Swing Dance & Books with a Swing releated section

There are some books around about swing dance. But if you really want to find something, you have to go through all the different "How-to" Books.
If you are interested in old Fox Trot: Most of the How-to books have big Fox Trot Chapters. Because in that time the dances weren't that standardized, most of the time the explenations (fox trot dances) are different.
If you are interested in Etiquettes. There are a lot of them in most of these books. I might make a summary somewhen.

Titel	Author	More	Comment	I have it
Lindy Made Easy (with Charleston)	Anonymous	© 1956 by Dance Guild, Inc. Publ. by Book Guild of America Publishing Corporation	Somehow a different lindy than we learn today, but still interesting (basic is a special 6-count)	yes
Walk Your Way To Better Dancing	Lawrence Hostetler	© 1942 by A.S. Barnes & company, Inc.	Lindy and Conga part (just basics, but good expl. and history facts) Other interesting chapters like: Body Control, The Art Of Walking, The Dance-Walk, With Your Partner, How To Lead And Follow, ... If you were good, you can pass the test at the end of the book...	yes
How To Dance	Thomas E. Parson	© 1956 by Barnes & Noble, Inc.	6-count lindy; not very interesting	yes
Dancing	Betty Lee	© 1943 by Pioneer Publications, Inc. printed 1949	short Lindy (Jitterbug) part (already with 6-count lindy) other interesting dances of that time like: Paul Jones, Canter Waltz, Virginia Reel, Cotillion, Conga, ... (and of course the latest Fox Trot Steps :-) )	yes
Dancing	Betty Lee	© 1936 by Pioneer Publications, Inc. printed 1942	no Lindy, but 'The Ballroom Charleston' and some Collegiate Steps. It is an earlier edition of the book before.	yes
How To Dance	Anita & Dexter Wright	© 1942 by Doubleday & company, Inc. printed 1952	Has Jitterbug part with Shag and Lindy Hop. Other interesting chapters about Rhythm, Dancing and Walking, Posture, Balance, Line Of Direction, Leading And Following, Party Dances.	yes
Modern Ballroom Dancing	Lillian Ray	© 1930 by Franklin Publ. company 6th print 1935	sorry, no lindy, but beside the dances (and some collegiate steps) good chapters about dancing.	yes
How To Become A Good Dancer	Arthur Murray	© 1947 by Arthur Murray 15th print	small lindy part	yes
How To Become A Good Dancer with Dance Secrets	Arthur Murray Kathryn Murray	© 1959 by Arthur Murray 1st print	small lindy part (6-count); small rock'n'roll part	yes
Dance - and Be Charming	Roni Dengel	© 1964 by Roni Dengel 1th print	specially for woman: 'Featuring Exer-Dances... the way to a slimmer you!' most of it might be interesting for the female follower, but there is a small rock'n'roll part in this book...	yes
Let's Dance	Peter Buckman	© 1978 by Peter Buckman; reprint	Historically very interesting (even though not everything is all that correct) very good pictures about the whole time the big chapters are: Court and Country: European Dance from 1200-1700, The Ballroom Era, The Dance Band Years, Disco Time, Folk Dance There is a Tempo Table, an Atlas Of Dance and a Timeline of Dance. I like this book, even though people that know about that say that there are too many mistakes...	yes
Dance A While	Harris, Pittman, Waller	© 1955 by Harris, Pittman, Waller, 4th edition	interesting parts about effective teaching of dance big part (really interesting) about american and interantional folk dance swing part with lindy (6-count) and shag and some figures. Mixers and Icebreakers seems to be a good chapter as well.	yes

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Tap Dance

I have some more tap books, but just as paper copies. Most of them are kind of dictionarys.

Titel	Author	More	Comment	I have it
Modern Tap Dictionary	Glenn Shipley	© 1963 by Glen Shipley Printed 1976 by Action Marketing Group	Just a dictionary about almost all the words from tap and other dances	yes
Tap Dance	Anne Schley Duggan	© 1932 by A.S. Barnes & company, Inc.	Tap interduction, afterwards nice little tap numbers with musicnotes.	yes
Illustrated Tap Rhythms & Routines	Edith Ballwebber	© 1933 by Clayton F. Summy Co.	Tap interduction, afterwards nice little tap numbers with musicnotes.	yes

