Guinness Record Book Collecting

The concise Oxford Dictionary defines "history" as, "a continuous, usually chronological, record of important or public events". This page details a number of books produced by Guinness Publishing which loosely adhere to that definition. Other sections of our site (such as the Facts & Feats section) should be consulted for more books of this nature; all of the editions are excellent reference books, and are well worth collecting.

Title	The Guinness Book of Kings, Rulers & Statesmen
Author	Clive Carpenter
Editor	Anne Smith
Date	November 1978	ISBN	0 900424 46 X
Format	Hardback 242x174mm	Pages	312	Price New	£7.95
Publisher	Guinness Superlatives Limited, 2 Cecil Court, London Road, Enfield, Middlesex
Printer	Bemrose & Sons Ltd, Derby

Title	The Guinness Book of the Car
Authors	Anthony Harding, Warren Allport, David Hodges, John Davenport
Editor	Honor Head
Date	September 1987	ISBN	0-85112-806-8
Format	Hardback 267x200mm	Pages	256	Price New	£12.95
Publisher	Guinness Superlatives Ltd, 33 London Road, Enfield, Middlesex
Printer	Hazell, Watson & Viney Ltd, Aylesbury, Bucks

Title	The Guinness Book of British Royalty
Author	Geoffrey Hindley
Editor	Beatrice Frei
Date	October 1989	ISBN	0-85112-383-X
Format	Hardback 282x207mm	Pages	192	Price New	£12.95
Publisher	Guinness Publishing Ltd, 33 London Road, Enfield, Middlesex
Printer	New Interlitho SpA, Milan

Title	The Guinness Book of Explorers and Exploration
Editor	Michèle Gavet-Imbert
Date	September 1991	ISBN	0-85112-973-0
Format	Hardback 306x242mm	Pages	279	Price New	£19.95
Copyright	Compagnie 1212 SA
Printer	Amilcare Pizzi S.p.A.

Title	The Guinness Book of Decisive Battles
Author	Geoffrey Regan
Date	September 1992	ISBN	0-85112-520-4
Format	Hardback 274x202mm	Pages	224	Price New	£17.95
Publisher	Guinness Publishing Ltd., 33 London Road, Enfield, Middlesex, EN2 6DJ
Printer	The Bath Press, Bath

Title	The Guinness Book of Air Warfare
Author	Robert Jackson
Editor	Beatrice Frei
Date	August 1993	ISBN	0-85112-701-0
Format	Paperback 235x170mm	Pages	256	Price New	£14.99
Publisher	Guinness Publishing Ltd., 33 London Road, Enfield, Middlesex
Printer	The Bath Press, Bath

Title	The Guinness History of the British Army
Author	John Pimlott
Date	October 1993	ISBN	0-85112-711-8
Format	Hardback 267x197mm	Pages	224	Price New	£14.99
Publisher	Guinness Publishing Ltd., 33 London Road, Enfield, Middlesex, EN2 6DJ
Printer	The Bath Press, Bath

Title	The Guinness Book of Innovations
Author	Geoff Tibballs
Editor	Beatrice Frei
Date	May 1994	ISBN	0-85112-742-8
Format	Hardback 275x205mm	Pages	190	Price New	£14.99
Publisher	Guinness Publishing Ltd., 33 London Road, Enfield, Middlesex
Printer	The Bath Press, Bath

Title	The Guinness History of Inventions
Author	G. I. Brown
Editor	Anne Marshall
Date	October 1996	ISBN	0-85112-546-8
Format	Hardback 268x195mm	Pages	256	Price New	£16.95
Publisher	Guinness Publishing Ltd, 33 London Road, Enfield, Middlesex, EN2 6DJ
Printer	The Bath Press, Bath

The Guinness Warfare Series

A series of three books, similar in nature to the Facts & Feats series:

1973

The Guinness History of Land Warfare

Publication Date	October 1973
Cover	Black
Price New	£2.95
ISBN	900424 20 6
Pages	248
Sections	9 ("The Roots of Strife", "The Millennium of Organisation", "The Equine Millennium", "The Gunpowder Revolution", "The Rise of Industry", "The Epoch of Totality", "The Epoch of Mechanisation", "The Paradoxical Epoch" and "Appendices")
Format	Hardback 9½x7⅛ inches (242x183 mm)
Copyright	Kenneth Macksey and Guinness Superlatives Limited
Publisher	Guinness Superlatives Ltd 2, Cecil Court, London Road, Enfield, Middlesex
Printer	Jarrold and Sons Limited, Norwich

Notes:

A second impression was published in 1976 (£4.95).

1975

The Guinness History of Sea Warfare

Publication Date	October 1975
Cover	Blue
Price New	£6.95
ISBN	900424 29 X
Pages	245
Sections	8 ("Oars and Spears", "Cannons and Culverins", "Wooden Walls", "Ironclads and Explosives", "The Decade of the Dreadnought", "The Aircraft Carrier Era", "The Age of Nuclear Power" and "Appendices")
Format	Hardback 9½x7⅛ inches (242x183 mm)
Copyright	Guinness Superlatives Ltd
Publisher	Guinness Superlatives Ltd 2, Cecil Court, London Road, Enfield, Middlesex
Printer	Jarrold and Sons Limited, Norwich

1976

The Guinness History of Air Warfare

Publication Date	October 1976
Cover	Mauve
Price New	£6.50
ISBN	900424 61 3
Pages	247
Sections	7 ("The New Dimension in Warfare", "In Search of a Method", "The Birth of Air Power", "The Interregnum", "The Heyday of Tactical Air Forces", "The Years of the Holocaust" and "Confrontation: Cold and Limited Wars")
Format	Hardback 9½x7⅛ inches (242x183 mm)
Copyright	Guinness Superlatives Ltd
Publisher	Guinness Superlatives Ltd 2, Cecil Court, London Road, Enfield, Middlesex
Printer	Jarrold and Sons Limited, Norwich

World Events

1997

Guinness Book of the 20th Century

Publication Date	October 1997
Cover	Red
Price New	£20
ISBN	0-85112-057-1
Pages	456
Format	Hardback 12x9 inches (305x229 mm)
Copyright	Guinness Publishing Ltd
Notes	The book also came in a black cover (right)

2000

Guinness Book of the 20th Century Millennium Edition

Publication Date	May 2000
Cover	Lime Green
Price New	£20
ISBN	0-85112-057-1
Pages	480
Format	Hardback 12x9 inches (305x229 mm)
Copyright	Guinness World Records Ltd
Notes	This is a revised edition which includes information for 1998 and 1999.

2000

Guinness World Records

Subtitle	Great World Events of the last thirty-five years.
Publication Date	August 2000
Cover	Black
Price New	$9.99
Pages	192
Format	Paperback 11¼x8⅝ inches (286x220 mm)
Copyright	Guinness World Records Ltd
Reprinted by	Time Inc. Home Entertainment, 1271 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York, 10020.
Notes	Extracted from the "Guinness Book of the 20th Century" (above).