Book Details
Title: Blue Fin
Author: Colin Thiele
Illustrator: Roger Haldane
Publisher: Rigby Opal
Year: 1976
Impression/Edition: N/A
Cover: Hardcover with Dust Jacket
Pages: 188
Dimensions:
Weight:
ISBN: 0 85179 086 0
Battle Scars:
Overall good condition.
Outside:
The dust jacket shows signs of wear to edges, ends and corners with rubbing and rolling. Superficial scuffing and indentations.
The hardcover is intact and fairly well preserved, with some shelf wear (rubbing) to edges, ends and corners as pictured. The embossing on the spine is intact and legible.
The page margins (seen when book is closed) are clean, with faint yellowing only.
Inside:
The binding is firm and intact.
Inside the front and back covers is clean.
The pages are clean and intact. There is some faint discolouration (yellowing), mainly at the margins.
Don't forget to check the photos below for a visual and make sure you are happy prior to purchase. Happy to answer questions if there is information missing.
Book Content:
Blurb -
"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 in 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. Tuna-fishing was a hard life for hard men, and Snook didn't measure up. He felt like the odd man out, and to make matters worse the Blue Fin had struck a losing streak. The fishermen were saying that it wasn't worth shipping aboard her. Snook's father had difficulty in making up a crew, and so decided to take him along. At first, things went well. Withfull holds, the Blue Fin turned for home, but ran straight into the disaster which left Snook and his father alone on the battered craft - with his father so injured that he was helpless. Snook's single-handed battle to save the Blue-Fin and her cargo would make an enthralling story in itself, but it is only part of this robust and exciting tale. The author, who has sailed with the tuna fleet out of Port Lincoln in South Australia, writes from first-hand observation of his subject, and has brought to this book all the power, humour, and sensitivity which have made him one of Australia's most popular writers."
Book Details
Title: Blue Fin
Author: Colin Thiele
Illustrator: Roger Haldane
Publisher: Rigby Opal
Year: 1976
Impression/Edition: N/A
Cover: Hardcover with Dust Jacket
Pages: 188
Dimensions:
Weight:
ISBN: 0 85179 086 0
Battle Scars:
Overall good condition.
Outside:
The dust jacket shows signs of wear to edges, ends and corners with rubbing and rolling. Superficial scuffing and indentations.
The hardcover is intact and fairly well preserved, with some shelf wear (rubbing) to edges, ends and corners as pictured. The embossing on the spine is intact and legible.
The page margins (seen when book is closed) are clean, with faint yellowing only.
Inside:
The binding is firm and intact.
Inside the front and back covers is clean.
The pages are clean and intact. There is some faint discolouration (yellowing), mainly at the margins.
Don't forget to check the photos below for a visual and make sure you are happy prior to purchase. Happy to answer questions if there is information missing.
Book Content:
Blurb -
"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 in 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. Tuna-fishing was a hard life for hard men, and Snook didn't measure up. He felt like the odd man out, and to make matters worse the Blue Fin had struck a losing streak. The fishermen were saying that it wasn't worth shipping aboard her. Snook's father had difficulty in making up a crew, and so decided to take him along. At first, things went well. Withfull holds, the Blue Fin turned for home, but ran straight into the disaster which left Snook and his father alone on the battered craft - with his father so injured that he was helpless. Snook's single-handed battle to save the Blue-Fin and her cargo would make an enthralling story in itself, but it is only part of this robust and exciting tale. The author, who has sailed with the tuna fleet out of Port Lincoln in South Australia, writes from first-hand observation of his subject, and has brought to this book all the power, humour, and sensitivity which have made him one of Australia's most popular writers."
