JAMES FENIMORE COOPER Lot of 2 Antique Books, both published by J. Ogden & Co. circa 1872 One book Includes- THE PIONEERS, LIONEL LINCOLN, HEIDENMAUER, PRECAUTION, and LIFE BEFORE THE MAST. The other books includes RED ROVER, TWO ADMIRALS, HUTTED KNOLL, SPY and MARK’S REEF, Both are hardcover likely leather bound with replicated colorful geometric pattern, has blue dyed detail, ornate gilded spine, condition consistent w age & use, inscribed signature to cover page of each book reads ‘Theo W. Bailey Aug. 8th, 1872’. James Fenimore Cooper (September 15, 1789 – September 14, 1851) was an American writer of the first half of the 19th century. His historical romances depicting colonist and Indigenous characters from the 17th to the 19th centuries created a unique form of American literature. He lived much of his boyhood and the last fifteen years of life in Cooperstown, New York, which was founded by his father William Cooper on property that he owned. Cooper became a member of the Episcopal Church shortly before his death and