Offered in this lot is this First Edition of "Gold Days" by Owen Cochran Coy, 1929, Powell Publishing Company publishers. Provenance: Tombstone Western Heritage Museum, Tombstone, Arizona. A Tombstone Western Heritage Museum label reads, "Book given to the Parkes from JOSEPHINE EARP," museum code, "E-40." Owen Cochran Coy (1884-1952) had a long career in the field of history. He was an author, educator and a historian of California. He was the director of the California Historical Survey Commission, director of the California State Historical Association. He also was a professor of history at the University of Southern California. "Gold Days of the series California" recounts the discovery of gold in California, mining and the miner's, the larger than life characters, and the resulting effects to San Francisco and California as a whole. San Francisco grew from a small settlement of about 200 residents in 1846 to a boomtown of about 30,000 by 1852. Of the approximately 300,000 people who came to California during the gold rush, about half arrived by sea and half came overland on the California Trail and the California Road. While most of the newly arrived were Americans, the gold rush attracted thousands from Latin America, Europe, Australia, and China. Agriculture and ranching expanded throughout the state to meet the needs of the settlers. The textured red cloth bound gold gilt hardcover is in preserved condition, gold gilt on front cover still bright, scuffing to covers, repairs to spine. Intact pages exhibit age tanning and very slight foxing. Measures 6"W x 9.25"L x 1.5"D, weight is 1lb, 14oz.