[REFERENCE]. LANE, MARGARET (Countess Huntington). The Tale of Beatrix Potter. London and New York: Frederick Warne & Co., Ltd., [1946]. Illustrated, including 8 pp. facsimile of Noël Moore letter. 8vo, original green cloth; dust jacket, some soiling, a little edgewear. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY TO JOHN HAYWARD, (critic, bibliophile, and founder of the The Book Collector, etc.) inscribed by Lane on the front free endpaper: "To John Hayward, a frugal gift from Margaret Lane." With an autograph letter signed from Lane to "John Heyward [sic]." 1 September 1952. One page, 8vo, on Castle Cottage letterhead, with original envelope. "...I am delighted, and also relieved, that the book pleased you..."