Guinness Record Book Collecting

Welcome to the Guinness Book of Records collectors' web-site - the definitive guide to collecting the Guinness Book of Records, Guinness World Records and other records-related publications and ephemera.

You may have stumbled across our site and wondered why anyone would want to collect books of this nature. In our opinion, the answer is very simple: the books were compiled with an attention to detail that is hard to find; the compilers had a sense of humour, and an understanding of people's interests; and the books record more than achievements - they represent a record of our recent past.

Our site now documents over 815 editions of the Guinness Book of Records and related items, including full details of all U.K. editions, most U.S. editions, some unusual first editions and a large number of special editions produced for private distribution. A history of the wonderful Guinness Doctors' Books is also available, and we have sections dedicated to the Guinness "Facts & Feats", "The Records" and "Fact Book" spin-off series. We must thank our many fellow collectors who have helped with information (and pictures) for some editions.

Please enjoy our web-site, and please enjoy the books - that's why Norris and Ross McWhirter (and the other record book compilers) went to so much trouble and effort in the first place. If you have any additional information that will add to (or improve) this site, please let us know.

2010-03-02
Two more specially produced editions have turned up: Le Livre Guinness des Records Planta Fin 2000 and "Panasonic presents" the Guinness Book of Olympic Records 1992.

2010-02-21
A new section of our site catalogues related items of interest to collectors (stamps, beer-mats, other media, and so on).

2010-01-29
The first editions in Serbo-Croat, Hebrew and Slovenian are now documented on our site.

2010-01-29
We have received another company special edition from Spain - this time a 1990 promotional copy for the Philips K-200 television.

2010-01-29
A special presentation of the 1979 Air Facts & Feats edition for Cox Hobbies has come to light.