(MUSIC) WILLIAMS WALKER Album of Gems Introduced by William

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(MUSIC.) WILLIAMS & WALKER. Album of Gems, Introduced by Williams and Walker and their own Big Company. Large 4to, 18 page song book with printed music and lyrics for a variety of Williams and Walker songs culled from their hit musical comedy "The Policy Players." A couple of small, short closed tears to the fore-edge of the front cover; a tiny nick to the bottom right corner of same. New York: Hurtig and Seamon, circa 1899

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a rare survival of a very fragile publication, with a beautiful chromolithographic cover showing the two famous performers. Williams and Walker were undoubtedly the top performers in their field of African-American vaudeville with broad appeal to both black as well as white audiences. The duo dubbed themselves the "Two Real Coons," essentially saying they were the "real thing," and not just another one of the numerous white burnt cork players.