Source Books: Costumes & Etiquette

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Costumes Folk/Country
Etiquette Related Topics

History of Dance: Costume

Original Sources

AUTHOR/TITLE DATE PUBLISHER
A History of Shoe Fashions. 1975 Museum and Art Gallery of the Northampton Borough Council’s Leisure and Recreation Dept.
Agron, S. Le Costume masculin. 1969 Paris: Librairie Jacques Lanore
Annello and David. Footwear Through the Ages. 1983-84 London: Annello & David.
Baynes, Ken and Kate. The Shoe show: British shoes since 1790.
 1979 London: Crafts Council.
Battersby, Martin. Art Deco Fashion: French Designers, 1908-1925 (Academy Art Editions).
 1974 London: Academy editions.
New York: St. Martin’s Press.
Batterberry, Michael and Ariane. Mirror, Mirror: A Social History of Fashion.
 1977 New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston.
Bigglestone, Janet and Carolyn Schultz. Victorian Costuming. Vol 1, 1840 to 1865. 1980 Oakland: Other Times Productions.
Boucher, Francois. 20,000 Years of Fashion The History of Costume and Personal Adornment.
 1963 New York: Harry N. Abrams.
Braun and Scheider. Historic Costume in Pictures.
1975 New York: Dover.
Caldwell, Doreen. And all was revealed: Ladies’ underwear, 1907-1980.
 1981 New York: St. Martin’s Press.
Campbell’s. Campbell’s Historic Patterns and Other Treasures (Volume IV)
 1991 Gratz, Pennsylvania: published by the author.
Christina, Probert. Shoes in Vogue Since 1910 .
 1981 New York: Abbeville Press.
Contini, Mila. Fashion: From Ancient Egypt to the Present Day.
 unknown New York: Crescent Books.
Colin, Mcdowell. Shoes: Fashion and Fantasy.
 1989 London: Thames & Hudson.
Deutsches Ledermuseum. Katalog Heft I. 1974 Offenbach.
Dorner,Jane. Fashion.
 1974 London: Octopus Books, Ltd.
Druesedow, Jean L. IN STYLE: CELEBRATING FIFTY YEARS OF THE COSTUME INSTITUTE
.		 1987 New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Erté. Erté’s Fashion Designs: 218 Illustrations from Harper’s Bazaar, 1919-1932. 1981 New York: Dover.
Everyday Fashions of the ‘20s. Edited by Stella Blum. 1981 New York: Dover.
Fabulous Fashion 1907-1967.
 1980 New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, Costume Institute.
Femmes fin de siècle 1885-1985. 1990 Musée de la Mode et du Costume Palais Galliera, Editions Paris Musée.
French Fashion Plates from Gazette du Bon Ton ( 1912-1925). 1979 New York: Dover.
Great Women Paper Dolls.
 1974 San Francisco: Bellerophon Books.
Grimbez, Fran. Vintage Costumes. 1989 San Francisco.
Gibbs-Smith, Charles H. The fashionable lady in the 19th century.
.		 1960 London: Victoria & Albert Museum.
Ginsburg, Madeleine, Avril Hart, and Valerie D. Mendes. 400 Years of Fashion. 1984 London: Victoria & Albert Museum.
Musée des Arts de la Mode. Hommage à Christian Dior 1947-1957. 1986 Paris: Union des Arts Décoratifs.
Køhler, Carl. A History of Costume (Dover Fashion and Costumes)
. Edited by Emma Von Sichart. Translated by Alexander K. Dallas, MA.		 1928; reprint 1963 New York: Dover.
Klinger, Robert Lee. Distaff Sketch Book – A Collection of Notes and Sketches on Women’s Dress in America 1774-1783. (Displaying Patterns)
 1974 Pioneer Press. (a Collection of Notes & Sketches on Womens’ Dress in America 1774-1783)
Klinger, Robert Lee. Sketch Book 76: The American Soldier, 1775-1781, a Detailed Collection of Sketches, Notes and Patterns.
 1967; reprint 1974 Union City, Tennessee. Pioneer Press.
Laver, James. English Costume of the 18th Century. 1931 London: A & C. Black Ltd.
Laver, James. English Costume of the 19th Century. 1929 London: A & C. Black Ltd.
Le Blanc, Esq. The Art of Tying the Cravate. 1829 New York: S. & D. A. Forbes.
Le Théâtre de la Mode. Edited by Susan Train. 1990 Paris: Editions du May.
Leloir, Maurice. Dictionnaire du Costume.
 1951 Paris: Librairie Grund.
McCellan, Elisabeth. Historic Dress In America 1607 – 1870.
 1977 New York: Arno Press.
Menten, Theodore. Victorian Fashion Paper Dolls from Harper’s Bazaar 1967-1898. 1977 New York: Dover.
Moore, Doris Langley. The Woman in Fashion. 1949 London/Toronto/Sydney/New York: B. T. Batsford Ltd.
Mosconi, D. and Riccardo Villarosa. Les 188 Facons de nouer sa Cravate. Translated from the Italian. 1984 Paris: Editions Flammarion.
Museum of Costume. 1980; reprint of 1984-1987 England: Bath City Council.
Musée de la Mode et du Costume- Palais Galleria. Paris Couture-Années trente. 1987 Paris: Editions Paris-Musée et Société de l’Histoire du Costume.
Paris Fashions of the 1890s. Edited by Stella Blum. 1984 New York: Dover.
Racinet, Albert. Histoire du Costume. 1888; reprint 1988 Paris : Book King International.
Rambaud, René. Les Fugitives. 1947 Paris: published by the author.
J. Starobinski, P. Duboy, et al.Revolution in Fashion, European Clothing 1715-1815. 1989 New York: Abbeville Press.
Roux, Jean Paul. La Chaussure. 1980 Atelier Hachette/Massin.
Rudofsky, Bernard. Are Clothes Modern ? 1947 Chicago, Illinois: Paul Theobald.
Museum of Contemporary Crafts. The Great American Foot. 1978 New York: American Crafts Council.
The Photographs of Jacques Henri Lartigue. 1963 New York: Museum of Modern Art.
Thieme, Otto Charles. Simply Stunning. 1988 Cincinnati Art Museum.
Tierney, Tom. Great Fashion Designs of the ‘20s Paperdolls. 1983 New York: Dover.
Tierney, Tom. Great Fashion Designs of the ‘30s Paperdolls. 1984 New York: Dover.
Tierney, Tom. Great Fashion Designs of the Victorian Era. 1987 New York: Dover.
The Ladies’ Home Journal, January and March. 1915 Philadelphia: Curtis.
Trasko, Mary. Heavenly Soles: Extraordinary 20th Century Shoes.
 1989 New York: Abbeville Press.
Victorian Fashions & Costumes from Harper’s Bazaar (1867-1898). Edited by Stella Blum. 1974 New York: Dover.
Vogue Poster Book. Introduction by D. Vreeland. 1975 New York: Harmony Books.
Vogue-Vanity. No. 1519. unknown Condé Nast.
Terry, Walter & Jack Rennert. 100 Years of Dance Posters.
 1975 New York: Avon Books.
Weber, Paul. Schulle-Drei Jahrtausende in Bildern. 1980 Stuttgart, Germany: At Verlag.
Wilcox, R .Turner. The Mode in Costume. 1958 New York: Charles Scribner.
Wilcox, R. Turner. The Mode in Hats & Headdress. 1945 New York: Charles Scribner.

