The Complete Practical Guide to the Art of Dancing [Cover title: Hillgrove's Ball Room Guide]
Published by Dick & Fitzgerald, New York, 1865
- Used




Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
AbeBooks seller since October 29, 2009
Condition: Used - Good
US$ 150.00
Quantity: 1 available
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New York: Dick & Fitzgerald, 1865. Reprint. Octavo; publisher's brown blind-embossed diaper cloth, upper cover and spine lettered in gilt; (237,[1],7,[9](ads)pp.; frontispiece, dozens of text illus. throughout. Cloth rather soiled and worn with corners bumped and worm-holing along front joint, textblock separating from binding along rear hinge, occasional spotting and finger soil to contents; a Good copy only of this handy and generously-illustrated guide. Title page includes a list of the contents featuring "Descriptions of all fashionable and approved dances, full directions for calling the figures, the amount of music required, hints on etiquette, the toilet, etc.".
Seller Inventory # 32720
Bibliographic details
- Title
- The Complete Practical Guide to the Art of Dancing [Cover title: Hillgrove's Ball Room Guide]
- Author
- Thomas Hillgrove
- Publisher
- Dick & Fitzgerald, New York
- Publication year
- 1865
- Condition
- Good
- Seller catalogs
- 19th Century, Americana, Drama / Performing Arts, Education
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Washington, DC, U.S.A.
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