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A Selection of Guinness Books

From a lovely - if somewhat surprising - book about abandoned railway lines, through books about the natural world, glamour in fashion and "beards and moustaches" to pure reference books, this section of our site houses a mixed pick of some books which don't fit naturally elsewhere on the site. Some of the weird and wonderful Guinness books on this page may entice collectors of the usual record and reference books to branch out and explore some of the less well-known editions.

Title

Just a Few Lines

Author

Paul Jennings

Date

November 1969 ISBN 900424 50 8

Format

Hardback 318x225mm

Pages N/A Price New 63s.

Publisher

Guinness Superlatives Ltd., 24 Upper Book Street, London, W.1

Printer

Redwood Press Ltd. of Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England.

Title

Guinness Book of Christmas

Editor

Tom Hartman

Date

September 1984 ISBN 0-85112-404-6

Format

Hardback 217x155mm

Pages 144 Price New £4.95

Publisher

Guinness Superlatives Ltd, 2 Cecil Court, London Road, Enfield, Middlesex. EN2 6DJ

Printer

Hazell Watson & Viney Limited, Member of the BPCC Group, Aylesbury, Bucks

Title

The Guinness Book of Almost Everything You Didn't Need to Know About Dogs

Author

Valerie Porter

Editor

Honor Head

Date

September 1986 ISBN 0-85112-482-8

Format

Hardback 217x123mm

Pages 128 Price New £4.95

Publisher

Guinness Superlatives Ltd, 33 London Road, Enfield, Middlesex

Printer

R.J. Acford, Chichester, Sussex

Title

The First Photography Book

Author

Peter Smith

Date

June 1987 ISBN 0-85112-846-7

Format

Hardback 253x195mm

Pages 110 Price New £8.95

Publisher

Guinness Superlatives Ltd, 33 London Road, Enfield, Middlesex

Printer

R. J. Acford Ltd, Chichester, Sussex

Title

The Cat-a-logue

Author

Janice Anderson

Editor

Honor Head

Date

September 1987 ISBN 0-85112-484-4

Format

Hardback 217x123mm

Pages 128 Price New £4.95

Publisher

Guinness Superlatives Ltd, 33 London Road, Enfield, Middlesex

Printer

R.J. Acford, Chichester, Sussex

Title

The Photographer's Pocket Manual

Author

John Garrett

Date

September 1987 ISBN 0-85112-876-9

Format

Hardback 197x102mm

Pages 240 Price New £6.95

Publisher

Guinness Superlatives Ltd, 33 London Road, Enfield, Middlesex

Printer

New Interlitho S.p.a.

Title

Step-By-Step DIY

Editor

Keith Faulkner

Date

September 1987 ISBN 0-85112-861-0

Format

Hardback 255x258mm

Pages N/A Price New £14.95

Publisher

Guinness Superlatives Ltd, 33 London Road, Enfield, Middlesex

Printer

New Interlitho S.p.a.

Title

World Birds

Author

Brian P. Martin

Editor

Honor Head

Date

September 1987 ISBN 0-85112-891-2

Format

Hardback 266x200mm

Pages 192 Price New £12.95

Publisher

Guinness Superlatives Ltd, 33 London Road, Enfield, Middlesex

Printer

Butler and Tanner, Somerset

Title

Remarkable Animals

Editor

Ulla Sundén

Date

October 1987 ISBN 0-85112-867-X

Format

Hardback 295x215mm

Pages 239 Price New £12.95

Publisher

Guinness Superlatives Ltd, 33 London Road, Enfield, Middlesex

Printer

Brepols BV, Turnhout, Belgium

Title

The Cat-a-logue (2nd Edition)

Author

Janice Anderson

Editor

Honor Head

Date

September 1989 ISBN 0-85112-328-7

Format

Hardback 217x121mm

Pages 128 Price New £4.95

Publisher

Guinness Superlatives Ltd, 33 London Road, Enfield, Middlesex

Printer

Printer Portuguesa, Portugal

Title

Horse Tails

Author

Valerie Porter

Editor

Honor Head

Date

October 1989 ISBN 0-85112-382-1

Format

Hardback 217x123mm

Pages 128 Price New £5.95

Publisher

Guinness Publishing Ltd, 33 London Road, Enfield, Middlesex

Printer

Printer Portuguesa, Portugal

Title

Step-By-Step DIY

Editor

Keith Faulkner

Date

August 1990 ISBN 0-85112-929-3

Format

Paperback 250x251mm

Pages N/A Price New £9.95

Publisher

Guinness Superlatives Ltd, 33 London Road, Enfield, Middlesex

Printer

New Interlitho S.p.a.

