40pp. Hardcover binding with dust jacket. Gilt lettering to spine of book. Condition: Dust jacket in good condition, with some rubbing, small closed tear to top edge of front, repaired on rear with tape, old price stickers on front flap. Book: Very good. Text clean, well bound.
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Destructors: “Set in the mid-1950s, the story is about the "Wormsley Common Gang", a boys' gang named after the place where they live. The protagonist Trevor, or "T.", devises a plan to destroy a beautiful 200-year-old house that survived The Blitz. The gang accepts the plan by T., their new leader, and executes it when the owner of the house, Mr. Thomas (whom the gang call "Old Misery"), is away during a bank holiday weekend. Their plan is to destroy the house from inside, then tear down the remaining outer structure. Mr. Thomas returns home early, however, and the gang locks him in the outhouse. T. refuses to stop until the destruction job is complete, because even the façade is valuable and could be reused. Inside, they find a mattress filled with money - which they burn. The final destruction of the house occurs when a lorry pulls away a support pole from the side of the house. Mr. Thomas is released from the outhouse by the lorry driver to see the rubble of what once was his home. When the driver finds the situation funny, Mr. Thomas is incensed, but the driver is still unable to stop laughing.”
Size: 8vo (22,3 x 16cm)
Mankato: Creative Education: 1990
- Jacket Condition: Good
- Binding Condition: Very Good
- Size: 8vo
