Dance Card (6 results)

1 side 4¼" x 3", verso in light green with a gilt border, published by Hermann Veit, Royal Court Lithographers, Berlin, for 25th February.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1 vol., 3-3/4" x 2-1/2", mother of pearl and gilded bronze bound dance card decorated with ornate foliage and borderwork, with its original pencil and some papers. No chipping to the pearl, gilt bright, IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. The notebook, used by women to record who they intended to dance with at balls, is typical of luxury objects sold in the Palais-Royal boutiques in Paris during the French restoration.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Thus. Not a book. Original printed folder, 4 1/2" x 6" which opens to a cord-tied, printed & folded leaf. The cover continues to say, "Given by The Boys of the Eastern Range La Junta, Colorado Wednesday, December Thirtieth, '08". An attractive print font is used. Dotted border on front cover margin. Cover also has gilt imprint of steer or cow with horns, & with decorative device on either side. Back cover lists Committees in charge of the event. The inside folder is the "Tally Book" dance card with 34 dances listed (each with a cattle brand beside it) & a line for the dance partners' names to be penciled in. This dancer penciled in 18 dances/partners. In addition to the 34 dances, the evening began with "Cow Boys' Grand March -- Quadrille" & it ended with "Maverick Home Sweet Home". The right leaf of the inner folder was once apparently glued to the inside of the back cover, but is no longer attached. Two brown strips of glue are on the inside of the back cover & there is no residue whatsoever on the facing back page of the folded leaf. Covers lightly soiled & slightly spotted. This is certainly one of most interesting pieces of cowboy ephemera I have ever seen. Undoubtedly rare.

for the dance at the Sergeant-Major and Non-Commissioned Officers' Club at Göding Garrison, with the names of 9 dances "before the Interval" and 9 dances afterwards, the latter beginning "Waltz (Ladies' Choice)", in blue velvet covers with shaped tops and a bright gilt crowned Austrian Eagle on the upper, original pencil in side pocket and hook and string for hanging at the wrist, 4½" (max.) x 2¼", printed in German by Eduard Witte, Vienna, for Göding (Hodonín, Moravia, now Czech Republic), 29th January From the collection of Grand Duke Kyril & Victoria Melita.

1 vol. in-18° (65 x 39 mm.) de 5 ff. d'os rainés pour permettre l'écriture (traces de notes). Reliure en nacre maintenue par un rivet en argent, porte-mine en os et métal argenté rangé dans une barette latérale rivée faisant office de fermoir et relié par une chaînette comportant un anneau de maintien. Charmant carnet de bal 19ème en nacre. Le carnet de bal fait son apparition dans les bals publics vers 1820. Il sert d'aide-mémoire à la danseuse qui y inscrit l'ordre des danses qui sont au programme de la soirée. En regard de chaque danse, elle inscrit le nom du partenaire qui s'est proposé (ou celui qu'elle a sollicité). Rapidement, son usage s'étend également aux hommes. Le présent carnet, finement ouvragé, est décoré d'une découpe en argent gravée rivetée sur le premier plat. Bel objet, parfaitement conservé. 1 vol. 18vo (65 x 39 mm.) of 5 bone sheets grooved for writing (traces of notes). Mother-of-pearl binding held in place by a silver rivet, bone and silver-plated mechanical pencil held in a riveted side bar acting as a clasp and linked by a chain with a holding ring. Charming 19th century mother-of-pearl dance card. The carnet de bal first appeared in public balls around 1820. It serves as a reminder for the dancer, who writes down the order of the dances on the program for the evening. For each dance, she writes the name of the partner who has volunteered (or the one she has asked for). She soon extended her use to men as well. This finely worked notebook is decorated with an engraved silver cutout riveted to the first cover. A beautiful, perfectly preserved object.

1 vol. in-18° (62 x 42 mm.) de 5 ff. d'os pour permettre l'écriture, types de dance inscrits à l'encre brune, traces de crayon. Reliure en nacre maintenue par un rivet en laiton, porte-mine en argent avec étui et relié par une chaînette avec anneau de maintien. Charmant carnet de bal 19ème en nacre. Le carnet de bal fait son apparition dans les bals publics vers 1820. Il sert d'aide-mémoire à la danseuse qui y inscrit l'ordre des danses qui sont au programme de la soirée. En regard de chaque danse, elle inscrit le nom du partenaire qui s'est proposé (ou celui qu'elle a sollicité). Rapidement, son usage s'étend également aux hommes. Le présent carnet, finement ouvragé, présente les différentes dances inscrites à l'encre brune en haut des feuillets: Polkas, Valses et des traces de noms au crayon. Bel objet, parfaitement conservé. 1 vol. 18vo (62 x 42 mm.) of 5 bone sheets grooved for writing (traces of pencil). Mother-of-pearl binding held by a silver rivet, top cover decorated with an engraved silver medallion, silver mechanical pencil with case and bound by a chain with holding ring. Charming 19th century mother-of-pearl ball book. The ball book appeared in the public balls around 1820. It serves as a reminder for the dancer who writes down the order of the dances that are on the program for the evening. Next to each dance, she wrote the name of the partner who had offered to dance (or the one she had asked for). Soon, its use was extended to men as well. The present notebook, finely worked, presents the different dances inscribed in brown ink at the top of the sheets: Polkas, Valses and traces of names in pencil. Beautiful object, perfectly preserved.