Payson Frances (3 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First American Edition. Light tan softcover shows edgewear with light soiling to covers and a sticker from Paine's Plays in Ohio at the bottom corner of front. Pages show light wear with the lists of children's names written on cast page, corners turned down and evidences of use.

Wraps. Condition: Good. A nice children's play ca. 1920s. Cover illustration by B. Nendick (signed '19: ca. 1919). 5 1/2 x 8 3/8 in. 48pp., including ads at the back. Features musical score and text to the operetta, a 5+ person play. Covers expertly repaired along the spine, with two small chips at the bottom corners, light creasing; interior text has some wear at the corners, spotting in places, else a Good copy.

. (illustrator). Very nice and clean: flawed by a large chip at bottom of rear cover, otherwise very clean, unwrinkled, unmarked, on good paper. This copy is kept in a stiff mylar toploader, which it will also be shipped in. Paperwraps, sewn, illustrated cover. 8.7 ", 43 pp., ads. Scarce: Worldcat shows one copy in existence. Play text plus music for nine songs, inc. Ho for Fairyland, Fairy Bells, I'm a Fairy, Gaily Carol We, etc. Not too silly lyrics: Elma wishes she could escape from her boring life of work to be a fairy. The Fairy Queen transforms her, but she soon learns that fairies work too, painting flowers for the seasons. She is discouraged by the work and doesn't know the proper colors, and keeps getting things wrong. An impish fairy named Puck helps her get it all wrong, at last she is transformed back to being a mortal girl. The book contains detailed descriptions of characters, costumes, and settings, and full instructions for staging. It has musical scores and words for eight songs. A rare copy of a delightful operetta suitable for children to perform. . .