SOLD FOR £320
A collection of Barnes Wallis' lecture slides mainly about Aircraft, Strategic Maps and Technical Data in fitted numbered wooden boxes (97 slides, in 3 boxes)
Box A, 49 slides (1 cracked)
Graphs mainly relating to aircraft performance, including supersonic. Some relate to WW2 explosives, like the Grand Slam 10 ton bomb
Box K, 26 slides (warped box; 1 slide cracked)
Slides 1-4 Photos and sketches of Swallow
Slides 6-7 Photos of Jet aircraft
Slides 9-18 Photos of flow patterns
Slide 20 Photo of three-engined flying boat
Slide 22 Photo of German WW2 flying bomb (doodlebug)
Slides 24-29 Unknown photos, possibly radar carried by aircraft
Slides 31-32 Miscellaneous photos
Box L, Maps and Air Routes, 22 slides (2 slides broken)
Range of Wellington Bomber. range of tactical missiles.
Maps of playing fields, Middle East RAF bases 1929-1956, UN voting groups, non-centrality of New York.
World maps based on various strategic cities, including London. London to Melbourne mail routes, by sea and by air (probably 1930s).
1969 world map: spot the gaps in our defences ... when the carriers are gone.
SOLD FOR £160
A collection of Barnes Wallis' lecture slides mainly about Aircraft and their performance in fitted numbered wooden boxes (95 slides, in 2 boxes)
Box B, 50 slides, 1 cracked
Graphs relating to performance of normal and swing-wing aircraft, including supersonic
Box U, Misc, 45 slides
Slides 1-18 Medical concentrates on mouth & nose, throat, lungs.
Slides 21-34 Aircraft (one slide cracked) photos of aircraft, range from historic aircraft (1900ish) through WW2 fighters to 1960s commercial jets and Swallow
Slides 34-43 The geodetic structure of the Wellington bomber.
Slides 46-50 Committee slides show the four components of a Management Committee.
SOLD FOR £420
A collection of Barnes Wallis' lecture slides mainly about Airships and Aircraft in fitted numbered wooden boxes (106 slides, in 3 boxes)
Box H, mainly aircraft, 36 slides
Slides 1-6 Geodetic structure, Aircraft wheel, viaduct architecture, miscellaneous
Slides 8-10 Photos of cracks in materials
Slides 12-17 Photos of aircraft, cutaways of Wellington to show structure
Slides 19-21 Photos, seagull in flight, ballistics, jet engine
Slides 35-43 Photos of prototype jet-propelled bomb?
Slides 45-50 Photos of model aircraft and construction of stratospheric chamber
Small Box O, 22 slides (5 slides cracked)
Starting at piece of paper which says "Start Here"
7 world or regional maps, 1 table about trade, 3 photos of R100 (2 interior, 1 exterior; damaged), 2 tables and 6 photos related to flight testing (normal and hypersonic), 3 diagrams of swing-wing Swallow
Box V, Airships, miscellaneous, 48 slides (1 slide broken)
Slide 1 1919 drawing of Airship for England New Zealand travel
Slide 2 Photo of mystery item (1920s?)
Slides 4-30 Photos of manufacture of airship R100 (one drawing)
Slides 31-36 Photos of R100 in flight
Slides 38-39 Drawings of 1919 airship
Slides 40-42 b/w copies of paintings of 1919 in flight and mooring to ship
Slides 43-45 Photos of cabins slung below airship (1920?)
Slides 46-50 Miscellaneous
SOLD FOR £240
A collection of Barnes Wallis' lecture slides mainly about Seaplanes and other Aircraft in fitted numbered wooden boxes (90 photos, in 2 boxes)
Box N, Graphs, 24 slides
Batch 1 (slides 1-13) - Aeronautical data for aircraft and pilot (slide 1 cracked).
Batch 2 (slides 16-26) - Properties of materials under stress or temperature.
Loose- Many unmounted photos of seaplanes and aircraft 1920's to late 1930's.
