The following information was extracted by fellow collector John Harrison as a personal choice from his 127 copies of the original complete editions.John requires 1869, 1871, 1872, 1879 & 1918 to get the complete set.

DATE	COST	PAGES	INFORMATION
1869		373	1st edition - index of 1100 entries published 10th December 1868, at 10 Warwick Square.
1870		356	Moved to 12 Warwick Lane (remained there for 70 years) A delightful section 'A Key to the Calender'.
1871
1872
1873	£0.05	322	3rd January 1872, Brigham Young arrested for murder.
1874	£0.05	320	International Exhibition at Kensington.
1875		320	Benjamin Disraeli, Prime Minister.
1876		320	Mr Gladstone finally relinquished leadership of the Liberal party.
1877		320	Joseph Whitaker wrote 'beyond trifling alterations and additions the only improvement was to make the book more perfect!'.
1878	£0.10	384	An 1878 copy was placed beneath 'Cleopatra's Needle'.
1879
1880		384	Intestate Estates - how distributed (p222).
1881	£0.10	400	Editor stated every section and every paragraph, 'is full to overflowing'.
1882	£0.10		(shorter edition)
1883	£0.10	464	'The Tract for the Times', and their authors.
1884	£0.10	456	Whitaker wrote 'the scope of the Almanack has widened and its pages have increased in number; the limit has now been reached'.
1885	£0.10	472	Contains the 'Historic Peerage'.
1886	£0.10	484	House of Commons elected in november 1885 under the new Reform Bill.
1887	£0.13	632	Much enlarged, cover Queen Vicoria's Golden Jubilee.
1888		672	'You'll find it in Whitaker's, a household proverb - whenever information is required.
1889		704	'Cycle a rapid means of locomotion in times of war'.
1890		724	231 criminals - 'wipped or fined'.
1891		728	A chronological record of Applied Electricity ends with these sentences. 'No fairy dream could surpass the wonders of the present age. All this is the work of the last half century. Who can tell what another century will bring!'
1892		728	Educationally, 'this country is now literally - rolling in the lap of luxury'.
1893		728	Contains an article on the hundreth anniversary of the French Revolution.
1894		744	Summaries of Friendly Societies, Naval Disasters, Vital Statistics etc.
1895		744	Joseph Whitaker died. Succeeded as Editor by his son Cuthbert Whitaker (until 1950). Article on canals and navigation.
1896		744	First use of a preface instead of an advertisment used by the editor to inform readers of changes etc.
1897		760	List of Fairs entirely recast. Long article on Queen Victoria's reign.
1898		776	Army and Navy estimates presented in tabular form.
1899		776	This edition contains a very useful index to former articles which have appeared in this Almanack since its institution (1869).
1899 - 1902 BOER WAR
1900		776	Some new maps included; Petersburg to Peking railway; Suez to Shanghai and the Cape to Cario line. Almanack now printed by William Clowes of Beccles.
1901		776	Contains an 'epitomised history of thr 19th century'.
1902	£0.13	776	Contains 143 pages of advertiseing.
1903	£0.13	792	Articles include; wireless telegraphy; the Great Siberian Railway and Jury service.
1904	£0.13	792	Contains a three page index to previous issues. Includes a political history of the world.
1905	£0.13	792	Bankers' edition. Editor ventures the view  that the Almanack, 'many now regard as a national institution'.
1906	£0.13	794	Contains a directory of Towns and Counties of England and Wales.
1907	£0.13	794	Contains a section on the 'Growth of travelling facilities in London'.
1908	£0.13	792	Statement on the 'Cost of Old Age Pensions'.
1909	£0.13	792	Progress of the Motor Industry.
1910	£0.13	792	Articles on; aerial navigation, the Children's Charter and the opening up of the Southern Congo.
1911	£0.13	792	Contains an Index to former issues.
1912	£0.13	858	New articles on; aviation, the Suez Canal etc.
1913	£0.13	858	'International Whitaker' published, details on page v.
1914 - 1918 GREAT WAR
1914	£0.13	891	Featured in a Sherlock Holmes story, 'The Valley of Fear'.
1915	£0.13	890	Immediate origins of the 'Great War'.
1916	£0.13	858	'Trading with the Enemy'.
1917	£0.18	858	See pages 859 - British Empire Industries.
1918
1919	£0.30	794	Contains a double page map showing the Racial divisions of Europe. Also a map of Mesopotamia, and an article on the proposed Channel Tunnel.
1920	£0.30	794	Contains a section on 'British Industries'.
1921	£0.39	970	Table of 'Administations from 1804-1920'.
1922	£0.30	898	Outline of History from BC10,000 to AD1921.
1923	£0.30	904	London City Council elected body.
1924	£0.30	920	Article by the Prime Minister of New Zealand, page 476.
1925	£0.30	939	'The British Empire Exhibition', in London.
1926	£0.30	888	'Bee-Keeping', Noah's Ark, 'Hospital Funds'.
1927	£0.30	896	Concise Edition, with paper covers, first published.
1928	£0.30	916	'British and Indian Railways', 'Storms and Floods'.
1929	£0.30	932	'Capricornus now appears in his true shape as a marinemonster'. (An erroneous drawing on the Title page and in the Calender for 60 years!).
1930	£0.30	928	In response to many requests, 'WHITAKER'S published in the first week of December, to make it available as a Christmas or New Year gift.
1931	£0.30	960	First edition to include over 1000 pages of edititorial matter. 'Women in Parliament'.
1932	£0.30	980	Index enlarged to 140 columns and upwards of 20,000 references.
1933	£0.30	1008	Contains list of Nobel Prize Winners.
