LAVIN, Mary. The Becker Wives and Other Stories.

London: Michael Joseph, 1946. First edition. Crown octavo. pp. 223. Red cloth, titled in silver. A near fine copy in fine unclipped dust jacket.
The first edition of this collection of short stories from Katherine Mansfield Prize winning author Mary Lavin, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of Irish writer Mary Lavin’s volume of four short stories: The Becker Wives, The Joy Ride, A Happy Death and Magenta. Now regarded as a pioneer in the field of women’s writing, this work is considered a modern Irish classic, in which the frustrations of women are explored and expressed.

[CAT 163]