Title

The Guinness Book of Beards and Moustaches

Authors

Leslie Dunkling and John Foley

Editor

Beatrice Frei

Date

September 1990 ISBN 0-85112-906-4

Format

Hardback 217x121mm

Pages 128 Price New £7.95

Publisher

Guinness Publishing Ltd, 33 London Road, Enfield, Middlesex

Printer

The Bath Press, Bath

Title

The Guinness Book of Money

Authors

Leslie Dunkling & Adrian Room

Editor

Beatrice Frei

Date

October 1990 ISBN 0-85112-399-6

Format

Paperback 235x170mm

Pages 191 Price New £6.95

Publisher

Guinness Publishing Ltd, 33 London Road, Enfield, Middlesex

Printer

The Bath Press, Bath, Avon

Title

The Changing World of Weather

Author

Clive Carpenter

Editor

Beatrice Frei

Date

June 1991 ISBN 0-85112-914-5

Format

Hardback 267x200mm

Pages 191 Price New £14.99

Publisher

Guinness Publishing Ltd, 33 London Road, Enfield, Middlesex

Printer

Imago, Hong Kong

Title

The Guinness Book of Marriage

Author

Valerie Porter

Editor

Honor Head

Date

June 1991 ISBN 0-85112-943-9

Format

Paperback 235x170mm

Pages 160 Price New £8.99

Publisher

Guinness Publishing Ltd, 33 London Road, Enfield, Middlesex

Printer

The Bath Press, Bath, Avon

Title

The Illustrated Cat's Life

Authors

Warren Eckstein and Fay Eckstein

Date

August 1991 ISBN 0-85112-983-8

Format

Hardback 287x223mm

Pages 128 Price New £9.99

Publisher

Guinness Publishing Ltd, 33 London Road, Enfield, Middlesex

Printed

Hong Kong

Title

Cat Calls

Author

Janice Anderson

Editor

Honor Head

Date

September 1991 ISBN 0-85112-947-1

Format

Hardback 217x121mm

Pages 128 Price New £6.99

Publisher

Guinness Publishing Ltd, 33 London Road, Enfield, Middlesex

Printer

The Bath Press, Bath

Title

The Guinness World Data Book

Editor

Clive Carpenter

Date

October 1991 ISBN 0-85112-960-9

Format

Hardback 217x175mm

Pages 192 Price New £9.99

Publisher

Guinness Publishing Ltd, 33 London Road, Enfield, Middlesex

Printer

Imago, Hong Kong

Title

The Guinness Book of Fakes, Frauds & Forgeries

Author

Richard Newnham

Editor

Honor Head

Date

October 1991 ISBN 0-85112-975-7

Format

Paperback 235x170mm

Pages 224 Price New £12.99

Publisher

Guinness Publishing Ltd, 33 London Road, Enfield, Middlesex

Printer

The Bath Press, Bath

Title

The Photographer's Pocket Manual (New Edition)

Author

John Garrett

Date

May 1992 ISBN 0-85112-517-4

Format

Hardback 197x102mm

Pages 240 Price New £9.99

Publisher

Guinness Publishing Ltd, 33 London Road, Enfield, Middlesex

Printer

New Interlitho S.p.A.

Title

The Guinness UK Data Book

Editor

Clive Carpenter

Date

September 1992 ISBN 0-85112-522-0

Format

Hardback 217x175mm

Pages 192 Price New £9.99

Publisher

Guinness Publishing Ltd, 33 London Road, Enfield, Middlesex

Printer

Imago, Hong Kong

Title

Guinness World Car Record (in association with Autocar)

Author

Ivan Berg

Date

September 1992 ISBN 0-85112-529-8

Format

Paperback 235x151mm

Pages 760 Price New £14.99

Publisher

Guinness Publishing Ltd, 33 London Road, Enfield, Middlesex

Printed

The Bath Press, Bath

Title

Guinness World Car Record (US Edition)

Author

Ivan Berg

Date

September 1992 ISBN 0-87938-660-6

Format

Paperback 235x151mm

Pages 760 Price New $24.95

Publisher

Motorbooks International Publishers and Wholesalers, P.O. Box 2, Osceola, WI 54020

Printed

The Bath Press, Bath

Title

Guinness Current Car Index (in association with Autocar)

Author

Ivan Berg

Date

September 1992 ISBN 0-85112-575-1

Format

Paperback 200x140mm

Pages 255 Price New £9.99

Publisher

Guinness Publishing Ltd, 33 London Road, Enfield, Middlesex

Printed

The Bath Press, Bath

Title

The Illustrated Dog's Life

Authors

Warren Eckstein with Andrea Simon

Date

September 1992 ISBN 0-85112-589-1

Format

Hardback 287x223mm

Pages 128 Price New £9.99

Publisher

Guinness Publishing Ltd, 33 London Road, Enfield, Middlesex, ENZ 6DJ

Printed

Hong Kong

Title

Glamour in Fashion

Author

David Bond

Editor

Paola Simoneschi

Date

October 1992 ISBN 0-85112-516-6

Format

Hardback 280x203mm

Pages 224 Price New £19.95

Publisher

Guinness Publishing Ltd, 33 London Road, Enfield, Middlesex

Printer

New Interlitho SpA, Milan, Italy

Title

The Guinness World Data Book (2nd Edition)

