Guinness Book of World Records Facsimile – Limited Edition (35 / 5000) Hardcover (2015) Extremely rare and limited distribution – Only 5000 printed. 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. 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.