1934	£0.30	1000	Publication of interesting figures of comparative growth of the various sections.
1935	£0.30	1000	Editors notes, 'maintains old friendships and increases its readers among adolescents of both sexes'.
1936	£0.30	1014	Silver Jubilee of George the Vth chronicled.
1937	£0.30	1064	Contains a portrait of King Edward VIII and fill coverage of this Coronation.
1938	£0.30	1088	Records the Abdication of Edward VIII and the Coronation of George the VI.
1939	£0.30	1096	Articles on Television, Gliding, Stratosphere Flight, etc.
1939 - 1945 WORLD WAR
1940	£0.35	1136	Years weather, science literature, films etc.
1941	£0.50	992	In December 1940 heavy incendiary air-raids destroyed all records in Warwick Lane and Cuthbert Whitaker's resources library. Winston Churchill concerned at non-appearance, but was reassured!.
1942	£0.50	1024	Resetting and modernising of type after 70 years.
1943	£0.50	1040	Government by Party from 1932 copy, updated.
1944	£0.50	1024	Cuthbert Whitaker's 50th Almanack, Bernard Shaw offered some suggestions.
1945	£0.50	1084	Publication delayed due to 'many difficulties'. Britain's war effort. Home Guard.
1946	£0.63	1088	Covers Chronicle of whole of the war.
1947	£0.63	1100	Contains a reveiw of the Weather from 1939 to 1946.
1948	£0.63	1092	Daily met. Observations restored (absent since 1939).
1949	£0.63	1124	Don Bradman knighted. Table of atomic Weights.
1950	£0.63	1124	Tom Tatham became editor (until 1981).
1951	£0.63	1156	Festival of Britain. Reverted to pre-war practice of publishing in December.
1952	£0.75	1156	Contains the General Election Suppliment.
1953	£0.75	1174	Coronation of Elizabeth II. First coloured pictues in Almanack (Queen).
1954	£0.75	1190	First inclusion of 16 page black and white photographs.
1955	£0.75	1190	Advertisment in black type on back green cover.
1956	£0.87	1190	Advertisment in gold type on back green cover.
1957	£0.92	1190	List of Public Houses open to visitors.
1958	£0.92	1190	Schemes for Motorways and Tunnels.
1959	£0.92	1188	Diary of events including a section on sport.
1960	£1.05	1188	First edition to have a Dust Jacket.
1961	£1.05	1191	Restoration after many years of the full month by month record of the previous years weather.
1962	£1.05	1189	Included a list of Museums and Galleries.
1963	£1.25	1205	Article on the National Parks.
1964	£1.25	1205	Memorable Cricket Test series - England and West Indies.
1965	£1.25	1204	Includes a list of Annual Reference Books.
1966	£1.25	1204	Death of Winston Churchill.
1967	£1.25	1204	Abolition of the Death Penalty.
1968	£1.37	1222	100th edition. Largest ever produced. Three times its original size. Over 20,000 index entries. Introduced sketch maps and Topics of the Day.
1969	£1.37	1222	Last year of Whitaker's Advertisments at the back of Book.
1970	£1.50	1220	Man's First Landing on the Moon recorded. (1969).
1971	£1.75	1220	Decimal Currency offical currency as from 14 February 1971.
1972	£2.00	1220	Regrouping of Government Offices.
1973	£2.25	1220	Crown Courts established.
1974	£2.25	1220	Contains a number of new and entirely recast articles.
1975	£2.50	1220	Two General Elections in1974.
1976	£3.50	1220	Queen visited Greenwich Observatory - of particilar interest to the Almanack!
1977	£4.50	1220	Queen opened the Olympic Games in Montreal. (1976).
1978	£5.20	1220	1977 Silver Jubilee of the Queen's Accession.
1979	£5.75	1220	New section on Education added to Events of the year page.
1980	£6.80	1220	Addition of a section on Churches.
1981	£8.20	1196	the first edition to be typset by computer - also 6mm taller than all previous editions. Richard Blake becomes editor (1986).
1982	£9.00	1220	Royal Wedding and American Space Shuttle.
1983	£9.90	1220	No calender printed on front cover. Blank lower half.
1984	£11.00	1220	Information of Almanack printed in gold on front cover.
1985	£11.95	1220	UK Elections to the European Parliament.
1986	£12.95	1220	Exceptional year for sport. Hilary Marsden became Editor.
1987	£13.95	1236	Friendly and Building Society Section.
1988	£15.95	1236	Article on the Stock Market rewritten.
1989	£16.50	1168	New Index, moved to the back of the book.
1990	£17.95	1184	Weights and Measures section contains SI units.
1991	£19.95	1184	Change of lettering on the spine of book.
1992	£22.50	1184	Last of the green covers and red spines (124th edition) Almanacks.
1993	£25.00	1280	125th edition, completely redesigned Almanack. All red binding with an attractive Dust jacket. Larger in size - taller by 4cms. Outstanding line maps and coloured photographs. Extracts from First Edition, pages 1096-1099.
1994	£25.00	1280	Countries of the world section expanded to include all former Soviet and Yugoslav Republics.
1995	£25.00	1280	My first copy! Bought by my 89 year old mother. Opening of the Channel Tunnel.
1996	£30.00	1280	European Union now constitutes a separate section.
1997	£35.00	1280	National Lottery and rewrite of Legal notes.
1998	£35.00	1280	Deaths of Diana, Princess of Wales and Mother Teresa. Almanack published for the first time by the Stationary Office.
1999	£35.00	1280	New section on the National Health. 16 coloured physical maps of the world replaced the 16 photographs section.
2000	£40.00	1292	Devolution of Scotland and Wales. Lauren Hill new Editor.

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