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TERRY
JONES BOOKS
Bert Fegg's Nasty Book for Boys and Girls (the original British edition; a collection of material written by Terry Jones and Michael Palin originally intended to be part of the Monty Python television series; illustrated with color artwork and made to look like a children's book; a sticker on the cover reads " A Monty Python Educational Product")
Pick of Punch: 1974 (this "best of" collection of cartoons and articles from the British weekly humor magazine, Punch, includes a three-page article by Terry Jones and Michael Palin called "Monty Python's Tour of Canada;" it is written journal style and chronicles inn a very non-serious way the Pythons tour of Canada in June 1974)
Dr. Fegg's Nasty Book of Knowledge (American version of "Bert Fegg's Nasty Book for Boys and Girls;" contains most of the same material as the original British edition but includes expanded content, 32-pages of additional material, and lots more color illustrations than the original; reverse cover has humorous bios of Terry Jones and Michael Palin in an attempt to mention Monty Python twenty times)
Jabberwocky (1977) (see Terry Gilliam)
The Two Ronnies
Sketchbook (a collection of classic sketches, as performed by Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett; includes two sketches, "Slap-Up Party" and "Hello," written by Terry Jones and Michael Palin)
Ripping Yarns (includes scripts to the six shows of the first series: "Tomkinson's Schooldays," "The Testing of Eric Olthwaite," "Escape from Stalag Luft 112B," "Murder at Moorstones Manor," "Across the Andes by Frog," and "The Curse of the Claw")
More Ripping Yarns (includes the scripts to the three shows of the second series: "Whinfrey's Last Case," "Golden Gordon," and "Roger of the Raj;" John Cleese makes a brief appearance as a "Passer-by")
Chaucer's Knight: Portrait of aMedieval Mercenary (a lengthy scholarly work by Terry Jones which examines a few dozen lines from Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales;" he re-interprets the conception that Chaucer's knight was a chivalrous and heroic figure and, through historical examination, concludes that the knight was actually a vicious, cold-blooded mercenary)
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball (1981) (see Graham Chapman)
Fairy Tales (Terry Jones's first volume of fairy tales which he wrote for his daughter, Sally, in the summer of 1978; these stories were later adapted for radio, television, and a record album)
Frank Muir Presents the Book of Comedy Sketches (1982) (see John Cleese)
The Saga of Erik the Viking (a story written by Terry Jones for his son, Bill; story of a Viking and his fellow warriors who set sail to find the land where the sun goes at night; winner of the 1984 British Children's Book Award)
Jane Asher's Fancy Dress (a book on how to make over 100 extraordinary and funny costumes for children and adults; the book was written and compiled by British actress, writer, and domestic businesswoman Jane Asher; the book features photographs of famous celebrities wearing the costumes; Terry Jones is pictured twice as a 'sex object,' first as The Blob and later sporting a very ellaborate Girl Jumping Out of Cake costume)
Dr. Fegg's Encyclopeadia of All World Knowledge
(Formerly the Nasty Book) (a revised edition of "Dr. Fegg's Nasty Book of Knowledge" which is the U.S. version of the original "Bert Fegg's Nasty Book for Boys and Girls;" includes new &additional material as well as some revised artwork)
Hundreds and Hundreds (a collection of stories to mark the centenary of the National Society for the prevention of Cruelty to Children; includes the short story 'The Flying King' by Terry Jones, which later appeared in Terry Jones's Fantastic Stories in 1992)
The Children's Book (includes the poem "Frank Carew MacGraw" by Terry Jones which also appears in Terry Jones's "Curse of the Vampire Socks")
