1890 1st ed Ballroom DANCING & DANCE Walden Waltz Polka Music Mazurka FASHION
“Executed with grade and without affectation, the waltz ought to please, and would for an agreeable relief to its rival.”
– Emile de Walden, Ball-Room Companion.
A rare, late 19th-century ballroom dancing handbook! This book, by Emile de Walden, is a companion for dancers seeking instruction and tips on various dances such as polka, waltzes, and mazurkas with step variations and placement of both men and women.
While the majority of the book deals with dancing and dance steps, de Walden also expresses acceptable clothing and costumes for attending a ball as well as expected décor for a ball.
1890 1st ed Ballroom DANCING & DANCE Walden Waltz Polka Music Mazurka FASHION
“Executed with grade and without affectation, the waltz ought to please, and would for an agreeable relief to its rival.”
– Emile de Walden, Ball-Room Companion.
A rare, late 19th-century ballroom dancing handbook! This book, by Emile de Walden, is a companion for dancers seeking instruction and tips on various dances such as polka, waltzes, and mazurkas with step variations and placement of both men and women.
While the majority of the book deals with dancing and dance steps, de Walden also expresses acceptable clothing and costumes for attending a ball as well as expected décor for a ball.
Item number: #1123
Price: $299
WALDEN, Emile de
De Walden’s Ball-room companion; or, Dancing made easy. A collection of the fashionable drawing-room dances, with full directions for dancing all the figures of “the German.”
New York: Dick & Fitzgerald, [ca. 1890]. First edition.
Details:
- Collation complete with all pages: 100p
- Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
- Language: English
- Size: ~6.5in X 4in (16.5cm x 10cm)
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Authors
WALDEN, Emile de
Printing Date
19th Century
Language
English
Binding
Leather
Book Condition
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Collation
Complete
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