Monty Python and the Holy Grail Book

Chapman, Graham, et al

Published by Mandarin, London, 1977

About this Item

If you can't figure out what a rabbit and a frog have to do with King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, then you NEED to buy this 95 page (that's a John Cleese count by the way) book which is based on the film. YOU will also learn more about : Sally Kinghorn, the Sea of Fate, Sirs Galahad, Alf and Bedevere, Chief Taunter, Zoot, bleeders, bridgekeepers, and Roger the Shrubber. Illustration is a composite of b/w drawings, colour movie stills and a kind of Pythonesque potpourri. Cond : Paper wrapper is black with white lettering. Front and back covers have a composite of six colour images from the movie - including 5 knights clowning from the battlements. All edges soft, corners as well. Not sun-faded, Two nasty creases in back cover. No names, marks nor tears. Sticker ghost - front cover. Very good reading copy !!! Quote (p. 16 - cleese-count again) : " A village. Sound of chanting of Latin canon, punctuated by short, sharp cracks. It comes nearer. We see it is a line of MONKS a la Seventh Seal flagellation scene, chanting and banging themselves on the foreheads with wooden boards. they pass a group of villagers who are dragging a beautiful . ." Size: 8vo.

Seller Inventory # 004951

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Monty Python and the Holy Grail Book
• Publisher: Mandarin, London
• Publication Date: 1977
• Binding: Soft cover
• Illustrator: Colour and B/W Plates
• Edition: Later Edition.
• Condition: Good ++
• Seller catalogs:
  • Humour