A complete practical guide to the art of dancing. Containing descriptions of all fashionable and approved dances, full directions for calling the figures, the amount of music required; hints on etiquette, the toilet, etc
A complete practical guide to the art of dancing. Containing descriptions of all fashionable and approved dances, full directions for calling the figures, the amount of music required; hints on etiquette, the toilet, etc.
New York dancing master Hillgrove acknowledges that he has "availed himself of all the books from which he might elicit any valuable information." Indeed, very little of the manual is original. Divided into six parts, Hillgrove discusses the benefits of dance, dress, deportment and etiquette in the ballroom and the supper room. The second part focuses on bows and courtesies, positions of the feet, and provides exercises for the feet and legs. The third and fourth parts discuss the quadrille and provide many figures; the ...
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New York dancing master Hillgrove acknowledges that he has "availed himself of all the books from which he might elicit any valuable information." Indeed, very little of the manual is original. Divided into six parts, Hillgrove discusses the benefits of dance, dress, deportment and etiquette in the ballroom and the supper room. The second part focuses on bows and courtesies, positions of the feet, and provides exercises for the feet and legs. The third and fourth parts discuss the quadrille and provide many figures; the fifth part is devoted to round dances such as the waltz, polka, schottisch, galop, and polka mazurka. The last section focuses on more quadrille figures and other group dances such as the "Virginia Reel," "Money Musk," and College Hornpipe.
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Add this copy of A Complete Practical Guide to the Art of Dancing. to cart. $165.00, Sold by Jeffrey Marks Rare Books, ABAA rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Rochester, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1863 by Dick & Fitzgerald.
Edition:
1863, Dick & Fitzgerald
Hardcover
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Edition:
Revised and improved edition
Publisher:
Dick & Fitzgerald
Published:
1863
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
9462401243
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Gold on spine mostly effaced; minor rubbing to edges of boards. 237 pp. plus ads. Engraved title and numerous text illustrations. 12mo,
Add this copy of A Complete Practical Guide to the Art of Dancing. to cart. $175.00, very good condition, Sold by Between the Covers-Rare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1863 by Dick and Fitzgerald.
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Very Good. First edition(? ). Illustrated. 237, [15, ads] pp. Quarter cloth and illustrated glazed orange papercovered boards. Contemporary owner's name ("Henry A. Sheldon") paper on the corners rubbed through, a nice, very good copy.
