Dick's quadrille call-book, and ball-room prompter. To which is added a sensible guide to etiquette and proper deportment in the ball and assembly room
by Dick & Fitzgerald
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
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About This Item
New York : Fitzgerald Pub. , 1823. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. printed paper wraps, 199 pages illustrations. (7 pp., adverts) light over all soil, some pages with corners turned.This is a compilation by Fitzgerald Publishing Corporation (successor to Dick and Fitzgerald) of previously published sources on ballroom dance. Although advertised as a ballroom prompter, only one page is devoted to calling figures in a quadrille. The book contains rudimentary etiquette advice and dance instructions for numerous dances including the grand march, quadrilles, and contradances such as "Virginia Reel," "Pop Goes the Weasel," "Spanish Dance," and "Sicilian Circle." Also described are various round dances such as the caprice, heel-and-toe polka, Berlin, varsovienna, and waltz galop. The manual concludes with 116 figures for the popular parlor game, the German (also known as the cotillon).
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- Bookseller
- Harry E Bagley Books Ltd (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1125558650
- Title
- Dick's quadrille call-book, and ball-room prompter. To which is added a sensible guide to etiquette and proper deportment in the ball and assembly room
- Author
- Dick & Fitzgerald
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Fitzgerald Pub.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1823
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Dance Dancing Danse
- Bookseller catalogs
- Performing Arts; Music;
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Harry E Bagley Books Ltd
Biblio member since 2004
Fredericton, New Brunswick
About Harry E Bagley Books Ltd
Mail order only. 51 years as a bookseller