SUE ROE. — Estella. Her Expectations. A novel. (INSCRIBED)

Harvester Press Ltd., Brighton, 1st Edition, Inscribed by Author(s), First Edition (first printing). A presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title to the noted bibliophile Eric [Quayle] and his wife, and dated 1988. With Quayle's neat bookplate to the front pastedown, and a neatly inked note in his hand to the title verso noting the date that he completed the book (which was just weeks after Roe inscribed it to him, although from her inscription one can tell that it was already in his possession). Laid-in is a postcard to Quayle from John Spiers, founded and owner of the Harvester Press imprint, thanking him for the recent visit. 8vo. 154pp. Blue cloth lettered in gold at the spine and with red endpapers. Top edge lightly spotted. A very good copy in non-price-clipped dust wrapper with some fading and soiling to the spine panel. The author's first book and only novel, an experimental reimagining of Estella, the adopted daughter of Miss Havisham from 'Great Expectations' (Roe is better known for her subsequent art history and literary criticism output. In the 1980s worked closely with John Spiers, editing the influential Key Women Writers series issued under his Harvester Press imprint)., Very Good, Very Good