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A 22ct gold wedding band, size J, 6g
SOLD FOR £520
A 22ct gold wedding band, size J, 6g
A 22ct gold wedding band, size P, 5.6g
SOLD FOR £440
A 22ct gold wedding band, size P, 5.6g
A 22ct gold wedding band, size K, 5.3g
SOLD FOR £420
A 22ct gold wedding band, size K, 5.3g
A 9ct gold single Albert watch chain, converted to a charm bracelet, hung 17 various charms, 24cm, gross weight 51.3g
SOLD FOR £1550
A 9ct gold single Albert watch chain, converted to a charm bracelet, hung 17 various charms, 24cm, gross weight 51.3g
A 1950's black and white photograph of a remote Vickers Swallow swing-wing aircraft during testing 29cm x 37cm
SOLD FOR £170
A 1950's black and white photograph of a remote Vickers Swallow swing-wing aircraft during testing 29cm x 37cm
A rectangular ply and mahogany desk in-tray 5cm x 39cm x 27cm
SOLD FOR £320
A rectangular ply and mahogany desk in-tray 5cm x 39cm x 27cm
A black document case marked British Aircraft Corporation, with zipped main compartment and zipped compartment to the front 29cm h x 41cm w (Sir Barnes Wallis worked for BAC from 1945 until he retired in 1971)
SOLD FOR £120
A black document case marked British Aircraft Corporation, with zipped main compartment and zipped compartment to the front 29cm h x 41cm w (Sir Barnes Wallis worked for BAC from 1945 until he retired in 1971)
**Attributed to Martin Aitchison (1919-2016), Comic Strip depicting the Achievements of Sir Barnes Wallis, pen with ink, in several sections, 12cm h x 43cm w (x3), 12cm x 30cm and 12cm x 12.5cm. ** Artist's Re-sale Rights may be payable on this lot. Provenance: Sir Barnes Wallis thence by descent.
SOLD FOR £240
**Attributed to Martin Aitchison (1919-2016), Comic Strip depicting the Achievements of Sir Barnes Wallis, pen with ink, in several sections, 12cm h x 43cm w (x3), 12cm x 30cm and 12cm x 12.5cm. ** Artist's Re-sale Rights may be payable on this lot. Provenance: Sir Barnes Wallis thence by descent.
Will Spencer (1921-2002) "Animal Crackers: When we go to England I want to try those Barnes-Wallis adjustable wings!", ink with watercolour, signed with initials and inscribed, 23cm h x 14cm w. Provenance: Sir Barnes Wallis thence by descent. Note: In 1954 Spencer joined the News Chronicle to start the "Animal Crackers" pocket cartoon series. This ran in the News Chronicle until that paper was absorbed by the Daily Mail in October 1960, when it continued in the combined paper. The Daily Mail continued to feature "Animal Crackers" until May 1971, when the newspaper was redesigned as a tabloid and the series was dropped. This work, depicting swallows in flight, alludes to Sir Barnes Wallis's pioneering "Swallow" project of the 1950s. During this period, Wallis advanced a bold variable-geometry concept he termed the "wing-controlled aerodyne", conceived to maximise the efficiency and economy of high-speed flight. His earliest investigations took shape in the "Wild Goose" study, which laid the groundwork for subsequent developments. Wallis later refined these ideas into the "Swallow", a tailless, blended-wing aircraft envisioned as capable of completing return journeys between Europe and Australia in under ten hours - an extraordinary ambition for its time. As the project evolved, the Swallow was increasingly regarded as a potential supersonic successor to the RAF's subsonic Vickers Valiant bomber. Throughout the mid-1950s, various models of the design were tested with promising results, including a six-foot scale model that achieved speeds approaching Mach 2. Despite its technical promise, the programme was curtailed in 1957 when the British government withdrew support from several advanced aeronautical initiatives, bringing Wallis' visionary work on the Swallow to an end.
