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Spencer's Terpsichorean Monitor — Containing a Full Description of all Dances, as Practised in the Ball-Room and at Private Parties, Including an Explanation of the Figures of the German, Together with a Few Hints and Suggestions (D. Spencer, 1869)

Publisher: D. Spencer / Wm. T. Dowdall, Printer, Peoria, Illinois (entered according to Act of Congress 1869; from the collection of Richard Powers)Year: 1869

American ballroom manual covering 1860s salon dances with detailed figures of the German.

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