
How to Charleston Correctly by Bemis Walker. 1926
How to Charleston Correctly by Bemis Walker. Great Northern Publishing Company 1926. Staple bound Pamphlet. 31 pages. 7" x 5". There is some wear , mostly to the cover edges. Slight foxing? inside the front and back covers. The staples inside the book have rusted, and the center pages (pp 15-18, one sheet of paper) have come loose. There are some black spots, perhaps a powder, on the lower inner margins of pages 6-7. Otherwise, there are no previous owner markings. Pages and cover are flat without creases, folds or dog-earing. Not ex-library, not remaindered, not a facsimile reprint, not a reprint at all. Photos available on request. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. BI21aAccording to Wikipedia, "The Charleston is a dance named for the harbor city of Charleston, South Carolina. The rhythm was popularized in mainstream dance music in the United States by a 1923 tune called "The Charleston" by composer/pianist James P. Johnson which originated in the Broadway show Runnin' Wi