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[REFERENCE]. LANE, MARGARET. The Tale of Beatrix Potter. London: Frederick Warne & Co., Ltd., [1946]. Illustrated with plates and facsimiles. 8vo, original green boards; dust jacket, a little worn at edges. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by Lane on the front free endpaper: "To Miss [Dora] Roscoe, with my sincere thanks and kind remembrances. Margaret Lane, June 1946." Dora Roscoe was a cousin of Beatrix Potter's--the youngest daughter of Sir Henry and Lady Lucy Roscoe (Lucy Roscoe--née Lucy Potter was Rupert Potter's youngest sister).