Notes:

1. The French editions were later called "Le Livre des Records" (the second edition in 1975), "Le Livre Guinness des Records" (1981), "Le Guinness des Records" and finally "Le Mondial des Records".

2. Our copy has an insert advertising the book, explaining how to break a record and asking for suggestions and corrections:

Avec votre concours

UN NOUVEAU RECORD SERA BATTU

jamais un livre n'aura réuni autant d'auteurs

1. The 2nd edition (red dust-jacket on grey boards) was published in 1964. In 1967, the third edition (a paperback) was published and called "Guinness Das Buch Der Rekorde". From 1974 to 1979, the book was known as "Guinness Lexicon Der Superlative". In 1980, the current title, "Guinness Buch Der Rekorde", was used for the first time.

1. The first European Spanish edition was published in 1976 and adopted a title similar to today's editions - "El Libro Guinness de los Records".

1. The cover is largely the same as the UK 15th Edition, except that the front and back of the dust-jacket say, "with Southern African records compiled by Eric Rosenthal".

2. Our copy has the inscription, "F. A. Droste & Co., Ltd." on the cover and dust-jacket.

3. The Southern African Records section is 34 pages long. All pages are blue tinted paper - the second page has "Late Additions and Amendments" ("Owing to the miscarriage of a set of printer's proofs"), and the following 32 pages contain the Southern African records.

4. The Foreword for the Southern African Records section (September 1968) says, "The Guinness Book of Records welcomes the inclusion of the Southern African section, written by Eric Rosenthal, the well-known encyclopaedist".

5. We have a copy of Eric Rosenthal's own book - "TOTAL's book of Southern African Records" (Hardback, 8x5¼in, 160 pages, ISBN 0 620 01923 9). Ours is a First edition, first impression from 1975, and is signed by the author.

1. The Dutch translation was by "Mr. A. J. A. de Winter".

2. Updates to 9 categories in "Nagekomen" on page 494.

1. The cover is largely the same as the UK 19th Edition, except that the front cover has "Australian Edition" instead of "Superlatives Unlimited". Many copies also had a sticker which says "First Ever Australian Edition".

2. The inside back cover pages of the standard edition ("Current Olympic Records after the XXth Games in Munich, 1972") turn into additional pages (not numbered) after page 317.

3. The Australian Records section is 25 pages long - the first has a standard white background and the remainder have a pale yellow background.

4. The Foreword for the Australian Records section says, "This is the first edition of the Guinness Book of Records to include a collection of exclusively Australian records. A growing interest and correspondence with Australians concerning superlatives has encouraged us to pioneer this work".

1. The cover is largely the same as the UK 23rd Edition, except that the front cover has "Canadian Edition" instead of "Superlative Recorder", and the camera lens has a maple leaf in place of the world.

2. The book is slightly shorter than the UK edition, and the year banner and cup ribbons on the front cover are modified accordingly.

3. The Canadian Records section is 32 pages long (pages 338 to 369).

4. The Foreword for the Canadian Records section says, "This is a pioneer edition with a section devoted to purely Canadian records. The compilers are conscious that any first offering must inevitably have gaps and they are confident that this collection can be improved with each succeeding edition".

1. The cover is largely the same as the UK 24th Edition, except that the front cover has "with New Zealand supplement" in a panel at the bottom.

2. The New Zealand Records section is 32 pages long (pages 338 to 369).

3. The Foreword for the New Zealand Records section says, "This is the first edition of the Guinness Book of Records to include a special section of exclusively New Zealand records ... This pioneer collection of New Zealand superlatives is one which we shall strive to improve and expand with succeeding annual editions".

(Image courtesy of Adam Teitge)

1. We also have a copy of the 2nd Edition (pictured right): paperback (200x138mm), 160 pages, published in April 1989.
2. These are not related to the Guinness editions, but are very interesting alternative publications.
3. In the 1st edition, records are organised alphabetically; in the 2nd, they are grouped into 32 categories.

1. This is a Russian translation of the 34th U.K. Edition from 1988 by С. С. Федотова (S. S. Fedotova).

1. The foreword by Donald McFarlan starts: "Drodzy Czytelnicy. Publikacja ta jest pierwszą polską edycją Księga Recordów Guinnessa" ("Dear Readers. This publication is the first Polish edition of Guinness Book of Records").
2. The cover is the same as the standard UK edition, except for an additional panel on the front cover, which says, "EDYCJA W JĘZYKU POLSKIM" ("Polish Language Edition"). The usual ISBN panel on the rear cover is replaced by the publisher's name (Reprom).

1. This is not a Guinness edition, but it is certainly a Russian record book!

ISBN: 9789996292798