SOLD FOR £360
Will Spencer (1921-2002) "Animal Crackers: When we go to England I want to try those Barnes-Wallis adjustable wings!", ink with watercolour, signed with initials and inscribed, 23cm h x 14cm w. Provenance: Sir Barnes Wallis thence by descent. Note: In 1954 Spencer joined the News Chronicle to start the "Animal Crackers" pocket cartoon series. This ran in the News Chronicle until that paper was absorbed by the Daily Mail in October 1960, when it continued in the combined paper. The Daily Mail continued to feature "Animal Crackers" until May 1971, when the newspaper was redesigned as a tabloid and the series was dropped. This work, depicting swallows in flight, alludes to Sir Barnes Wallis's pioneering "Swallow" project of the 1950s. During this period, Wallis advanced a bold variable-geometry concept he termed the "wing-controlled aerodyne", conceived to maximise the efficiency and economy of high-speed flight. His earliest investigations took shape in the "Wild Goose" study, which laid the groundwork for subsequent developments. Wallis later refined these ideas into the "Swallow", a tailless, blended-wing aircraft envisioned as capable of completing return journeys between Europe and Australia in under ten hours - an extraordinary ambition for its time. As the project evolved, the Swallow was increasingly regarded as a potential supersonic successor to the RAF's subsonic Vickers Valiant bomber. Throughout the mid-1950s, various models of the design were tested with promising results, including a six-foot scale model that achieved speeds approaching Mach 2. Despite its technical promise, the programme was curtailed in 1957 when the British government withdrew support from several advanced aeronautical initiatives, bringing Wallis' visionary work on the Swallow to an end.
After Keith Broomfield - "Vickers Wellington III of No.150 Squadron, Royal Air Force Bomber Command, Europe 1942", 20th century colour print, 30cm x 50cm, within a stained wood frame. Provenance: Sir Barnes Wallis thence by descent. Note: Led by Vickers-Armstrongs' chief designer Rex Pierson, a key feature of the Wellington was its geodetic airframe fuselage structure, which was principally designed by Barnes Wallis.
SOLD FOR £180
After Keith Broomfield - "Vickers Wellington III of No.150 Squadron, Royal Air Force Bomber Command, Europe 1942", 20th century colour print, 30cm x 50cm, within a stained wood frame. Provenance: Sir Barnes Wallis thence by descent. Note: Led by Vickers-Armstrongs' chief designer Rex Pierson, a key feature of the Wellington was its geodetic airframe fuselage structure, which was principally designed by Barnes Wallis.
**David Shepherd C.B.E. (1931-2017) "Winter of '43, Somewhere in England", limited edition colour print, signed in pencil and with blindstamp, published in 1977, 51cm h x 93cm w, within a stained wood and hessian 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. In 1977, to "repay his debt" to the Royal Air Force, David Shepherd painted a picture of a Lancaster bomber at dispersal, titling it "Winter of '43 - Somewhere in England". He donated 850 prints, all signed and numbered, of this painting to the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund, and the prints raised 96,000 pounds for the institution.
SOLD FOR £500
**David Shepherd C.B.E. (1931-2017) "Winter of '43, Somewhere in England", limited edition colour print, signed in pencil and with blindstamp, published in 1977, 51cm h x 93cm w, within a stained wood and hessian 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. In 1977, to "repay his debt" to the Royal Air Force, David Shepherd painted a picture of a Lancaster bomber at dispersal, titling it "Winter of '43 - Somewhere in England". He donated 850 prints, all signed and numbered, of this painting to the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund, and the prints raised 96,000 pounds for the institution.
**Alfred Egerton Cooper R.B.A. (British, 1883-1974) Portrait of Barnes Wallis sculpting a wood carving of his wife Molly, watercolour, signed with initals, 30cm x 24cm, within a stained wood frame.** Artist's Re-sale Rights may be payable on this lot. Provenance: Sir Barnes Wallis thence by descent. Note: Cooper produced two versions of this tender portrait displaying Wallis' devotion to his wife Molly. The other version painted in oils was sold at Dominic Winter on 17th December 2020, lot no. 331.
SOLD FOR £320
**Alfred Egerton Cooper R.B.A. (British, 1883-1974) Portrait of Barnes Wallis sculpting a wood carving of his wife Molly, watercolour, signed with initals, 30cm x 24cm, within a stained wood frame.** Artist's Re-sale Rights may be payable on this lot. Provenance: Sir Barnes Wallis thence by descent. Note: Cooper produced two versions of this tender portrait displaying Wallis' devotion to his wife Molly. The other version painted in oils was sold at Dominic Winter on 17th December 2020, lot no. 331.