Nicobobinus (children's story by Terry Jones of a boy, Nicobobinus, and his friend Rosie who set off to discover the Land of Dragons)
The Utterly, Utterly Merry Comic Relief Christmas Book (1986) (see Graham Chapman) The Kingfisher Book Of Comic Verse (includes the poem "Frank Carew MacGraw" by Terry Jones which also appears in Terry Jones's "Curse of the Vampire Socks")
Labyrinth (novelization of the Jim Henson film; based on the screenplay by Terry Jones)
Labyrinth: The Photo Album (By Numerous Goblins
as Told to Rebecca Grand) (picture book of the Jim Henson film; based on the characters and screenplay by Terry Jones)
The Goblins of the Labyrinth (Terry Jones provides funny descriptions and stories to a series of Brian Froud's drawings of goblins; Terry Jones also used Brian Froud's sketches to write scenes for the "Labyrinth" screenplay)
Personal Services (screenplay of the film directed by Terry Jones; based on the real-life story of Cynthia Payne who ran a brothel in London; includes an introduction by Terry Jones; also features behind-the-scenes photos taken on the set of the film, including photos with Terry Gilliam)
When We Were Young: Memories of Childhood (a collection of childhood reminiscences of some sixty famous people, including school essays written by Terry Jones at age seven, pp. 83-85; includes photo of Terry as a child)
Curse of the Vampire's
Socks and Other Doggerel (a collection of children's poetry written by Terry Jones; also includes poems which first appeared in "Bert Fegg's Nasty Book for Boys and Girls," "Dr. Fegg's Encyclopeadia of All World Knowledge," "Monty Python's Big Red Book," "The Children's Book," and "The Kingfisher Book of Comic Verse")
Attacks of Opinion (a collection of twenty-nine editorials written by Terry Jones for the Young Guardian's "Input" column between April 8, 1987 and May 13, 1988; written in a satirical style, Terry addresses such issues as peace, justice, poverty, and ecology)
Erik the Viking: The Book Of The Film of
the Book (script of the film, with illustrations; based very loosely on Terry Jones's book "The Saga of Erik the Viking;" the movie was directed by Terry Jones and stars Terry Jones as "King Arnulf" and John Cleese as "Halfdan the Black;" approximately 90 pages)
Erik the Viking (comic book version of the film, features amusing liknesses of Terry Jones and John Cleese as the characters they play in the movie)
The Complete Ripping Yarns (the original books "Ripping Yarns" and "More Ripping Yarns" together in one volume; includes the scripts and photographs from all nine episodes of the "Ripping Yarns" television series)
The Cartoon History of the Universe Volumes
1 - 7: From the Big Bang to Alexander the Great (part of a series of humorous and educational books about Earth's entire history, told entirely through cartoons by Larry Gonick, who describes himself as an overeducated cartoonist; Terry Jones endorses the book with the comment "obviously one of the great books of all time")
The Golden Age of Children's Television (1991) (see Terry Gilliam) The Golden Age of Children's Television Quiz Book (1992) (see Terry Gilliam) Happy Families: An Old Game With New Faces (1992) (see John Cleese)
Fantastic Stories (a collection of short children's stories written by Terry Jones between November 1991 and the middle of January 1992; they are similar to but longer than Terry Jones's original "Fairy Tales;" includes a sequel tale of Nicobobinus and his friend Rosie)
The Beast With aThousand Teeth (from Terry Jones's original book of "Fairy Tales;" story of a fearsome beast with four eyes, six legs, and a thousand teeth who terrorizes a far-off city; with beautiful watercolors specially painted by Michael Foreman for this edition)
A Fish of the World (from Terry Jones's original book of "Fairy Tales;" story of a self-centered herring from the North Sea who swims around the world; with beautiful watercolors specially painted by Michael Foreman for this edition)
