Erinnerungen an die Zukunft 'AKA' Chariots of the Gods by Erich von Däniken [GERMAN FIRST EDITION] 1968 • Econ-Verlag • True 1st!

Erinnerungen an die Zukunft 'aka' Chariots of the Gods by Erich von Däniken [Unsolved Mysteries of the Past]

GERMAN FIRST EDITION [1968] ECON-VERLAG

Early 8th Printing [25,000 copies • October 1968] 

One of the first 100,000 printings. 

True German language first edition, originally published in Germany in February of 1968.  

Hardcover with dust jacket in stunning condition.  

Very mild wear to edges of an overall pristine dust jacket.  Clean, bright and with minimal wear.  Now housed in a new HQ brodart jacket protector.

Book itself is mint.  Pristine gold cloth boards.  Reads like new with a name written  neatly in cursive on front endpaper.

Beautiful copy!  

Erich von Daniken's Chariots of the Gods is a work of monumental importance--the first book to introduce the shocking theory that ancient Earth had been visited by aliens. This world-famous bestseller has withstood the test of time, inspiring countless books and films, including the author's own popular sequel, The Eyes of the Sphinx. But here is where it all began--von Daniken's startling theories of our earliest encounters with alien worlds, based upon his lifelong studies of ancient ruins, lost cities, potential spaceports, and a myriad of hard scientific facts that point to extraterrestrial intervention in human history. Most incredible of all, however, is von Daniken's theory that we ourselves are the descendants of these galactic pioneers--and the archeological discoveries that prove it...