Small Box S, Misc. Aircraft, 46 slides
Starting at labelled end:
5 photos of Supermarine S.6 sea plane which set speed record in 1929, 4 photos of civil single-seater aircraft, 7 photos of a WW2 military 2-seater, 4 photos of Hurricanes, 26 photos of aircraft structure
SOLD FOR £340
A collection of Barnes Wallis' lecture slides mainly about Radio telescopes and Wallis' Interests in fitted numbered wooden boxes (114 slides, in 3 boxes)
Small Box R, Misc. Formulae, 25 slides
Graphs, tables and photos showing the results of tests on duralumin, aluminium and other metals
Box T, Miscellaneous, 48 slides
Slides 1-6 Microscopic cross-sections of materials.
Slides 7-14 Manufacture of mystery cylinders.
Slides 15-21 Radio telescopes, mainly photos, 1 design.
Slides 22-29 Architecture: photo of the Pantheon, plans of church rooves and domes.
Slides 30-34 Architecture: photos of a bridge, photo of a chiming clock.
Slides 36-42 Miscellaneous.
Slides 44-50 Lines of poetry and sayings.
Box X, Personal (Sir Barnes Wallis), 39 slides
Back group - Five slides of old architecture.
Middle group - 18 slides of ancient/old architecture.
Front group - 10 slides of old/modern architecture and 18th century sailing ships. Three slides of architectural ground plans. Four slides of children's swings, slide, roundabout. Two other slides.
SOLD FOR £500
A collection of Barnes Wallis' lecture slides mainly about Supersonic flight in fitted numbered wooden boxes (106 slides in 3 boxes)
Box E, Miscellaneous drawings, 49 slides
Slides 1-27: mainly flight, 1940s to 1950s (2 slides cracked)
Slides 21-28: model Swallow and radio control
Slides 29-40: Swallow as real aircraft
Slides 41-42: missile and launch silo
Slides 43-45: supersonic flight drawings
Slides 46-48: projectiles, bombs and torpedoes (possibly slide 48 shows Wallis' hydrodynamic torpedo)
Slide 49: a futuristic jet aircraft(?)
Box I, 46 slides (2 slides broken)
Slides 1-26 Cut-away diagram of stratospheric chamber and photos of its construction
Slides 27-34 Photos of jet aircraft, jet missile?, jet car?
Slides 39-43 Photos of a balloon and a stratospheric balloon
Sides 45-50 Miscellaneous
Small Box P, 11 slides
2 drawings of Swallow, 1 drawing of Concorde, 1 hypersonic aircraft drawing, 1 airship drawing, 1 ellipsoid drawing, 4 miscellaneous drawings, 1 miscellaneous photo
SOLD FOR £85
A large quantity of mainly 1960's/1970's modern novels and biographies from the Wallis library, none are signed or initialled by Sir Wallis. The Life of Nelson in 2 vols with dedication "To my dearest client and most patient Master H Mushlian" 6th October 1964'
SOLD FOR £150
ROGET, Peter, Everyman's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases, J.M. Dent & Sons 1952, 12mo, 572pp., bound in blue cloth, gilt lettering. Signed B.N. Wallis Sept 1952 to endpaper
SOLD FOR £130
GLOVER C. W. & Partners, Glover Construction Handbook. 108pp. Original burgundy cloth. The end paper with inscription "Sir Barnes N. Wallis C.B.E. F.R.S. With Compliments. Chas. W. Glover". Ditto publication. EKCO ELECTRONICS LTD. Useful Data. London: D.Harper & Co. Ltd. Black vinyl cover. 38pp, with an Ekco Electronics Ltd, Priory Park, Southend on Sea With Compliments slip, stamp dated 23 DEC 1969. Ditto publication. IOCO Synthetic Resin Products. Formaplex Boards and Tubes Booklet No. 11. Glasgow. Beige card bound product guide. 20pp. IOCO Synthetic Resin Products. Formaplex Cloth Miocarta Gears Booklet No. 13. Glasgow. Beige card bound product guide. 20pp. THOS. FIRTH & SONS, LTD., Steels Specially Resistant to Corrosion. Mexborough: Times Printing Co Ltd. Blue card cover. 