True first edition of Australian writer's first novel. A young boy living with his parents on Tasman Island experiences adventure when a fierce storm follows the arrival of a television personality who has delivered a donkey won in a contest. Octavo, hardcover in orange cloth w/white spine lettering, 123 pages, interior illustrations and wraparound dust jacket illustration by Helen Sallis. Uncommon in true first edition. Light wear to corners/spine ends, light foxing to top edge, in lightly rubbed dust jacket w/two 1/4" edge tears.