ISBN10: 0285620878, ISBN13: 9780285620872, [publisher: Souvenir Press Ltd, London] Hardcover First Edition First edition, first impression. Some edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, some yellowing to extremities and spine, not price clipped (£2.20), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy for its age. 210pp. The third book by Swiss author and charlatan Erich von Daniken on the evidence for the influence of ancient alien visitors on human civilisation. In 'The Gold of the Gods', Daniken wrote of being guided through artificial tunnels in a cave under Ecuador, Cueva de los Tayos, containing gold, strange statues and a library with metal tablets, which he considered to be evidence of ancient space visitors. The man who he said showed him these tunnels, Juan Moricz, told 'Der Spiegel' that Daniken's descriptions came from a long conversation and that the photos in the book had been fiddled. Daniken told Playboy that although he had seen the library and other places he had described, he had fabricated some of the events to add interest to his book. Later in 1978 he said that he had never been in the cave pictured in his book but in a 'side entrance', and that he had fabricated the whole descent into the cave. A geologist examined the area and found no cave systems. Daniken also wrote about a collection of gold objects held by local priest Father Crespi, who had special permission from the ...

8vo. dustwrapper. [6]. 216pp. 72 photographs and other illustrations. a good copy. London. Souvenir Press Ltd. 1st edition 1973. ISBN 0285620878 9780285620872 [GB]