Hi All, Around 1984, master caller, Larry Edelman lead a calling workshop in Santa Barbara. The first thing he did was to show us a few square dance books he collected at used book stores. One of those books was Advanced Square Dance Figures of the West & Southwest, by Lee Owens and Viola Ruth. Larry told us workshopees that he'd been looking for that book for a time, and found it right under our Santa Barbarians noses. That started me on a now 35 year quest. I frequented Santa Barbara used book stores and, when traveling, looked up the local used book stores in cities I visited, planning my exploration of a town around perusing used book stores in search of square, contra, and some international dance books, as well as folk stories and music books. As you might guess, I now have quite a collection.
And now I'm weeding out my library. In my quest, I've collected quite a number of duplicates. I would love these copies to find homes of people who would love to study the stories of American folk dance and related (or not) folk dances. Below is a list of these duplicates. I can be convinced to give some away, but I'd like to receive around the price I paid. If you live in the San Francisco area, you can make an arrangement to pick it/them up. If I have to mail it, I'll ask to be remunerated for the cost of shipping. If a book is not specifically on square dance, these books have a section of square dances or singing games. International, that is, other countries dances, are obvious... If you have any questions about any of them, I'll be glad to give a more complete description. Prices go from $5 to $20. Cheers, ~Erik Hoffman Oakland, CA A Time to Dance Richard Nevell 1977 Advanced Square Dance Figures of the South West Lee Owens 1949 American Square Dances of the South West Lee Owens 1949 And Promenade All Helen & Larry Eienberg, Bert Lyle, Lib McDonald 1952 Athletic Dances & Simple Clogs Majorie Hillas, Marian Knighton 1929 Betty White,s Teen-Age Dance Book Betty White 1952 Cowboy Dances Lloyd Shaw 1939 Dances of England & Wales Maud Karpeles & Lois Blake 1951 Dances of Greece Domini Crosfield 1942 Dances of Our Pioneers Grace L. Ryan 1926 Dances of The Netherlands E. Van Der Ven-Ten Bensek 1949 Dances or Early California Days Lucile K. Czarnowski 1950 Down in the Valley New England Dancing Masters 2000 Dramatic Dances for Small Children Mary Severance Shafter 1921 Folk Dances for Boys and Girls Mary Effie Shambaugh 1929 Folk Dances of Scandinavia Anne Schley, Jeanette Schlottmann, Abbie Rutledge 1948 Folk Dances of The British Isles Anne Schley, Jeanette Schlottmann, Abbie Rutledge 1948 Folk Dances of The United States and Mexico Anne Schley, Jeanette Schlottmann, Abbie Rutledge 1948 Folk Dancing Grace I. Fox, Kathleen Gruppe Merrill 1944 Folk Dancing Richard Krauss 1962 Folk Dancing for All Michael Herman 1947 Folk Dancing in High School & College Kathleen Guppe Merrill 1944 Folk-Dances and Singing Games Elizabeth Burchenal 1909 Folk-Dances from Old Homelands Elizabeth Burchenal 1922 Games & Songs of American Children William Wells Newell 1963 Good Morning - Fourth Edition Benjamin B. Lovett 1943 Good Morning -1st Edition Benjamin B. Lovett 1926 Handy Folk Dance Book Charles Bower & Cooperative Recreation Service Perhaps 1955 Handy Square Dance Book Cooperative Recreation Service 1955 Honor Your Partner Ed Durlacher 1949 How to Be a Good Dancer - Revised Edition Aurther Murray 1938 Let's Dance, volume A - 30 Basic Dances Folk Dance Federation of California 1955 Li'l Abner Official Square Dance Handbook Fred Leifer 1953 Mexican Folk Dances for American Schools Gertrude X. Mooney 1957 New Song Plays to Old Tunes Mary Wollaston Wood 1924 Partners All - Places All Miriam Kirkell, Irma K. Schaffnit 1949 Piute Pete's Down Home Square Dance Book Piute Pete 1977 Play Songs (from The Song Series) Alys E. Bentley 1912 Promenade All - A Compilation of Song-Dances Janet E. Tobitt 1947 Rhythms and Dances for Elementary Schools Dorothy La Salle 1926 Sets in Order Year Book Number 4 Bob Osgood 1959 Sets in Order, 5 Years of Square Dancing Bob Osgood 1954 Square and Folk Dancing, A Cmplete Guide for Students, Teachers and Callers Hank Greene 1984 Square Dance! Ralph J. McNair 1951 Square Dances Today and How to Call Them Richard Krauss 1950 Square Dancing Clayne R. & Mary Bee Jensen 1966 Swedish Folk Dances Nils W. Bergquist 1914 The American Square Dance Margot Mayo 1943, revised 1948 The Complete Book of Square Dancing (and Round Dancing) Betty Casey 1976 The Country Dance Book Beth Tolman, Ralph Page 1937 The Festival Book Janette Emeline Carpenter Lincoln 1920 The Folk Dance Book C. Ward Crampton, M.D. 1928 The Rhythmic Program for Elementary Schools Grace Fielder 1952 The Round Dance Book Lloyd Shaw 1949 The Teaching of Folk Dance Anne Schley, Jeanette Schlottmann, Abbie Rutledge 1948 West Virginia Square Dances Robert G. Dalsemer 1982
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