Evolution in the Genus Drosophila [Sir John Burnett's copy] by Patterson, J.T. & Stone, W.S - 1952

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1952. Illustrated, small 8vo, pp (8), 610, slightly age-toned, very slightly used internally, (the edge of the folding plate is slightly proud of the fore-edge), decorated cloth very slightly worn, a slight tear to the upper joint. [From the library of Sir John Burnett, with his signature on the front endpaper. A distinguished academic career and a lifelong interest in fungi, botany and nature conservation made him the ideal champion for biological recording in the UK. He held that effective nature conservation could be achieved only if good quality information about species and their habitats was accessible to all who needed it - a belief that made him perfectly suited to run the National Biodiversity Network, founded in 2000. He was convinced that academics with high administrative posts must continue with some personal research, in his case on the myxomycetes.]. First Edition. Cloth. Good.