73pp. with pencil written inscription to inside page dated 13/5/31. ENGLISH STEEL CORPORATION LTD. A. W. Small Tools, Section No.6, Screwing Apparatus. Catalogue Ref.; S.T.O. 6/1. London & Birm. Silk & Terry Ltd., Brown paper covers, 59pp. ENGLISH STEEL CORPORATION LTD. Tool Steels. Catalogue Ref. S.S. 13/1 Eng. Printed in England. 103pp. Black card covers with white lettered spine. WERNER, Fritz, (translated by Hans Dominik) The Machine Tool and Small Tool Industry, An Outline of Its Development and Modern Organisation. Berlin: Organisation Verlagsgesellschaft M.B.H. (S.Hirzel) 1931. 74pp. Printed colour cover on beige cloth. With loose page inviting acknowledgment of receipt of the book. COOKE TROUGHTON & SIMMS LTD. Drawing Office Equipment. Publication No. 860. An illustrated catalogue of drawing instruments and equipment. ii, 172pp. Green card covers. Electron, Magnesium Alloys. Birmingham: The Kynoch Press. 1937. Original black cloth with gilt lettered spine. 127pp. The endpaper with attached slip "Presented to B. N. Wallis Esq. with the compliments of F. A. Hughes & Co. Ltd".
SOLD FOR £85
A pair of airship calendars from 1977 and 1978 full of diary events from the personal life of Sir Barnes Wallis
SOLD FOR £300
7 vols. A collection of books with personal dedications from the authors to Barnes Wallis to include ANDREWS C. F., Vickers Aircraft Since 1908. MORPURGO J. E., The Road to Athens 1967. EULER, Helmut, Als Deutschlands Damme Brachen 1975. SCOTT J.D., Vickers History 1962. BONNER W. A., Dixon, Aircraft From Airship to Jet Propulsion 1908-1948, London: Tapp & Toothill Ltd. 1949 and GARBETT Mike, The Lancaster War 1972 (x2)
SOLD FOR £280
HIGHAM Robin, The British Rigid Airship 1908-1931, London: Foulis 1961, 8vo, 426 pp. Original blue cloth cover, silver lettering, fading to spine and cover, rubbing to corners and edges of spine, with fold out map to back board, appears to be a copy sent to Wallis for proof, Wallis' notes and corrections throughout on the text and on notepaper. Long note taped on page 157 (Chapter titled Impact of Jutland and L33) of Wallis' actions around this time, index has pencil note informing which Airships he worked on with H.B. Pratt, also together with a newspaper cutting "Life in the raw on the R100 airship station" by Lady Barnes Wallis
SOLD FOR £500
A large 1966 Illumina electric desk globe by Purnell and Sons London, raised on a domed metal base, 56cm h
SOLD FOR £70
3 pamphlets of The Military Balance by the Institute for Strategic Studies 1965-66, 1966-67 signed B.N. Wallis to cover and 1967-68 initialled B.N.W. to cover
SOLD FOR £90
WRIGHT BAKER, H. Inchley's Theory of Heat Engines, London: Longman, 8vo, 455pp. New Impression 1963, bound in contemporary purple cloth, silver lettering, signed in pencil B.N. Wallis to endpaper
SOLD FOR £80
2 vols. FERRI, Antonio, Elements of Aerodynamics of Supersonic Flows, New York: Macmillan 1949, 8vo, 433 pp, bound in contemporary blue cloth, silver lettering, fold out chart within an envelope on back board, Vickers-Armstrongs stamp to title and Barnes Wallis handwritten note "received 14.vi.49" to title page. POPE, Alan. Aerodynamics of Supersonic Flight an Introduction, London: Pitman Publishing Corp. 1950, 8vo, 184pp, bound in blue and gilt cloth, (spine in poor condition), Vickers-Armstrongs stamp to title page, together with a facsimile of a German article on wing design dated 1957
SOLD FOR £520
A B Kirkbride Associates for The British Aluminium Company, an Aluminium Alloy BA.24.WP machined and hand finished ashtray with barked edge, the interior monogrammed B.N.W. 11cm x 11cm together with an explanatory slip of paper.
