Author: Maynard Smith, John.
Title: The theory of evolution.
Description: Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1958 (1st ed.); 320pp., index, bibliography, glossary, 31 fig., tables, small 8vo, paper. VG+ ¶ Pelican A433, 'A volume in the Pelican Biology Series'. First ed. of standard work by one of the most influential evolutionists in the world. 'This book describes how [Darwin's and Wallace's] theory has been confirmed [since 1858], but at the same time transformed, by recent research, and in particular by the discovery of the laws of inheritance.' A must for collectors of evolutionalia in print. Also available in the 1962 reprint ed., VG+

Keywords: evolutietheorie