR. MARACA TELL YOU HOW TO DANCE THE RUMBA-TANGO-SAMBA | New York | |
c. | 1947 | Francis & Day | BALL ROOM GUIDE OF OLD TIME AND MODERN DANCES | London | |
1947 | Grand Teacher | Frixos (Nanos Valaoritis) | ΧΟΡΕΥΤΙΚΗ ΤΕΧΝΗ (CHOREUTIKI TECHNI, DANCE ART) Inscribed by author | Athens, Greece | |
1947 | C. | Georges | LIVRE DE DANSE | Alexandrie, Egypt | |
1947 | John R. | Gillespie | OLD TYME DANCING | London | |
1947 | Lawrence | Hostetler | HOW TO DO THE LATEST STEPS (for Detroit Times Reader Service) | New York | |
1947 | Alex | Moore | BALLROOM DANCING | London | |
c. | 1947 | Arthur | Murray | THE DANCE BOOK OF ARTHUR MURRAY undated later edition | New York |
1947 | Arthur | Murray | MURRAY-GO-ROUND | New York | |
1947 | Arthur | Murray | HOW TO BECOME A GOOD DANCER, Revised Edition | New York |
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