 
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Social Etiquette

Original Sources

AUTHOR/TITLE DATE PUBLISHER
Bergengren, Ralph. The Perfect Gentleman. 1919; reprint 1967 Books for Libraries.
Cooke, Maud C. Social Etiquette. 1896 Chicago, Illinois: A. B. Kuttlman & Co.
Elias, Norbet. The History of Manners. Translated by Edmund Jephcott. 1978 New York: Pantheon.
Grove, Lily. Dancing. 1895 London: Longmans, Green & Co.
Hartley, Cecil B. The Gentleman’s Book of Etiquette. 1874 Boston: J. S. Locke.
Lawson, Joan. Mime. 1957 New York: Dance Horizons.
Martin, Judith. Miss Manner’s Guide to Excruciatingly Correct Behavior. 1982 New York: Atheneum.
Siddons, Henry. Rhetorical Gesture and Action. 1822 London: Sherwood, Neely and Jones.
Post, Emily. Etiquette. 1922; reprint 1943 New York/London: Funk & Wagnalls.
Sloane, Eric. Don’t: A Little Book of Early American Gentility. 1968 New York: Funk & Wagnalls.
St. Mary, Moreau de. Dance, from Repertory of Colonial Information. (1796)Translated by Lily and Baird Hastings. 1796; reprint 1976 New York: Dance Horizons.
Thornwell, Emily. The Lady’s Guide to Perfect Gentility. 1856; reprint 1979 San Marino, California: Huntington Library.
The Good Boy’s Soliloquy. 1811; reprint 1984 New York: Pierpoint Morgan Library.
The Lady’s Monthly Museum. 1813; reprint 1978 London: Friends of the English Regency.
The Young Man’s Guide. 1832-1844 unidentified
The Wisdom of Thackeray. Edited by E. Haldeman. unknown unidentified
Vanderbilt, Amy. Complete Book of Etiquette. 1952; reprint 1958 New York: Doubleday & Co.
Wildeblood, Joan. The Polite World. 1965; reprint 1973 London: Davis Poynter.