Bruce Coville's Book of Monsters: Tales to
Give You the Creeps (a collection of children's stories about monsters; includes Terry Jones's "The Beast With a Thousand Teeth" from his 1981 book Fairy Tales)
The Fly-By-Night (from Terry Jones's original book of "Fairy Tales;" story of a little girl who takes a ride on the back of a flying cat; with beautiful watercolors specially painted by Michael Foreman for this edition)
The Sea Tiger (from Terry Jones's original book of "Fairy Tales;" story about a jungle tiger whose outrageous lies come true; with beautiful watercolors specially painted by Michael Foreman for this edition)
The Dragon on the Roof (miniature paperback book version of four of Terry Jones's fairy tales from the book Fantastic Stories)
Lady Cottington's Pressed Fairy Book (made to look like an old diary and pressed flower book, written by Lady Angelica Cottington who, since a child, has been collecting and pressing fairies; illustrated fairies by Brian Froud; includes a number of "sealed" pages and a loose pressed fairy)
Crusades (tie in to the BBC Television series which were co-written and presented by Terry Jones; the series also aired on the History Channel and the Arts & Entertainment Channel in the U.S.; the back dust jacket cover features a photograph of Terry Jones in medieval dress)
One of Your Legs is Both the Same (a collection of silly children's poems; Terry contributes four poems, 'Bill's Eraser,' 'The Day the Animals Talked,' 'Horace,' and 'If All the Stars in Heaven;' all four poems can also be found in the Curse of the Vampire's Socks and Other Doggerel)
(Beautiful illustrations by Brian Froud and humorous excerpts by Terry Jones from the original "Lady Cottington's Pressed Fairy Book," this time in the form of a wall calendar)
The Goblin Companion: A Field Guide to Goblins (a re-release of "The Goblins of the Labyrinth" but in a smaller format; includes all of the text and sketches as in the original; the full-color plates found in the original are not included in this version however; the 1998 re-re-release was printed in large format)
Strange Stains and Mysterious Smells: Quentin
Cottington's Journal of Faery Research (a sort-of sequel to Terry's Pressed Fairy Book; this book is the journal of Quentin Cottington, Lady Cottington's twin brother, who is obssessed with stains and smells and how they possess a life of their own, being capable of thought and reproduction; the book includes a number of very real looking stains; also includes a number of photographs of Terry and Brian)
(more illustrations by Brian Froud and humorous excerpts by Terry Jones from the original "Lady Cottington's Pressed Fairy Book," this time in the form of a wall calendar)
The Quest for King Arthur has
also been cited as The Search for King
Arthur (this book explores the historical, mythical, and literary origins of the Arthurian legends; illustrated with more than 100 full-color paintings; includes a foreward by Terry Jones)
The Wind in the Willows: The Complete Illustrated
Screenplay (contains the complete screenplay of the film, as written by Terry Jones, based on the book by Kenneth Grahame, also includes words for the specially composed songs and an introduction by Terry Jones; the story involves a gang of ruthless weasels, or property developers, who are bulldozing the idyllic English estate of Toad of Toad Hall in order to build a dog-meat factory; book also contains photographs of the Python cast members Terry Jones, Eric Idle, Michael Palin, and John Cleese)
Lady Cottington's Pressed Fairy Journal (Lady Cottington's Pressed Fairy Book redone as a daily journal; includes much of the text and artwork from the book; daily calendar entries are blank and many are marked with fairy holidays; "To the human observer," it says, "it may seem that there are a lot of fairy anniversaries, celebrations, and holidays. In fact, there are comparatively few days taht are not.")