Editors

Clive Carpenter and Tina Persaud

Date

August 1993 ISBN 0-85112-709-6

Format

Hardback 217x175mm

Pages 224 Price New £11.99

Publisher

Guinness Publishing Ltd, 33 London Road, Enfield, Middlesex

Printer

Printer Portuguesa, Portugal

Title

The Guinness European Data Book

Editor

Clive Carpenter

Date

May 1994 ISBN 0-85112-523-9

Format

Hardback 216x176mm

Pages 192 Price New £11.99

Publisher

Guinness Publishing Ltd, 33 London Road, Enfield, Middlesex

Printer

New Interlitho SpA, Milan

Title

Step-By-Step DIY (Updated Edition)

Editor

Keith Faulkner

Date

May 1994 ISBN 0-85112-796-7

Format

Paperback 250x251mm

Pages N/A Price New £12.99

Publisher

Guinness Publishing Ltd, 33 London Road, Enfield, Middlesex

Printer

New Interlitho S.p.a., Italy

Title

The Guinness Book of Why?

Authors

Donald McFarlan and Ian Bishop

Date

July 1994 ISBN 0-85112-574-3

Format

Paperback 197x130mm

Pages 159 Price New £5.99

Publisher

Guinness Publishing Ltd, 33 London Road, Enfield, Middlesex

Printer

Cox & Wyman

Title

The Guinness Book of Espionage

Author

Mark Lloyd

Editor

Beatrice Frei

Date

August 1994 ISBN 0-85112-591-3

Format

Hardback 242x175mm

Pages 256 Price New £14.99

Publisher

Guinness Publishing Ltd, 33 London Road, Enfield, Middlesex

Printer

The Bath Press, Bath
Notes We also have a US paperback edition (ISBN: 0-306-80584-7), published by Da Capo Press, Inc., New York.

Title

The Guinness Book of Lasts

Author

Christopher Slee

Date

September 1994 ISBN 0-85112-783-5

Format

Paperback 250x191mm

Pages 192 Price New £11.99

Publisher

Guinness Publishing Ltd, 33 London Road, Enfield, Middlesex, EN2 6DJ

Printer

The Bath Press, Bath

Title

Motoring Shorts

Author

Tony Bosworth

Date

October 1994 ISBN 0-85112-637-5

Format

Hardback 217x121mm

Pages 128 Price New £7.99

Publisher

Guinness Publishing Ltd, 33 London Road, Enfield, Middlesex

Printer

The Bath Press, Bath

Title

The Guinness Book of Winners

Author

Anne Marshall

Editor

Beatrice Frei

Date

October 1994 ISBN 0-85112-791-6

Format

Hardback 288x205mm

Pages 256 Price New £16.95

Publisher

Guinness Publishing Ltd, 33 London Road, Enfield, Middlesex

Printer

New Interlitho Italia S.p.a.

Title

Top Towns

Subtitle

The Guinness guide to finding the best places to live in the UK

Authors

Caralampo Focas, Paul Genty, Peter Murphy

Editor

Anne Marshall

Date

June 1995 ISBN 0-85112-675-8

Format

Paperback 233x153mm

Pages 224 Price New £9.99

Publisher

Guinness Publishing Ltd, 33 London Road, Enfield, Middlesex

Printer

The Bath Press, Bath

Title

The Guinness Book of Oddities

Author

Geoff Tibballs

Editor

Anne Marshall

Date

August 1995 ISBN 0-85112-661-8

Format

Paperback 235x170mm

Pages 192 Price New £12.99

Publisher

Guinness Publishing Ltd, 33 London Road, Enfield, Middlesex

Printer

The Bath Press, Bath

Title

The Guinness Book of What?

Author

Bob Jackson

Editor

Beatrice Frei

Date

September 1995 ISBN 0-85112-684-7

Format

Paperback 197x130mm

Pages 224 Price New £7.99

Publisher

Guinness Publishing Ltd, 33 London Road, Enfield, Middlesex

Printer

Cox & Wyman Limited

Title

The Guinness Book of Ireland

Editors

Bernard Loughlin and Colm Tóibín id

Date

September 1995 ISBN 0-85112-597-2

Format

Hardback 266x195mm

Pages 192 Price New £14.99

Publisher

Guinness Publishing Ltd, 33 London Road, Enfield, Middlesex

Printer

New Interlitho Italia SpA, Italy

Title

The Guinness Book of Chess Grandmasters

Author

William Hartston

Editor

Beatrice Frei

Date

August 1996 ISBN 0-85112-554-9

Format

Paperback 235x170mm

Pages 224 Price New £12.99

Publisher

Guinness Publishing Ltd, 33 London Road, Enfield, Middlesex

Printer

The Bath Press, Bath

Title

The Guinness Book of Crime

Author

Brian Bailey

Editor

Caroline Chapman

Date

October 1997 ISBN 0-85112-559-X

Format

Hardback 267x195mm

Pages 224 Price New £16.00

Publisher

Guinness Publishing Ltd, 338 Euston Road, London, NW1 3BD.

Printer

The Bath Press

Title

The Guinness Book of Amazing Nature

Editor

Elizabeth Wyse

Date

September 1998 ISBN 0-85112-069-5

Format

Hardback 305x227mm

Pages 240 Price New £20.00

Publisher

Guinness Publishing Ltd