CE guides have really started to take off since last fall or so but have been around for a while
We had a discussion in another thread somewhere about the earliest
collector's edition
guide
My requirements for it to be a CE guide are that there has to be at least 2 different unique variants
I.E. it's not a ce guide if ALL copies of the guide are CE guides
I believe the earliest found was a Diablo II guide with a unique cover art on it so 2000???
That conversation starts here:
http://collectorsedition.org/forums/...790#post130790
And continues for a little while