The Knight and the Squire (novel for children about a young boy, named Tom, in fourtheenth-century England, who decides to run away from his village to join knights and squires on various perilous adventures; together they go off to fight for King and country in France; illustrations by Michael Foreman)
Peter Cook: A Biography (1997) (see Graham Chapman)
Fairy Tales and Fantastic Stories (a special fifteenth anniversary edition of Terry Jones's short stories for children; the book contains all 30 stories from his 1981 book Fairy Tales and the 21 tales from 1992's Fantastic Stories; features full-color illustrations by Michael Foreman)
Douglas Adams's Starship Titanic (novel based on the computer game, Starship Titanic, which also features Terry Jones as the voice of a parrot; story is of a grand starship which, despite not being completed, makes its mishap-filled maiden voyage with three earthlings, an alien journalist, a semideranged parrot, and shipful of disoriented robots)
(more illustrations by Brian Froud and humorous excerpts by Terry Jones from the original "Lady Cottington's Pressed Fairy Book")
The Mammoth Book of Comic Fantasy (thirty-five off-the-wall fantasy stories written by a number of comic authors; includes the story "The Cat with Two Tails" by Terry Jones, from his 1992 book Fantastic Stories; also includes stories by such noted authors as Tom Holt, Terry Pratchett, and Alan Dean Foster)
Bulletins from Serbia (a collection of e-mails and cartoon strips by Aleksandar Zograf, documenting the daily events that he sent across the internet while NATAO iniatiated air-strikes against Serbia in 1999; Terry Jones writes the introduction as a humorours but poignant "summary of the crisis in the Balkans for pimary school children")
The Lady and the Squire (the sequel to The Knight and the Squire; Tom's adventures continue as he finds himself employed as a squire to Henry, Duke of Lancaster; his quest to become a knight in shining armour continues, with his dream of winning tournaments and travelling distant lands; Terry's Lady and the Squire was Shortlisted for the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year Award in 2001)
Voices for Peace: An Anthology (a collection of essays and opinion pieces by broadcasters, writers, journalists, and celebrities questioning the value of the 'war on terrorism'; included is Terry Jones's article "The Grammar of the War on Terrorism;" "What really alarms me about President Bush's 'war on terrorism,'" Terry writes, "is the grammar. How do you wage war on an abstract noun? It's rather like bombing murder;" an edited version of this essay appeared in The Telegraph December 1, 2001)
Bedtime Stories (a collection of seven children's stories by Terry Jones and actress Nanette Newman; contains the fully illustrated versions of Terry Jones's 1993 & 1994 published books The Sea Tiger, A Fish of the World, The Beast with a Thousand Teeth, and The Fly-by-Night)
Who Murdered Chaucer? has
also been cited as Who Murdered Chaucer?:
A Medieval Mystery (Terry Jones investigates the mystery surrounding the death of Geoffrey Chaucer over 600 years ago. A diplomat and brother-in-law to John of Gaunt, one of the most powerful men in the kingdom, Chaucer was celebrated as his country's finest living poet, rhetorician and scholar: the preeminent intellectual of his time. And yet nothing is known of his death. In 1400 his name simply disappears from the record. We don't know how he died, where or when; there is no official confirmation of his death and no chronicle mentions it; no notice of his funeral or burial. He left no will and there's nothing to tell us what happened to his estate. He didn't even leave any manuscripts. How could this be? What if he was murdered?)
Terry Jones' Medieval Lives (the book based on the Jones's television series; to Terry, the medieval period is one of endless fascination, and its people not the benighted barbarians the humanists imagined but members of a rich and vibrant culture; taking some of the standard stereotypes of medieval people we all have -- the peasant, the outlaw, the monk, the damsel -- Terry investigates the reality behind the image; what he reveals undermines our conventional views of the Middle Ages)
Medieval Views of the Cosmos (before our modern understanding of an infinite formless space scattered with pulsating stars, revolving planets, and mysterious black holes, the universe was seen as a rigid hierarchical system with the earth and the human race at its center; this book investigates this worldview shared by medieval societies, revealing how their modes of thought affect us even today; Terry Jones wrote the foreword to this book)
Terry Jones's War on the War on Terror (this is a collection of Terry Jones's colums in British newspapers like The Guardian and The Independent about Iraq and the extreme reactions for the Bush administration following 9/11; with illustrations by Steve Bell)
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Lady
Cottington's Pressed Fairy Calendar 1996
Lady
Cottington's Pressed Fairy Calendar 1997
Lady
Cottington's Pressed Fairy Calendar 1998
