Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Countryman press, inc. : Farrar & Rinehart, Weston, Vt. : New York city
Date Published: 1937
Description: Good. No dust jacket. 192 p. incl. front., illus. 20 cm. The Country series. Includes Illustrations. Includes music. Bibliography: p. 190; "Phonograph records": p. 190. read more
Edition: HARDCOVER
Binding: 3rd ptg
Publisher: Barnes Pub/Countryman Press, New York
Date Published: 1937
Description: Tolman, F W P, Ilust. Good+Cond, barely used. 5x7" Red Clothbnd 192pg Calls & Conduct. Some Quadrilles & Other Squares...Irish Jigs, Reels. Hornpipes & Polka-Mania. All Dances Taught". Whos Who. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Weston, VT: Countryman Press
Date Published: 1937
Description: F.W.P. Tolman. VG/G+ Book designed by Vrest Orton of Vermont. 1st edition [NAP], 12mo, blue plaid cloth w/paper spine label in gilt, 912 pages, b/w illustrations. VERY GOOD book / GOOD+ jacket: board edges faded; spine faded; owner bookplate and name on front endpapers; jacket is edgeworn, spine toned, in protective mylar. read more
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 9 by 6 inches. This book is printed on demand [allow 1-2 weeks for printing]. (00192 pages) lang=english accessory: no accessory (Paperback) read more
Description: BRAND NEW HARDCOVER. 9 by 6 inches. This book is printed on demand [allow 1-2 weeks for printing]. (00192 pages) illustrated lang=english accessory: no accessory (Hardcover ) read more
Description: Very Good, No Jacket. Blue plaid cloth hardcover with gilt spine titles on black rectangle, spine and board edges sunned; clean pages; endpapers tanned; former owner's name on front pastedown; illustrated; index; 192 pages. read more
"Beth Tolman and especially Ralph Page worked in the 1930's to bring contradance from a few surviving pockets in northern New England into communities throughout the U.S. Ralph wrote this book the year before he became a full time professional dance caller in 1938. The book is written with charm and humor. It includes danceable dances and playable tunes. I enjoyed it as a very readable historical piece: it was interesting to see how the "dance community" that we esteem today has roots going back at least seventy years. The authors describe a bit about the callers, the dancers, the halls and their communities that aptly place the book in it's time. The dance descriptions are good enough that, as a beginning caller, I use it as a reference. It is certainly a resource for someone looking for historical contras. I also enjoy the illustrations. They, as much as anything, connect the line between the past and the present as one sees in them many of the postures and attitudes that are seen on dance floors today. I reccommend the book as a nice read for anyone interested in contradance roots."
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