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Books

The following Monty Python-related books have been published, mostly in large format:

  • Monty Python's Big Red Book (1971) – Hardcover and paperback. Covers vary.
  • The Brand New Monty Python Bok (1973) (Paperback edition issued as The Brand New Monty Python Papperbok)
  • Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1977) (Original and shooting script, with Gilliam pictures, lobby cards, stills, correspondence and cost breakdown)
  • The Life of Brian of Nazareth/Montypythonscrapbook (1979) (Film script plus a lot of extra material published back-to-back with it)
  • The Life of Brian script book published separately as a standard paperback
  • Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983) (Film script with photos)
  • Monty Python: Just the Words (1989) (Full transcripts of all 4 television series. Originally published in two volumes)
  • The Complete Works of Shakespeare and Monty Python: Vol. 1 – Monty Python (1981) (a repackaging of both the Big Red Book and the Brand New Bok)
  • The Fairly Incomplete & Rather Badly Illustrated Monty Python Songbook (1995) (by Terry Gilliam, Gary Marsh, John Hurst)
  • A Pocketful of Python, picked by John Cleese (2000) (John Cleese's favorite moments from the Python films and TV series.)
  • A Pocketful of Python, picked by Terry Gilliam (2001) (Terry Gilliam's favorite Python moments.)
  • A Pocketful of Python, picked by Michael Palin (2001) (Michael Palin's favorite Python moments.)
  • A Pocketful of Python, hand-picked by Eric Idle (2002) (Eric Idle's favorite Python moments.)
  • The Pythons (2005) (An oral history of Monty Python told through collection of interviews from Python members and friends; includes photos).

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