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SwingEra

Titel	Author	More	Comment	I have it
The Swing Era 1941-1942 - Swing As A Way Of Life	Editor: Jay Gold	© 1970 Time Inc.	beside the good storys, you can find the 'Everyman's Guide To The Lindy' a great painted artwork and the same for 'The Big Apple Blueprinted'. You'll see some pictures of Leon James and Willa Mae Ricker taken by Gjon Mili - the same as in the 1943 Life Magazine.	yes
That's Dancing	Tony Thomas	© 1984 Harry N. Abrams, Inc. ISBN 0-8109-1682-7	The book to the film. If you like great pictures of dancing (mostly tap from the MGM Musicals), you have to have this book.	yes

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Jazz, Music & whatever

Some books I listed here might still be available - check it out. Anyway most of the books here are not directly associated with swing dancing.

Titel	Author	More	Comment	I have it
Eddie Condon's Treasury Of Jazz	Edited by Eddie Condon & Richard Gehman	© 1956 by Eddie Condon & Richard Gehman	Stories from different (important) people about their jazz life. There are parts of Marshall Stearns, Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, ... about Rebop, Bepop and Bop, Two Views of Duke Ellington, Twenty Years of Count Basie, Oh, Jazz, Oh Jazz, ...	yes
A History Of Popular Music In America	Sigmund Spaeth	© 1948 by Sigmund Spaeth 9th print 1964		yes
The Story Of Jazz	Marshall W. Stearns	© 1958 by Oxford University Press, Inc. reprint of 1973		yes
The official Guide To Jazz Dancing	Allen Dow with Mike Michaelson	© 1980 by Quality Books, Inc. ISBN 0-89009-334-2	Stretch Ex., Isolation Ex, Jazz Positions & Techniques and a Special Jazz Dance Combination are the chapters.	yes
Jump into Jazz	Minda Goodman Kraines, Esther Kan	© 1983 by Mayfield Publ. Company ISBN 0-87484-571-8	short chapter about jazz dance history (from cakewalk, charleston till the 80s), otherwise all the jazz dance stuff.	yes
Anthology Of American Jazz Dance	Gus Giordano	© 1978 by Orion Publ. House	170 pages about jazz anthology and special dancers from 29 till 74. afterwards beginning, beginning II, intermediate-advanced jazz class. On the inside of the cover is a painting with some people trucking (Frankie there?).	yes
The Language Of Show Dancing	Jacqueline Lowe & Charles Selber	© 1980 Charles Selber & Jacqueline Lowe ISBN 0-684-16431-0	Mostly pictures, some of them good. More interesting for jazz dance.	yes
The Art Of Making Dances	Doris Humphrey	© 1987 Charles H. Woodford ISBN 0-87127-158-3	Very good book about choreography - suitable to every danceform.	yes
Labanotation	Ann Hutchinson	© 1970 by the Dance Notation Bureau, Inc. ISBN 0-87830-527-0	If you want to know how to write down exactly what you did, you have to know the labanotation. This book describes the american version of it. Labanotation works for every dance. You can even write down a movement with your little finger...	yes
Photographs & Recollections	Gjon Mili	© 1980 by Time Inc. ISBN 0-8212-1116-1	You have seen some pictures of him in the 43 Life Magazine and in other places. Here you have a whole collection of his work. There are 20 pages full with dance pictures (most of them very special). Of the 43 Life picts there is just one, but one in addition that can't be seen in the mag.	yes
Breakdancing	Unknown	© 1984 by Bradley Elfman ISBN 0-380-88153-5	You want to learn something about breakdancing. The roots, the language and last but not least some figures? here you are.	yes
Breakdancing: Step-By-Step Instructions	Jim Sullivan	© 1984 by Publications Intl., Ltd. ISBN 0-517-45825-X	Interduction, Figures and good picts.	yes

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Swing releated

Titel	Author	More	Comment	I have it
Jazz Dance	Marshall & Jean Stearns	© 1968 by Jean Sterans First Da Capo Press edition; ISBN 0-306-80553-7	A must for a swing dancer. History, pictures, background infos, ...	yes
The Cotton Club	Jim Haskins	© 1977 by Jim Haskins 3rd (paperback) edition 1994; ISBN 0-7818-0248-2	a lot of very good pictures; storys about a famous club.	yes
Swingin' At The Savoy	Norma Miller with Evette Jensen	© 1996 by Temple University ISBN 1-56639-494-5	Story about the old time from a 'member of the club'; some good pictures	yes

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Others

Sorry, at the moment I don't have any book for this category...

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