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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
[400/600]
A RARE SURVIVAL OF A VERY FRAGILE PUB
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LICATION
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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.