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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).
1947 | Thomas E. | Parson | POPULAR BALLROOM DANCES FOR ALL | New York | |
1948 | Frank | Borrows | THEORY AND TECHNIQUE OF LATIN-AMERICAN DANCING | London | |
c. | 1948 | Vincent and Audrey | Cooney | WESTERN AND OLD TIME DANCES, WALTZ BOOK | Spokane, WA |
1948 | Vincent and Audrey | Cooney | WESTERN AND OLD TIME DANCES | Spokane, WA | |
c. | 1948 | Fernand | Gasse | AIDE-MEMOIRE DE L'APPRENTI DANSEUR (with Les Swings, Swing-Americain and "Jutter-bug") | Chartres, France |
1948 | John R. | Gillespie | OLD TIME DANCING Revised ed. ©1947 | London | |
1948 | A. J. | Latimer | A BOUQUET OF OLD TIME DANCES | London | |
1948 | Lyndon & Felicia | BALLROOM DANCES OF THE CONTINENT AND LATIN AMERICA | London | ||
c. | 1948 | Jean | Mesnard | NOUVELLE THEORIE DES DANSES MODERNES, vol. 1 different from above | Paris |
1948 | M.& Mme Jean | Mesnard | THÉORIE DES DANSES MODERNES | Paris | |
c. | 1948 | Jean | Mesnard | NOUVELLE THEORIE DES DANSES MODERNES, vol. 2 | Paris |
c. | 1948 | Jean | Mesnard | NOUVELLE THEORIE DES DANSES MODERNES, vol. 1 | Paris |
1948 | Pierre | LATIN & AMERICAN DANCES | London | ||
1948 | P.J.S. | Richardson, Ed. | THE DANCING TIMES magazine (all issues) | London | |
1948 | Lloyd | Shaw | THE ROUND DANCE BOOK (signed numbered Limited Edition) | Caldwell, ID | |
1948 | Lloyd | Shaw | COWBOY DANCES | Caldwell, ID | |
c. | 1949 | Boston Music Co. | HOW TO DANCE JITTERBUG The Triple Lindy | Boston | |
1949 | Ethel | Bowers | PARTIES, MUSICAL MIXERS AND SIMPLE SQUARE DANCES | New York | |
1949 | Gertrude | Crampton | YOUR OWN PARTY BOOK | New York | |
1949 | Marjorie | Lee | DANCE WITH ME! | Toronto, ONT | |
1949 | Betty | Lee | DANCING | New York | |
1949 | Mary | O'Moore | ABC's OF DANCE TERMINOLOGY | Washington, DC | |
1949 | Dimitri | Petrides | THE LATIN-AMERICAN DANCES | London | |
1949 | P.J.S. | Richardson, Ed. | THE DANCING TIMES magazine (Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun) | London | |
1949 | Bernard | Stetson | TEACH YOURSELF MODERN DANCING | London |
1947 | Thomas E. | Parson | POPULAR BALLROOM DANCES FOR ALL | New York | |
1948 | Frank | Borrows | THEORY AND TECHNIQUE OF LATIN-AMERICAN DANCING | London | |
c. | 1948 | Vincent and Audrey | Cooney | WESTERN AND OLD TIME DANCES, WALTZ BOOK | Spokane, WA |
1948 | Vincent and Audrey | Cooney | WESTERN AND OLD TIME DANCES | Spokane, WA | |
c. | 1948 | Fernand | Gasse | AIDE-MEMOIRE DE L'APPRENTI DANSEUR (with Les Swings, Swing-Americain and "Jutter-bug") | Chartres, France |
1948 | John R. | Gillespie | OLD TIME DANCING Revised ed. ©1947 | London | |
1948 | A. J. | Latimer | A BOUQUET OF OLD TIME DANCES | London | |
1948 | Lyndon & Felicia | BALLROOM DANCES OF THE CONTINENT AND LATIN AMERICA | London | ||
c. | 1948 | Jean | Mesnard | NOUVELLE THEORIE DES DANSES MODERNES, vol. 1 different from above | Paris |
1948 | M.& Mme Jean | Mesnard | THÉORIE DES DANSES MODERNES | Paris | |
c. | 1948 | Jean | Mesnard | NOUVELLE THEORIE DES DANSES MODERNES, vol. 2 | Paris |
c. | 1948 | Jean | Mesnard | NOUVELLE THEORIE DES DANSES MODERNES, vol. 1 | Paris |
1948 | Pierre | LATIN & AMERICAN DANCES | London | ||
1948 | P.J.S. | Richardson, Ed. | THE DANCING TIMES magazine (all issues) | London | |
1948 | Lloyd | Shaw | THE ROUND DANCE BOOK (signed numbered Limited Edition) | Caldwell, ID | |
1948 | Lloyd | Shaw | COWBOY DANCES | Caldwell, ID | |
c. | 1949 | Boston Music Co. | HOW TO DANCE JITTERBUG The Triple Lindy | Boston | |
1949 | Ethel | Bowers | PARTIES, MUSICAL MIXERS AND SIMPLE SQUARE DANCES | New York | |
1949 | Gertrude | Crampton | YOUR OWN PARTY BOOK | New York | |
1949 | Marjorie | Lee | DANCE WITH ME! | Toronto, ONT | |
1949 | Betty | Lee | DANCING | New York | |
1949 | Mary | O'Moore | ABC's OF DANCE TERMINOLOGY | Washington, DC | |
1949 | Dimitri | Petrides | THE LATIN-AMERICAN DANCES | London | |
1949 | P.J.S. | Richardson, Ed. | THE DANCING TIMES magazine (Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun) | London | |
1949 | Bernard | Stetson | TEACH YOURSELF MODERN DANCING | London |
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