The Alley
by: Eleanor Estes / Edward Ardizzone (Illust.)

Hardcover. NY, Harcourt, Brace and World, 1st, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn, price-clipped dust jacket. In the heart of Brooklyn, New York, there is an alley that is the most beautiful place to live in the whole wide world. Or so Connie Ives believes. The alley is the perfect location to sharpen Connie's swinging skills, hold practices for the Alley Conservatory of Music, "and" convict a burglar by trial. Ten-year-old Connie, who lives in the Brooklyn neighborhood called The Alley, investigates a burglary with her friend Billy Maloon. Drawings by Edward Ardizzone. Clean copy.