 
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Folk, Country, and related Dance Forms

Original Sources

AUTHOR/TITLE DATE PUBLISHER
Audy, Robert. Tap Dancing: How to Teach Yourself to Tap.
 1976 New York: Vintage Books.
Brock, John, ed., A Book of Morris Dance Tunes. 1973 London: The English Folk Dance & Song Society.
Britten, Phil. Country Swing & Western Dances. 1981 New York: Doubleday.
Burchenal, Elizabeth, ed., American Country Dances. Vol. l. 1918-1945 New York: G. Schirmer.
Crampton, C. Ward, ed., The Folk Dance Book. 1909 New York: A. S. Barnes.
Emmerson, George S. A Social History of Scottish Dance.
 1972 Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press.
De Veregreen, Bertha. Fans Over the Ages- A Collector’s Guide. 1975-1979 New York: A. S. Barnes.
Fitzhugh-Millar, John. Country Dances of Colonial America.
 1990 Williamsburg, Virginia: Thirteen Colonies Press.
Fitzhugh-Millar, John. Elizabethan Country Dances. 1985 Williamsburg, Virginia: Thirteen Colonies Press.
Frost, Helen. Clog and Character Dances.
 1926 New York: A. S. Barnes.
Gott, George C., ed., Old Familiar Dances with Figures. 1918 Boston, Massachusetts: Oliver Ditson Co.
Guillard, Y. Early Scottish Reel Setting Steps and the Influence of the French Quadrille, in Dance Studies vol. 13. Edited by R, Lange. 1989 Jersey Centre for Dance Studies.
Hamilton, Jack, ed., The Ralph Page Book of Contras. 1969;
reprint 1973		 London: English Folkdance & Song Society.
Hendrickson, Charles Cyril and Kate Van Winkle Keller. Social dances from the American Revolution
 1992 Sandy Hook, Connecticut: The Hendrickson Group.
Keller, Kate Van Winkle and Ralph Sweet. American Country Dances of the Revolutionary Era, 1775-1795.
 (1775-1795); 1976 New York: Country Dance & Song Society of America.
Lawson, Joan. European Folk Dance. 1953;
reprint 1972		 Bath: G. B. Pitman.
Marks III, Joseph E. The Mathers on Dancing. 1975 New York: Dance Horizons.
McNair, Ralph J. Western Square Dances.
 1941 Denver, Colorado: Orin V. Siler.
Morrison, James E. 24 Early American Country Dances, Cotillions & Reels(1775-1795). 1976 New York: Country Dance & Song Society of America.
Nevell, Richard. Time to Dance: American Country Dancing From Hornpipes to Hot Hash. 1977 New York: St. Martin’s Press.
Newman, Albert W. Newman Album of Classical Dances. 1923 Philadelphia: Theodore Press.
Playford, John. English Dancing Master. Notes by Margaret Dean-Smith. 1651;
reprint 1957		 London: Schott Ltd.
Porter, W.S., M. Heffes, and A.B. Heffes, eds. The Apted Book of Country Dances. 1966;
reprint 1975		 London: English Folkdance & Song Society.
Ryan, Grace L., ed., Dances of our pioneers.
.		 1926-1939 New York: A. S. Barnes.
Sharp, Cecil J. and Herbert Macllwaine. The Morris Book. Vols. 1-3. 1974 Wakefield, Great Britain: EP Ltd.
Shaw, Lloyd. Cowboy Dances. 1952 Caldwell, Idaho: Caxton Printers.
Shaw, W. Maypole Dances. 1954 New York: G. Schirmer.
Shultz, Mari-Helen. May I Have This Dance? 1986 New York: Vantage Press.
Studies in Dance History. Vols. I & 2, Spring/Summer. 1990 Pennington, New Jersey: Society of Dance History Scholars.
Turner, Margery J. Dance Handbook. 1959 Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall.

