Guinness World Records Facsimile Edition
SEE WHERE IT ALL BEGAN!!
Guinness World Records had its genesis in 1955 when Sir Hugh Beaver, the Chairman of the Guinness Brewery, decided that a definitive volume of facts was needed to help solve arguments in pubs. With the help of fact-finding twins, Norris and Ross McWhirter, he published 1,000 copies of "The Guinness Book of Records" (as it was then called), and distributed them for free to pubs across the UK. By Christmas that year, demand for the book was so great that it reprinted and went on sale to the public. It became the best-selling book of the year, and a phenomenon was born.
Now, after repeated requests from our readers, we are thrilled to announce a reproduction of the very first edition of "The Guinness Book of Records", containing every page and every record as it appeared in the August 1955 edition.
And how the world has changed! In 1955, the most expensive bottle of wine in the world was £8 (now it's almost £32,000); the most expensive hotel room cost £16 8s per night (now it's nearly £23,000). "The Guinness Book of Records" reproduction edition is a wonderful journey into a bygone world, and a fascinating barometer of social change.
To celebrate this strictly-limited print run of 5,000 copies, the book also comes in an exclusive collector's slipcase (which not even the original book had!) and every copy is individually numbered. It's a perfect gift for a loved one (particularly those hard-to-buy-for fathers and grandfathers!), or a fabulous keepsake for your own bookshelves.
"The Guinness Book of Records" reproduction edition is not available in bookshops - you can only buy it here at the Guinness World Records website. So don't waste a minute - order your copy now, while stocks last!
"Wherever people congregate to talk, they will argue, and sometimes the joy lies in the arguing and would be lost if there were any definite answer. But more often the argument takes place on a dispute of fact, and it can be very exasperating if there is no immediate means of settling the argument. Who was the first to swim the channel? Where is England's deepest well, or Scotland's highest tree, or Ireland's oldest church? How many died in history's worst rail crash? Who gained the biggest majority in parliament? What is the highest point in our country? And so on. How much heat these innocent questions can raise! Guinness in producing this book hopes that it may assist in resolving many such disputes, and may, we hope, turn heat into light." The Rt. Hon. the Earl of Iveagh, Chairman, Arthur Guinness Son & Co., Ltd.,
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