The Top Ten of Everything 1989 First Edition - Russell Ash - Hardback

This is the Top Ten of Everything 1989 by Russell Ash. I believe this is the first edition of the first book (see http://top10.book-of-records.info/ ). For example has "Word Trade Centre" error on page 90: should be "World Trade Centre".

...containing the ten Bestselling, Brightest, Busiest, Commonest, Deepest, Earliest, Fastest, Heaviest, Hottest, Largest, Longest-Running, Most Expensive, Most Popular, Most Successful, Oldest, Richest, Smelliest, Tallest, Wettest, Worst and Youngest of Everything in Britain, the USA, the World and the Universe.

THE TOP TEN OF EVERYTHING, the first book of its kind, lists not only the record-breakers in a multiplicity of fields, but also the nine runners-up. How near did the Thoughts of Chairman Mao come to outselling the Bible? How do the USA and USSR really compare when it comes to winning Olympic medals? Just how much more expensive is Van Gogh's Irises than other art record-holders? And what are our favourite videos, toys and crisp flavours?

From the world's top ten beer-drinking nations (do the Brits out-drink the Germans?) to the all-time top ten singles (just how many came from the Fab Four?), from the ten biggest Hollywood flops to the ten shortest-reigning monarchs, this is the one reference book you can't put down. Packed with facts, fun and hundreds of illustations, THE TOP TEN OF EVERYTHING is the ultimate compendium of essential statistics and brain-teasing trivia.

Grading: Acceptable
• Scuffs at all corners of cover and along some edges.
• ~4cm tear midway along spine edge. Some prick marks on Y and T of "EVERYTHING".
• Pen mark on page 9.
• Interior in general has some folds and creases but mostly before page 68.
• There is some damp warping/folding from p135-162 but no associated staining or effect on text.
• Small number of tears, stains and dog-ears throughout.
• Small and large drawings, respectively, on 2nd-last and last (previously blank) pages.

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