 
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General Dance History

Original Sources

Franks, A. H. Social Dance: A Short History
(England, 1400 to present).		 1963 London: Routledge & Kegan Paul.
Prudhommeau, Madame Germaine. Histoire de la Danse. 1984 Paris : Centre de Polycopie, Université de Paris.
Quirey, Belinda with Steve Bradshaw and Ronald Smedley. May I Have the Pleasure? Medieval to present. 1976 British Broadcasting Corporation.
Rust, Frances. Dance in Society. England, Middle Ages to present. 1969 London: Routledge & Kegan Paul.
Wallace, Carol McD. Dance: A Very Social History
 1986 The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rizzoli International Publications.
Wood, Melusine. Historical Dances 12th to 19th Century. 1952; reprint 1964 London: Imperial
Society of Teachers of Dancing, Inc.

Related Fields

AUTHOR/TITLE DATE PUBLISHER
Applebaum, Stanley. Snow Songs from the Black Crook to the Red Mill. 1974 New York: Dover Publications.
Bernier, Oliver. The Eighteenth Century Woman. 1981 New York: Doubleday Co., Inc. in association with the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Barton, John and Joy Law. The Hollow Crown. 1962 England: Hamish Hamilton Ltd., 1971.
New York: The Dial Press.
Blum, Daniel. A Pictoral History of the Silent Screen. 1953 New York: G.P. Putman’s Sons.
Brody, Alan. The English mummers and their plays;: Traces of ancient mystery (University of Pennsylvania publications in folklore and folklife)
 1969 Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.
Buckman, Peter. Let’s Dance. Social dance 1200-present. 1979 Penguin Books.
Clarke, Norman. The Mighty Hippodrome.
 1968 New York: A. S. Barnes & Co.
London: Thomas Yoseloff.
Croce, Arlene. The Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers book.
 1972 New York: Galahad Books.
Cole, Arthur C. The Puritan and Fair Terpsichore, in Mississippi Valley Historical Review, vol. 29, no. 1, June. Reprint 1942 New York: Dance Horizons Inc.
Dorfman, Leon. The cavalcade of American ballroom dancing: Minuet to hustle.
 1976 New York: Leon Dorfman.
The Memoir of John Durang: American Actor 1785- 1816.
. Edited by Alan S. Downer.		 1966 Historical Society of York County.
American Society for Theatre Research by University of Pittsburg Press.
Engel, Lehman. The American Musical Theater. A CBS legacy collection book. 1967 New York: Dans/Delaney.
Emerson, Charles Wesley. Physical Culture, 3rd ed. 1891 Boston, Massachusetts: Emerson College of Oratory.
Games and Songs of American Children (Dover Children’s Activity Books).
. Collected and Composed by William Wells Newell.		 1883; reprint 1962 New York: Dover.
Green, Abel. Show Biz: From Vaude To Video.
 1951 New York: Henry Holt & Co.
Marks III, Joseph E. America Learns to Dance
 1957 New York: Dance Horizons.
McCarthy. The Dance Band Era.
 1971; reprint 1982 Radnor, Pennsylvania: Chilton Book.
Speroni, Charles. Wit and wisdom of the Italian Renaissance.
 1964 Berkeley: University of California Press.
Stone, Lawrence. Family Sex and Marriage: England 1500-1800.
 1979 New York: Harper & Row.
Thomas, T. and Jim Terry with Busby Berkley. The Busby Berkley Book. 1973 New York: A & W Visual Library.
Tillyard, E. M. W. The Elizabethan World Picture (Vintage).
 unknown New York: Vintage Books.
Theatre of the Gold Rush Decade in San Francisco. 1935; reprint 1970 New York: Burt Franklin.
Wilson, R. G., D. H. Pilgrim, and D. Tashjain. The Machine Age in America: 1918-1941.
 1986 New York: The Brookland Museum with Harry W. Abrams.

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