Pisternick Frank (3 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 79 pages; 11 chapters; numerous b/w illustrations; Pages tight; staple bound; glossy pages; minor page wear; no markings; front end pages had some rubbing and foxing; Soft leather-like gray covers with black lettering and ilustration on front cover. Evidence of water staining on large area of left side of covers and spine. The stapled bound pages have pulled away from the covers but pages are intact and tight. Slight rubbing and few stains on covers. Chapter heading include: Wiring Flowers; Basic Construction; Wreaths; Sprays; Casket Covers; Emblems; For Children; Other Funeral Work; Management Pointers; Wedding Flowers; Table Decorations. VERY RARE VINTAGE COPY.…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Third Edition. This copy is quite used but still desirable. Soft cover 6 X 9" 95 pages, published 1940. Based on a series of articles on floral designing by Frank Pisternick, Chicago, and Irving G. Moore, associate editor, which appeared under this title in The Florists' Review. Contents : Wiring Flowers; Wreaths; Sprays; Emblems; For Children; Funeral Work; Wedding Flowers; Table Decorations; Ribbons and Corsages all in a classic 1940s style. Illustrated throughout by black-and-white photographs. Black & White (illustrator). …

which appeared in The Florists' Review. Chicago: Florists' Publishing Co, 1934. 79 pages. Halftones & drawings of basic construction, wreaths, sprays, casket covers, emblems, child's funeral, wedding flowers, table decorations. 9.75x7", printed stiff paper. Light cover stain, else VG.