Dr Alexander R. Graham, Bust Portrait of Barnes Wallis, painted resin, 1966, 40cm h x 21cm w x26cm d . Provenance: Sir Barnes Wallis thence by descent. Note. Dr Alexander Graham R.M.S., M.B., Ch.B., D.P.H., Barrister-at-Law, served as Medical Officer of Health for Lancaster and later for the Borough of Mitcham. A close friend of Wallis, he was also an accomplished portrait painter and sculptor. Graham took up the study of sculpture later in life at Wimbledon School of Art, exhibiting at the Royal Academy in 1963 and frequently with the Society of Portrait Sculptors. He was elected a member of the Society in 1966 and served as its Honorary Secretary from 1968 until 1980. Following Graham's death in 1986, his widow, Marjorie, presented another cast of the present work to the National Aerospace Library at Farnborough. A photograph of Wallis standing beside the sculpture was likely taken to commemorate its presentation to the Library.
SOLD FOR £130
Dr Alexander R. Graham, Bust Portrait of Barnes Wallis, painted resin, 1966, 40cm h x 21cm w x26cm d . Provenance: Sir Barnes Wallis thence by descent. Note. Dr Alexander Graham R.M.S., M.B., Ch.B., D.P.H., Barrister-at-Law, served as Medical Officer of Health for Lancaster and later for the Borough of Mitcham. A close friend of Wallis, he was also an accomplished portrait painter and sculptor. Graham took up the study of sculpture later in life at Wimbledon School of Art, exhibiting at the Royal Academy in 1963 and frequently with the Society of Portrait Sculptors. He was elected a member of the Society in 1966 and served as its Honorary Secretary from 1968 until 1980. Following Graham's death in 1986, his widow, Marjorie, presented another cast of the present work to the National Aerospace Library at Farnborough. A photograph of Wallis standing beside the sculpture was likely taken to commemorate its presentation to the Library.
An early 20th Century magic lantern, converted to electricity, contained in an aluminium and painted metal case with brass lens housing, the cover marked RD No. 230577 6in, raised on a wooden adjustable stand 39cm h x 51cm w x 19.5cm d, together with a Dallmeyer 12" F/7-7 Dallon Tele-Anastigmat 200766 lens with Air Ministry marking to the interior, complete with wooden carrying case 42.5cm h x 59cm w x 22cm d. Most likely used by Sir Wallis for his lecturing.
SOLD FOR £900
An early 20th Century magic lantern, converted to electricity, contained in an aluminium and painted metal case with brass lens housing, the cover marked RD No. 230577 6in, raised on a wooden adjustable stand 39cm h x 51cm w x 19.5cm d, together with a Dallmeyer 12" F/7-7 Dallon Tele-Anastigmat 200766 lens with Air Ministry marking to the interior, complete with wooden carrying case 42.5cm h x 59cm w x 22cm d. Most likely used by Sir Wallis for his lecturing.
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 £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".
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 £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.
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 £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
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 £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
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
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
A 1960's blue leather bound folio with gilt Christ's Hospital armorial to cover, containing unused blotting paper, 35cm h x 25cm w. Sir Barnes Wallis was a pupil at Christ's Hospital from 1900-1904 and later a Governor and Treasurer.
SOLD FOR £80
A 1960's blue leather bound folio with gilt Christ's Hospital armorial to cover, containing unused blotting paper, 35cm h x 25cm w. Sir Barnes Wallis was a pupil at Christ's Hospital from 1900-1904 and later a Governor and Treasurer.
