THE POCKET BOOK OF OLD MASTERS                                  Edited by Herman J. Wechler                                                      Pocket Books, 1st Printing, February 1949                                  Condition: About Very Good                                                        THE POCKET HISTORY OF AMERICAN PAINTING                  by James Thomas Flexner                                                            Pocket Books, 1st Paperback Printing, August 1950                    Condition: Very Good+ to Near Fine                                                                                                                                                  These two vintage Pocket Books were among the first paperbacks to reproduce fine art in the gravure process.  MASTERS features 64 illustrations by 10 great artists and biographies of them by authors such as Maughm and Van Loon.  (Wear along the spine and modest edge wear and corner creases.)  PAINTING  traces 300 years of American art (up to 1950) through text and 52 representative reproductions.  (Light edge, corner & spine end wear.)  Both have solid bindings, with no writing, markings or noticeable wear on the white pages.  A nice set.