Autographs of Desmond Morris

Desmond John Morris FLS hon. caus. (born 24 January 1928) is an English zoologist, ethologist and surrealist painter, as well as a popular author in human sociobiology. He is known for his 1967 book The Naked Ape, and for his television programmes such as Zoo Time. More about Desmond Morris

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Current items with a signature of Desmond Morris

These are the most current items with a signature of Desmond Morris that were listed on eBay and on other online stores - click here for more items.

Picture Item Title Price Store
thumbnailANIMAL DAYS by DESMOND MORRIS SIGNED FIRST EDITION hardcover Zootime£24.62logo
thumbnailANIMAL DAYS Desmond MORRIS SIGNED 1st Edition 1979£20.00logo
thumbnailCatlore by Desmond Morris. Hardback Signed 1st Edition with Dustjacket£25.00logo
thumbnailDESMOND MORRIS - Signed Book - Animal Days - Hardback 1979 First Edition£34.99logo
thumbnailDESMOND MORRIS - THE NAKED EYE 1st ED. HB/DJ 2000 SIGNED£79.99logo
thumbnailDesmond Morris The Soccer Tribe Signed 1st Edition£150.00logo
thumbnailPostures: Body Language in Art by Desmond Morris - Signed Edition£24.95logo
thumbnailSigned Book The Naked Ape By Desmond Morris H/B Book Used £19.50logo
thumbnailSIGNED Desmond Morris Inrock Slipcassd Ltd Ed No 9 Of 40! *SUPPORTS NURSING£199.99logo
thumbnailSigned Hardback: THE NAKED EYE by DESMOND MORRIS (Ebury, 2000) VGC+ 2nd Print£17.95logo
Morris was born in Purton, Wiltshire, to Marjorie (née Hunt) and children's fiction author Harry Morris. In 1933, the Morrises moved to Swindon where Desmond developed an interest in natural history and writing. He was educated at Dauntsey's School, a boarding school in Wiltshire.

In 1946, Morris joined the British Army for two years of national service, becoming a lecturer in fine arts at the Chiseldon Army College in Wiltshire. After being demobilised in 1948, he held his first one-man show of his own paintings at the Swindon Arts Centre, and studied zoology at the University of Birmingham. In 1950 he held a surrealist art exhibition with Joan Miró at the London Gallery. He held many other exhibitions in later years. Also in 1950, Desmond Morris wrote and directed two surrealist films, Time Flower and The Butterfly and the Pin. In 1951 he began a doctorate at the Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, in animal behaviour. In 1954, he earned a Doctor of Philosophy for his work on the reproductive behaviour of the ten-spined stickleback. Read even more about Desmond Morris at Wikipedia

Traded items with a signature of Desmond Morris

The most expensive item with a signature of Desmond Morris (C Mitchell, Centenary of Zoological Society - Signed Desmond Morris - London Zoo) was sold in August 2020 for £150.00 while the cheapest item (Desmond Morris (The Naked Ape) Signed PR Card) found a new owner for £0.65 in December 2012. The month with the most items sold (3) was January 2024 with an average selling price of £10.00 for an autographed item of Desmond Morris. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in August 2020 with £150.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £1.99 was August 2015. In average, an autographed item from Desmond Morris is worth £16.99.

Most recently, these items with a signature of Desmond Morris were sold on eBay - click here for more items.

Picture Item Title Price Store
thumbnail1984 Oxford English Dictionary OFFICIAL first day cover SIGNED DESMOND MORRIS£5.99logo
thumbnailBabywatching, Desmond Morris, RARE SIGNED COPY Observations on baby's early life£3.50logo
thumbnailCATLORE BOOK - CAT BEHAVIOUR - DESMOND MORRIS - SIGNED FIRST EDITION 1987£5.99logo
thumbnailDesmond Morris - signed autograph card - author of The Naked Ape, VG£10.00logo
thumbnailIntimate Behaviour Desmond Morris Signed Copy 1971£4.00logo
thumbnailNina Scott Langley and A W B - Darwin Was Right, 1st 1938, Signed Desmond Morris£50.00logo
thumbnailParker & Haswell - Text Book of Zoology, Two Vols, 1947 - Signed Desmond Morris£80.00logo
thumbnailSIGNED - THE HUMAN ZOO (FIRST EDITION HC W/DJ 1969)-DESMOND MORRIS-VERY GOOD£35.93logo
thumbnailSigned Copy of Manwatching by Desmond Morris£4.50logo
thumbnailSIGNED Desmond Morris Animal Days 1st Ed HB 1979£8.00logo