WOODWARD, David, The Tirpitz. London: William Kimber. 8vo, 223pp. Original blue cloth with gilt lettered spine. Fading to spine and cover, minor rubbing to corners and edges of spine. Second edition 1953. Together with an envelope addressed to Dr Barnes with pencil notes to the reverse, a loose slip of paper with typed notes and a cut out section of the books dust cover, signed B.N. Wallis to half title page
SOLD FOR £340
WOODWARD, David, The Tirpitz. London: William Kimber. 8vo, 223pp. Original blue cloth with gilt lettered spine. Fading to spine and cover, minor rubbing to corners and edges of spine. Second edition 1953. Together with an envelope addressed to Dr Barnes with pencil notes to the reverse, a loose slip of paper with typed notes and a cut out section of the books dust cover, signed B.N. Wallis to half title page
FARRINGTON G. H. Fundamentals of Automatic Control. London: Chapman and Hall 1951, 8vo, 285pp., signed B.N. Wallis Aug. 1951 to endpaper, complete with dust cover
SOLD FOR £75
FARRINGTON G. H. Fundamentals of Automatic Control. London: Chapman and Hall 1951, 8vo, 285pp., signed B.N. Wallis Aug. 1951 to endpaper, complete with dust cover
A white wooden 1/27th scale demonstration model of the Type 002 Vickers Swallow supersonic wing-controlled aerodyne, with moveable swing wings, together with a wooden transport case, 6cm high x 108cm wide at full spread 43cm long, when closed 39cm x 93cm long
SOLD FOR £1300
A white wooden 1/27th scale demonstration model of the Type 002 Vickers Swallow supersonic wing-controlled aerodyne, with moveable swing wings, together with a wooden transport case, 6cm high x 108cm wide at full spread 43cm long, when closed 39cm x 93cm long
7 vols. Engineering and conversion table volumes to include Engineering Tables and Data 32pp. (small booklet pencilled B.N.W to cover). NEL Steam Tables 1964, Edinburgh: Her Majesty's Stationery Office 1964, 4to, 146pp. The endpaper signed B.N. Wallis with taped in note paper pencilled formulae and taped in printed correction slip, also with loose printed supplement and taped in printed conversion Table 8 to the back. Conversion Tables And Technical Data 1962 by Bristol Siddeley 12mo, 128pp. (dedication inside "With best wishes from R illegible?"). A Pocket Book of Tables by Shell (dedication inside To B.N.W. from P.L.T.) 1956 12mo, 255pp. Rolls Royce Conversion tables circa 1950 12mo, 97pp. A booklet Direct & Inverse Log-Log Differential scales, signed to cover B.N. Wallis and A Selection of Tables for use in Calculations of Compressible Airflow 1952, 4to, 143pp.
SOLD FOR £120
7 vols. Engineering and conversion table volumes to include Engineering Tables and Data 32pp. (small booklet pencilled B.N.W to cover). NEL Steam Tables 1964, Edinburgh: Her Majesty's Stationery Office 1964, 4to, 146pp. The endpaper signed B.N. Wallis with taped in note paper pencilled formulae and taped in printed correction slip, also with loose printed supplement and taped in printed conversion Table 8 to the back. Conversion Tables And Technical Data 1962 by Bristol Siddeley 12mo, 128pp. (dedication inside "With best wishes from R illegible?"). A Pocket Book of Tables by Shell (dedication inside To B.N.W. from P.L.T.) 1956 12mo, 255pp. Rolls Royce Conversion tables circa 1950 12mo, 97pp. A booklet Direct & Inverse Log-Log Differential scales, signed to cover B.N. Wallis and A Selection of Tables for use in Calculations of Compressible Airflow 1952, 4to, 143pp.
Three NASA documents, the first marked Secret No.2 of 5 Copies, dated August 27th 1959 with cover letter to Colonel Romig concerning transmission of three copies of attached data, regarding the test of the Vickers Swallow configuration in The NASA Langley 16ft transonic wind tunnel, dated August 27,1959, 4to, together with another report NASA TN D-3276 (not secret) "Effect of Geometric Modifications on the Maximum Lift Drag Ratios of Slender Wing-body Configurations at Hypersonic Speeds", 4to, 59pp., and NASA TN D-6010 "Dose Response Functions in the Atmosphere Due to Incident High-Energy Protons With Application to Solar Proton Events, Washington D.C. 1970 4to, 31pp.
SOLD FOR £300
Three NASA documents, the first marked Secret No.2 of 5 Copies, dated August 27th 1959 with cover letter to Colonel Romig concerning transmission of three copies of attached data, regarding the test of the Vickers Swallow configuration in The NASA Langley 16ft transonic wind tunnel, dated August 27,1959, 4to, together with another report NASA TN D-3276 (not secret) "Effect of Geometric Modifications on the Maximum Lift Drag Ratios of Slender Wing-body Configurations at Hypersonic Speeds", 4to, 59pp., and NASA TN D-6010 "Dose Response Functions in the Atmosphere Due to Incident High-Energy Protons With Application to Solar Proton Events, Washington D.C. 1970 4to, 31pp.