Blue Fin by Colin Thiele

Blue Fin

by Colin Thiele

Illustrated by Roger Haldane

Rigby Limited,1969 [First Edition], black and white illustrations in text, hardcover, dust-jacket

Very Good Condition, a little edge and shelf wear, a little rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, previous owners inscriptions on front end-papers, dust-jacket shows a little edge and shelf wear with a little rubbing and bumping minor chips and small tears to edges, minor creasing (see photographs)

"Snook was an ugly duckling of a boy; tall, clumsy, and ungainly.  He just couldn't do anything right.  He fell overboard from his father's tuna-clipper, Blue Fin, and lost her the race for port.  When he got a part-time job at the tuna-canning factory, he lost it.  He was involved in the uproarious incident of placing a tuna in the Mayor's seat, to welcome the Governor.  He was on trouble at school, and in worse trouble at home - especially since his father had made up his mind that he would never amount to anything."