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Firsts, Lasts & Onlys is a series of reference books designed to be read for fun. Informative and accurate, they make a great present for a birthday or Christmas. The concept of a book of ultimates was conceived independently and simultaneously by the oddity hunters and friends Jeremy Beadle and Paul Donnelley in 2006. Both men had long been interested in the more unusual or esoteric side of life. Beadle owned a library encompassing more than 20,000 books while Donnelley's has, to date, settled on around 8,000. Indeed, for many years Donnelley helped Beadle to research and write quizzes based on their knowledge of arcana.
Since then five titles have been published - cricket, crime, football, golf and military - with many more scheduled. Beadle joined forces with Ian Harrison to write crime and military, which were published on 25 September 2007 by Robson Books. Along with the fiendishly difficult quizbook Beadle's Miscellany (published by John Blake on 3 September 2007), Firsts, Lasts & Onlys: Crime and Firsts, Lasts & Onlys: Military represented Beadle's last major work. He died on 30 January 2008 at the ridiculously young age of 59.
Donnelley took over the mantle of Firsts, Lasts & Onlys in 2009 and his first three titles - all with a sporting theme - were published on 4 October 2010. By Christmas Day the three books had sold 22,000 copies.
Firsts, Lasts & Onlys is a registered trademark of Paul Donnelley. Any infringement will be vigorously pursued.
Since then five titles have been published - cricket, crime, football, golf and military - with many more scheduled. Beadle joined forces with Ian Harrison to write crime and military, which were published on 25 September 2007 by Robson Books. Along with the fiendishly difficult quizbook Beadle's Miscellany (published by John Blake on 3 September 2007), Firsts, Lasts & Onlys: Crime and Firsts, Lasts & Onlys: Military represented Beadle's last major work. He died on 30 January 2008 at the ridiculously young age of 59.
Donnelley took over the mantle of Firsts, Lasts & Onlys in 2009 and his first three titles - all with a sporting theme - were published on 4 October 2010. By Christmas Day the three books had sold 22,000 copies.
Firsts, Lasts & Onlys is a registered trademark of Paul Donnelley. Any infringement will be vigorously pursued.