1998年版《吉尼斯世界纪录大全》已经在世界各国的书店里出售,这本书里记录了人类在世界各地创造的一万种世界纪录;有些举世闻名,有些则几乎是闻所未闻。下面,我们就来看看有关第四十版(1998年)《吉尼斯世界纪录大全》的一些情况。《吉尼斯世界纪录大全》本身就创造了一项世界纪录,这似乎也是不言而喻的。马克·扬是《吉尼斯世界纪录大全》美国版的出版人,他说:“《吉尼斯世界纪录大全》是有史以来销售最多的、 The 1998 edition of the Guinness Book of Records, which has been sold in bookshops throughout the world, documents about 10,000 world records mankind has created around the world; some are world-famous and others are almost unheard of. Next, let’s look at some of the facts about the Guinness World Records, Fortieth Edition (1998). It seems self-evident that the Guinness World Records itself has created a world record. Mark Young, publisher of the American version of the Guinness Book of Records, said: ”The Guinness World Records is the most widely sold ever,