Near fine condition.Orion Books,2003.First UK edition-first printing.Large format blue hardback(silver lettering to the spine) with protected Dj cover(a couple of scratches and small nicks on the Dj cover),both in near fine condition.Illustrated with many colour,b/w photos,drawings,cartoons.Nice and clean pages as new with a very small mark on the outer edges,mark and small pencil mark impression inside the front endpaper.Nice and clean book with light shelf wear on the Dj cover.359pp including A brief cast of characters,Monthy Python:a brief historyof time,index,notes for the Chapman sources.Price un-clipped.A collectable first edition.Please note: This is oversized and very heavy book(approx 2.6 Kg).