SOLD FOR £240
Gerald Coulson (1926-2021) "The Sinking of the Tirpitz", 20th century colour print, 23cm h x 28cm w, within a stained wood frame. Provenance: Sir Barnes Wallis thence by descent.
SOLD FOR £120
After C E Turner, a copper engraving, A "Wellington" Bomber sets out at dusk for a distant "Target Area" 19cm h x 26cm w, in a stained oak frame
SOLD FOR £300
A selection of aircraft brochures, many with notes handwritten by Wallis to include brochures on Concorde, Vickers Wellington One and Two, Vickers Vanguard, Super VC10, B.A.C 111 etc
SOLD FOR £7200
Sir Barnes Wallis, a Knight Bachelor's second type silver gilt neck badge with Royal Mint Hallmark in fitted red case (Wallis was knighted on December 10th 1968), together with a red cloth bound volume listing Knight Batchelor recipients from 1965-1973, 8vo, 193pp. and a Guardian Newspaper from June 8th 1968 announcing the Birthday Honours list.
SOLD FOR £1100
**Alfred Egerton Cooper R.B.A. (British, 1883-1974), Half Length Portrait of Barnes Wallis wearing the C.B.E. and DSc robes of the University of London, oil on canvas, signed and dated 1964, 60cm x 50cm, within a painted composition frame. ** Artist's Re-sale Rights may be payable on this lot Provenance: Sir Barnes Wallis thence by descent. Note: this work has been on loan with the Royal Air Force Museum for over 28 years.
SOLD FOR £200
4 vols. PIERCY N. A. V. Aerodynamics, London: English Universities Press, 8vo, 536pp. Second Edition 1947, signed B.N, Wallis to endpaper. ROARK Raymond J., Formulas For Stress and Strain, London: McGraw Hill 1954, 8vo, 432pp., signed B.N. Wallis to endpaper. BRAGG S. L. Rocket Engines, London: George Newnes Ltd. 1962, 8vo, 158pp. Signed B.N. Wallis 1977 to end paper and PALMGREN Arvid, Ball and Roller Bearing Engineering, USA: Burbank 1946, 4to, 270pp., signed B.N. Wallis Feb '48 to endpaper
SOLD FOR £280
BLUNDELL, H.M., They Flew From Waddington! 463-467 Lancaster Squadrons Royal Australian Air Force, Sydney: W Homer 1975. Ltd Ed no. 445, 8v0, 67pp, a hardback volume commemorating 30 years of VE Day, pastedown and endpaper with signatures and notes of thanks to Sir Wallis from five members of 463-467 Squadron to include John Cole, Art Whitmarsh, John Stokes DFC, Nobby Blundell, John Niedwick and containing a letter from an address in Geneva within
SOLD FOR £220
5 vols. Ship Buildings and Ships 1947 8vo, 497pp. Signed B.N. Wallis to endpapers. VIVIAN E. Charles, a History of Aeronautics 1921, 8vo, 521pp., signed B.N. Wallis to endpapers (likely purchased after war). PAWSEY and BRACEWELL Radio Astronomy 1955, 8vo, 361pp., initialled B.N.W to endpaper. EAGLESFIELD Charles, Laser Light 1967 (from The BAC Library), 12mo, 192pp. ALLEN, Howard, G., Analysis and Design of Structural Sandwich Panels 1969, 12mo, 280pp., signed B.N. Wallis to title page and front cover