1963 "First Edition" stated on copyright page; illustrated by Cyndy Szekeres; Doubleday & Company publishers, New York; hardbound; very good condition with very minor fading; dust jacket good with minor edge wear.
 
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At the end of Happy Alley (which is at the very end of town), in a cosy house with a small yard and a little porch, live Mrs. Updaisy and her strange and wonderful family: Andromeda the cat, Horace and Virgil the dogs, Hyacinthus the goat, Sookie the cow, Mermes the sparrow, and Saladin the rooster.
 
Each evening Mrs. Updaisy and her "family" meet to report on and discuss Happy Alley's most pressing problems...