First edition, 1956. Found in a Pasadena, California, antique store, circa 1979. Price: $5.
Even the
Wikipedia entry on the Guiness Book of Records fails to mention the book's original title.
The Guiness Book of World Records was one of my favorite books when I was a kid. Back then, I never would have imagined that I would end up living out my days in the town with what was then the world's "Tallest Totem Pole." :-)